The Central Asian onion market is facing an ongoing crisis, according to EastFruit. A video posted by Arsen Islamoff on Facebook reveals how a farmer resorts to feeding his sheep with high-quality onions. The video, recorded by another grower, shows “clean, golden” onions being wasted. Another person dumps a trailer full of onions in the nets onto the ground.
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We have previously warned about the potential oversupply of onions in the Central Asian countries, such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, in our article “What will we do with onions from August 2023?”. Our latest review, published on Monday, covers the current situation of the onion market in Uzbekistan, Poland, Ukraine and Moldova.
