Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- Farmers cultivating local big onions across several regions continue to face significant hardship due to the lack of a fair market price for their produce. Although the government introduced a mechanism through the state-owned enterprise Sathosa to purchase big onions at Rs. 140 per kilogramme as a solution, this price point has been met with strong opposition from the farming community.

The farmers are urgently demanding that the government guarantee a minimum price of at least Rs. 220 to Rs. 240 per kilogram.

The plight of the farmers is severe, as those who cultivated big onions during the Yala season harvested their crops approximately three months ago, but are still unable to sell them due to poor prices in the...