Price quadrupled
Onions get status of luxury good in Iran
A quadrupling of the onion price means that Iranians have to dig into their pockets to buy onions on the market. This gives the vegetable the mocking classification 'luxury vegetable'. Growers blame the government. This would have paid the farmers too little for their product, which has reduced interest in the cultivation.
According to BBC Monitoring, you currently pay 4.400 tomans for an onion in Iran. Normally that is between 1.000 and 1.500 tomans, converted € 0,39. The agriculture minister, Mahmoud Hojjatsi, says that the black market and a small reduction in onion cultivation are driving prices up. Because prices for growers have been at a low level in recent years, the interest of farmers has decreased. That is the statement of the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Government buys too few onions
The Mashhad Farmers Union blames the government for this sharp price increase. The ministry did not buy enough onions from the farmers last year, so they stopped cultivation.
Onion on social media
Meanwhile, Iranians, who are active on social media channels, are taking the news with humor arrested† For example, pictures are shared in which the onion is depicted as a luxury item. For example as a necklace pendant or as a wedding ring.
Hardly any export
The Dutch onion export to Iran is meager. Only in 2015 onions were shipped to the country. Then it was about 290 tons. Since then, no more onions have been exported to this destination. This also applies to Iran's neighboring countries.
Niels van der Boom
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