Observer (Bangladesh) published an article on the cost of onion. According to the government’s marketing agency, Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), the price of local onion has gone up by 41.30 percent and imported onion by 29.41 percent in the last month. However, a study by IFPRI identified Indian dependence on onions as a major problem for increasing onion every year.
According to IFPRI, onion production in the country has been continuously increasing for the last 6 years. The government has already taken initiatives to increase onion production locally and reduce import dependency.