In the Filipino House of Representatives, a bill providing for an Onion Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (OCEF) has been proposed. House agriculture and food panel chairperson Mark Enverga of Quezon, House appropriations panel chairperson Elizaldy Co of Ako Bicol party-list, and House appropriations panel senior vice chairperson Stella Quimbo of Marikina City made the proposal under House Bill 8462.
House Bill 8462 also states that the OCEF will be spent on development and support programs for the benefit of Philippine onion farmers and the country’s onion industry which include support for farming inputs and equipment as well as production technology, farmgate price support, credit, crop protection, storage and cold storage facilities, extension services, and market information dissemination, among others.
Source: gmanetwork.com