White onion growing flourishes thanks to the efforts of Kfarfila women

As Safir daily highlighted in its Saturday edition the growing of white onions in the southern town of Kfarfila, Nabatieh, which has flourished extensively thanks to local women. This kind of farming, As Safir wrote, which does not necessitate special care or funds, has become known across the Lebanese regions as a Kfarfila product. In addition to onion growing, the newspaper said, Kfarfila women are also skillful in threading or stringing onion plants which provides them with an additional income that partly covers their yearly expenses. But, according to As Safir, despite the efforts of women of Kfarfila, concerned agricultural associations are almost absent in the town and its environs. The price of one kilogram of onions, As Safir said, varies between LBP 3000 to 4000, while a string of onion is sold at LBP 20 thousand. And despite the cheaper prices of imported onions which are bounteous at most vegetable stores, they fail to compete with the exclusive products of Kfarfila, As Safir cited some customers as saying. (As Safir, December 23, 2016)