As a result of increasing the special commodity tax on imported big onions local farmers have received a good price for their big onion crops.The price of a kilogram of big onion at the Dambulla Economic Center is now between Rs.
105 and Rs.
110, farmers say.In Anuradhapura district about 1700 acres have been cultivated with big onion in this Yala season.
Successful harvests have been reported from Getalawa, Kokawewa, Kiwulekada and Mihintale villages.