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The government should intervene to rescue onion growers and start purchasing onion under the minimum support price scheme by fixing the MSP at Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,500, he said. Hubballi: After green gram growers, it is now the turn of onion farmers in the region to face the heat of price crash. With onion prices falling, farmers cannot not even get back the money spent on its cultivation. Last year, medium onions cost Rs 800 to Rs 3,500 per quintal, and top quality of onions cost Rs 3,500 to Rs 6,500 per quintal, he said.Gonibasappa S Koralalli, president, State Onion Growers’ Association, said onion growers are pushed to the wall with the fall in prices. Enthused by last year’s good prices, many farmers opted to grow onion in the state this year..