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Dubai: Prices of Lebanese food imports have gone up as the Israeli violence continues towards its third week, while traders in Sharjah have congested receiving supplies.

The Fruit and Vegetable Market in Al Aweer has raised the prices of Lebanese create as deliveries have stopped.

“I stopped selling lettuce about a month ago, when the war first started. I now sell the ones from Iran and Syria, because the trucks that used to bring it from Lebanon do not come here anymore,” said Mohammad, one of the sellers in Al Aweer.

Many stalls in the market no longer sell Lebanese-imported oranges or watermelons either, and the little that does sell them is offering them at a higher price.

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Cooking vegetables right on the grill adds flavor to every meal. Baste firm vegetables like peppers, corn, eggplant or onions. Season them with herbs and place on a hot grill until they are kind and brown — typically about 10 to 15 minutes.

Place sliced zucchini, tomatoes and carrots on heavy-duty foil and dust with a little water and seasoning. Wrap the halt and grill six to eight minutes or until vegetables are tender.

Make kabobs out of pineapples, peaches and bananas and grill on small heat until the fruit is hot and slightly golden.

Another great reason to add fruits and vegetables to your outside cooking repertoire: With the abundance of produce obtainable this time of year, it’s simple to consume your suggested five 1.5- to 2-cup servings of fruits and vegetables a day for optimal health.

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Citizens may soon be obligatory to pay more when they buy cashew nuts, almonds, dried dates, pistachio, walnuts, raisins, dry figs, dates, dry coconut, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, cardamom, poppy seeds, turmeric powder, white flour, edible oil, vegetable oil, sugar, coconut, tea, and even wheat flour. This would come by way of a one per cent cess that the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee is planning to impose on sales of 26 items, typically spices and dry fruits in the city.

These 26 items, that the local grocers were hitherto sourcing liberally, would come under the net of the APMC that has been given the permission to control their trade in the city. In return, the APMC would charge one per cent cess on their sale.

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APPLES, strawberries and oranges are immense and all but how about trying something a little different? Here are five fruits worth seeking out.

Guanabana: Also known as sour sop or custard apple, this tropical-growing fruit looks like a small watermelon but has soft flesh that tastes like a cross between coconut, pineapple and banana.

Huckleberry: Huckleberries, a native U.S. fruit that grows feral in the Pacific Northwest and the Santa Cruz Mountains, looks and tastes like a blueberry. If you could find this summer fruit, expect to pay a lot.

Mangos teen: One of the most sought-after fruits in the world, the mangos teen is not obtainable fresh in the continental United States but growers in Hawaii are working to export it to the mainland

Paw paw: With a flavor like to the guanabana, the paw paw is the major fruit native to the U.S.

Rambutan: The delicate, melon like white flesh of the rambutan is covered in a spiny red covering that makes it one of the most exotic-looking fruits around.

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The country aims to earn US $280 million in 2006, or a year-on-year rise of 19%, MARD said, adding up Vietnam’s fruits and vegetables are now accessible in 50 countries and territories with China, Russia and Japan being its largest markets.

To this end, MARD are concentrating on building trademarks for a number of specialty products, attractive marketing activities and increasing the land of profitable fruits and vegetables. It is also absorbed on planning material zones and widely applying superior technology into production.

A number of rigorous fruit zones have been productively set up such as the Hoa Loc sweet mango in the Mekong delta region of Tien Giang, dragon fruit in central Binh Thuan province, litchi in northern BAC Giang province, grapes in central Ninh Thuan provine and the Nam Roi pomelo in the Mekong delta province of Vinh Long.

However, these zones are only bookkeeping for a small proportion of the country’s total acreage of 755,000 ha of orchards. A mass of the country’s fruit acreage are properties of cultivator households.

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ISLAMABAD: The 15th National Mango and Summer Fruits Exposition 2006 would start from today (Friday) at the Zarai Taraqiati Bank, Zero Point, in Islamabad.

The three-day expo has been organized by the Horticultural Foundation of Pakistan in collaboration the Zarai Taraqiati Bank.

Policy makers, expatriates, exporters, researchers, fruit growers and representatives of fruit dispensation industries would attend the show. The event is intended at humanizing horticultural production and processing in the country.

Mango peeling and eating contest and display of fruit baskets would be added attractions. The show would be opened to public on Friday between 6pm to 8pm. RA Chughtai, the president of the Zarai Taraqiati Bank, would install the expo. Staff report.

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World banana production has augmented 11.1% since 1999; banana land has been extended 11.3% during this period of time. This information is given by “Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits” journal referring to FAO data. Around 73 mln. Tons of bananas were created on the acreage of 4.5 mln. Hectares in the world in 2005.

Bananas are grown in more than 110 countries, but first ten producers secure 70% of the gross production volumes. The world largest banana producers are India (16.8 mln. tons), Brazil (6.6 mln. tons), China (6.5 mln. tons), Ecuador (5.8 mln. tons). Apart from the mentioned countries, Philippines, Indonesia, Costa-Rika, Mexico, and Thailand belong to ten leading producers. Burundi completes this list with 1.5 mln. Banana production in 2005.

China has confirmed the best success among other leading manufacturer during 6 recent years. This country was able to make up banana production on 45% and to move from fifth to third place in the top banana manufacturers list. Brazil harvested 23% more bananas in 2005 comparing to 1999. Banana production has not changed much; Ecuador reduced 7% banana production volumes.

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You hear a lot about the benefits of consumption fruits and vegetables, but the scientific processes following the results are seldom discussed.

Monday, the assistant director of UCLA’s Center for Human Nutrition did just that, shedding a light on a complex subject for a group of agricultural and food writers.

Simplifying years of research on how eating strawberries could decrease one’s chance of cancer, do wonders for the heart or stop the onset of neurological diseases, Navindra P. Seeram summed it up: “As we age, we’re under a lot of oxidative stress, and the oxygen, believe it or not, can actually cause a lot of damage. Eating fruits and vegetables offsets the oxidation because they hold the right nutritional compounds.

“And if you consistently consume these compounds, you will ward off the stress those results in disease.”

Although Seeram might have talked all day on the benefits of eating berries — raspberries, strawberries or blueberries — he kept his speech short.

But it was full of facts, which the Watsonville-based California Strawberry Commission is annoying to impress upon the public to promote good health and sell berries.

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HYDERABAD: Sensation, Terpentine, Lal Kathra, Patara… Don’t get intrigue by the names, they are some of the 222 varieties of the `King of Fruits’ on display at the three-day mango demonstrate which was inaugurated by Agriculture Minister, N.Raghuveera Reddy at the Jubilee Hall here on Thursday.

The biggest fruit on show is Sora (average wt. two kg) while the least is Chekara Guthi (75 gms). Banganapalli, Suvarnarekha, Dasheri, Alphonsa, Totapari, Pedda rasam, Himayath and Tellagulabi are amid the 32 succulent commercial varieties being exhibited in 20 stalls.

The stalls have been put up by progressive farmers, dispensation units, DWCRA groups, exporters, Non-Governmental Organizations and persons dealing with post-harvest skill and micro-irrigation systems.

New hybrids, pickle varieties, home- made and profitable mango products are also on sale.

Talking to reporters, Mr.Reddy said that this was the first time such a big show was planned.

He said that mangoes were organism sold at lower than the prevailing market prices.

The king of fruit was grown in 10 lakh acres in the State and the estimated production was 31.36 lakh tones.

He harassed the need to increase exports.

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Hyderabad: Fruits for breakfast, lunch and also for dinner, no it’s not a joke. A lady in Andhra Pradesh is doing precisely that. She is ongoing on fruits diet for the last 43 years.

72-year-old Laxmi Tulasi from Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh stopped consumption food since 1963. For one year she took just honey and lime juice but later she started eating only fruits. Till date she has merely fruits as food.

Laxmi is 72 and is extremely healthy. No prizes for guessing the secret, yes, it is fruits that she thrives on.

Laxmi is taking only fruits like banana, grapes, pomegranate, and guavas for the last 43 years. Laxmi left food in 1963 after a quarrel with her family members. As a protest, she started having only honey and lime juice for one year but later she began eating fruits for all meals.

“In 1963 I left food. For one year I continued with lime and honey and later started eating one banana and fruits and have two cups of tea everyday. The reason for this was a tiff with my family members on some issue. I was peeved when someone said something which I did not like.’”

Laxmi Tulasi is a very well educated lady and she retired as Mandal (Block) Development Officer. After retirement, she promptly took up social service to help the other women in her village.

Not only is she connecting women of her village but from surrounding villages also in various vocational courses.

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