Citrus Fruits

Trout Hall, based in Jamaica, has also succeeded in supplying branded citrus products.

Regarding the former, studies had been carried out on grains, rice, oilseeds and citrus.

Some production of vegetables and citrus fruits is undertaken, and flowers are grown for export.

The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugar cane, watermelons, bananas, yams and beans.

The project consists of cultivating coffee and fruits like pineapple, banana, citrus, etc. through the selective clearing method (cutting only some trees without burning).

It is ugly, and has resulted in the destruction of olive groves, citrus orchards and grazing fields and the disfigurement of towns and villages.

Over 50 per cent of the Gaza Strip's Beit Hanoun's agricultural land, mainly comprising of citrus fruit and olive trees has been destroyed in the last four years.

In the West Bank, the Israeli army and the settlers had uprooted hundreds of thousands of olive, citrus and other kinds of fruit trees and destroyed 806 wells and 296 agricultural warehouses.

This is frequently the case for oranges and other citrus fruit, pineapples, apples, some stone fruit, grapes and tomatoes in the high season, as well as for tuna and sardines (for consumption).

The EU applies additional tariffs, which are progressively higher at lower import prices, for oranges and other citrus fruit, grapes, apples, etc., as well as for tomatoes, olives, cucumbers and other vegetables.

(iv) Development of school gardens and home gardens will be promoted for cultivation and intake of green leafy vegetables, vitamin C rich foods (e.g. guava, citrus fruit) and vitamin A rich foods (yellow red fruits like papaw, yams, legumes, etc.).