Qatar markets abound with fruit & veg despite blockade
These fresh food items, come from countries in various regions such as the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Australia, providing residents with an array of choices at reasonable prices, sources said.
Speaking to Gulf Times, a source from a leading supermarket in Qatar said cargo planes fly tonnes of fresh produce almost every day from countries such as India, Iran, and Turkey.
“We have enough for residents and the growing demand for locally-produced vegetables also prompted local farms to produce more,” he noted.
The supermarket offers a variety of vegetables from Iran such as green beans, capsicum, and cucumber while flat beans, red chili, and canary melon come from Turkey.
Other varieties of vegetables, such as pumpkin and bottle gourd come from Oman while spices like garlic, turmeric, ginger, and onions are imported from India. Bangladesh supplies string beans, round egg plant, and papaya.
Fruits such as apple, orange, banana, mango, plum, avocado, pear, and pineapple come from Kenya, Uganda, Brasil, Africa, Spain, Kenya, the Netherlands, Italy, Holland, India and the Philippines.
source: gulf-times.com
