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“IT has more vitamin C than citrus; the edible rind alone has five times the vitamin C of an orange.” That is how Bill Daley describes guava in an article which appeared in Chicago Tribune.

Nutrition experts claim that vitamin C — mainly in the skin, secondly in the firm flesh, and little in the central pulp — varies from 56 to 600 milligrams. It may range up to 350-450 milligrams in nearly ripe fruit.

When it is fully ripe and soft, the vitamin C content may decline to 50-100 milligrams.

Aside from vitamin C, guava is also rich in potassium, calcium, and iron.

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MANILA, Philippines - Have you heard of GMA “bansot” rice?

The House committee on agriculture wants to know what it is, and the panel is launching an investigation.

Resolution 966, authored by Nueva Ecija Rep. Edno Joson, prompted the inquiry.

Joson said he has been receiving complaints from hundreds of farmers in his province about what they described as their “bansot” or undersized rice crops.

He said the problems began when farmers started using the hybrid seed SL-8, which the Department of Agriculture (DA) is distributing under its Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) program.

Among the problems farmers encountered with SL-8 seeds are premature flowering and poor growth of their palay, he said. [Read full article...]