Rotten eggplants are seen in the ground after being harvested by farmers and discarded due to the lack of demand in the market, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Homestead, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello 

Rotten eggplants are seen in the ground after being harvested by farmers and discarded due to the lack of demand in the market, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Homestead, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello 

Rotten eggplants are seen in the ground after being harvested by farmers and discarded due to the lack of demand in the market, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Homestead, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello 

Eggplant bushes are seen after being cut by a farm tractor due to the lack of demand in the market, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Homestead, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello 

Rotten eggplants are seen in the ground after being harvested by farmers and discarded due to the lack of demand in the market, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Homestead, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello 

Rotten eggplants are seen in the ground after being harvested by farmers and discarded due to the lack of demand in the market, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Homestead, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello 

Prices of vegetables are displayed at a store in Mexico City, Mexico, February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido 

Brinjal plant is seen in a communal vegetable garden in KwaNdengezi, South Africa January 31, 2018. REUTERS/Rogan Ward 

A box of vegetables is displayed at a 900 square meters farm garden on the rooftop of a postal sorting center, as part of a project by Facteur Graine (Seed Postman) association to transform a city rooftop as a vegetable garden to grow fruits, vegetables, aromatic and medicinal plants, with also chickens and bees in Paris, France, September 22, 2017. Picture taken September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

A vendor arranges his eggplants at a souk in Aleppo, August 31, 2013. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT FOOD BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A vendor holds a cabbage at his stall after heavy rains in the morning at a main market in Colombo June 28, 2013. Lack of supply of fish and seafood due to bad weather contributed to the rise in inflation, government data showed. Core annual inflation, which excludes fresh food, energy, transport, rice and coconuts, eased to a record low of 4.3
percent in June from 5.7 percent a month ago, according to the
new consumer price index introduced in mid-2011. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte (SRI LANKA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Organic vegetables are pictured in an organic supermarket in Berlin, January 31, 2013. Picture taken January 31. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: FOOD SOCIETY) 

A labourer loads harvested brinjal into a crate on a farm which supplies fresh produce to Wal-Mart in Narayangaon, about 180 km (112 miles) west of Mumbai, September 27, 2012. Picture taken September 27, 2012. To match Analysis WALMART-INDIA-SUPPLIERS REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD AGRICULTURE) 

A farmer stands near harvested brinjal on his farm, which supplies fresh produce to Wal-Mart in Narayangaon, about 180 km (112 miles) west of Mumbai, September 27, 2012. Picture taken September 27, 2012. To match Analysis WALMART-INDIA-SUPPLIERS REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD AGRICULTURE) 

A Palestinian labourer harvests eggplants in a field in the West bank village of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron September 9, 2012. Once the mainstay of the local economy, Palestinian agriculture in the rocky West Bank is in decline, with farmers struggling to protect both their livelihoods and their lands. Deprived of water and cut off from key markets, farmers across the occupied territory can only look on with a mix of anger and envy as Israeli settlers copiously irrigate their own plantations and export at will. Picture taken September 9, 2012. To match Feature PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL/FARMING REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS AGRICULTURE BUSINESS FOOD) 

A woman carries bags of white brinjal at a wholesale vegetable market in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad August 14, 2012. India's wholesale inflation unexpectedly fell in July to 6.87 percent, its lowest level since January 2010, although economists were not convinced it would be enough to persuade the RBI to cut rates at its September meeting to help revive the economy. REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD) 

A vendor selling vegetables waits for customers along a roadside market in Srinagar November 14, 2011. India's wholesale price index (WPI) rose 9.73 percent in October from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERD KASHMIR - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD AGRICULTURE) 

A vendor picks eggplants for a customer at his vegetable stall in a market in Shenyang, Liaoning province July 9, 2011. China's annual inflation accelerated to a three-year high in June, figures released on Saturday showed, increasing the chances that the central bank will keep raising interest rates as price pressures spread beyond food and energy. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD) 

Customers pick their groceries at the wholesale food market Mercado Central, in La Matanza district outside Buenos Aires, November 24, 2010. Argentina's economy will grow at one of the world's fastest clips this year at around 9 percent, thanks partly to booming retail sales. The downside is annual inflation estimated privately at between 25 percent and 30 percent. Although wage hikes have helped offset the impact of rising costs, inflation is spawning changes to consumer spending. While some Argentines cut back, others seize on promotions to buy now rather than watch their savings lose value. To match Feature ARGENTINA-INFLATION/ Photo taken November 24, 2010. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A woman sells cucumber and brinjals at the Thiri Mingalar fruit, flower and vegetable wholesale market in Yangon late April 25, 2010. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Aubergines are displayed at a wholesale vegetable market in Mumbai in this February 2, 2010 file photo. Picture taken February 2, 2010. To match Special Report USA-GMOS/REGULATORS REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS SCI TECH) 

Students from the department of environment studies pose with their painted faces during a protest against "bacillus thuringniensis" Bt brinjal in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh February 2, 2010. A genetically modified version of eggplant, a staple in fiery curries, was slated to be the first GM food introduced into India in a bid to stabilise food prices and mitigate some of the effects of climate change on Indian food crop yields. Picture taken February 2, 2010. To match feature INDIA-FOOD/ REUTERS/Ajay Verma (INDIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Brinjals are displayed at a wholesale vegetable market in Mumbai February 2, 2010. The purple eggplant is an unlikely protagonist in a raging debate about whether genetically modified foods should be introduced into India. Picture taken February 2, 2010. To match feature INDIA-FOOD/ REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE FOOD SCI TECH) 

Brinjals are displayed at a wholesale vegetable market in Mumbai February 2, 2010. The purple eggplant is an unlikely protagonist in a raging debate about whether genetically modified foods should be introduced into India. Picture taken February 2, 2010. To match feature INDIA- / REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE FOOD SCI TECH) 

Students hold a mock funeral procession against Bt (Bacillus thuringenesis) brinjal or genetically modified brinjal (a type of eggplant) crop in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh January 28, 2010. The students were demanding a ban on genetically modified Bt brinjal crop in Chandigarh. REUTERS/Ajay Verma (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST AGRICULTURE FOOD) 

A bell pepper and an eggplant are placed on a quilt that covers vegetables to keep them from freezing in cold weather at an open air market in Beijing January 7, 2010. Vegetable prices have increased substantially as the worst snowstorm and lowest temperatures in 50 years hit parts of the country since January 3, China Daily reported on Thursday. REUTERS/Christina Hu (CHINA - Tags: FOOD ENVIRONMENT) 

Five year-old Lizzie Aldrich holds up an eggplant she harvested for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) customers at Tangerini's Spring Street Farm in Millis, Massachusetts August 20, 2009. Tangerini's is one of a growing number of mostly small-scale U.S. farm operations that have turned to community-supported agriculture as a new business model. The 74-acre (30-hectare) farm sells shares of its crop of vegetable and fruit crop in winter and early spring. Its 230 customers pick up their share of the produce every week at the farm, starting in June and running through the growing season. The Aldrich family is a workshare customer, meaning they work on the farm in exchange for their share of the produce. Picture taken August 20, 2009. To match feature USA-FARMS/COMMUNITY REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES AGRICULTURE BUSINESS FOOD) 

Nine year-old Annie Aldrich runs with eggplants she picked for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) customers at Tangerini's Spring Street Farm in Millis, Massachusetts August 20, 2009. Tangerini's is one of a growing number of mostly small-scale U.S. farm operations that have turned to community-supported agriculture as a new business model. The 74-acre (30-hectare) farm sells shares of its crop of vegetable and fruit crop in winter and early spring. Its 230 customers pick up their share of the produce every week at the farm, starting in June and running through the growing season. The Aldrich family is a workshare customer, meaning they work on the farm in exchange for their share of the produce. Picture taken August 20, 2009. To match feature USA-FARMS/COMMUNITY REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES AGRICULTURE BUSINESS FOOD) 

A vegetable seller sorts vegetables at a market in New Delhi August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIA AGRICULTURE) 

Customers purchase Brinjals at a wholesale vegetable market in Mumbai July 14, 2008. Indian industrial output grew at its slowest rate in six years in May, but a jump in inflation to nearly 12 percent made it unlikely weakening growth would persuade the central bank to hold off with interest rate rises. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA) 

Vegetables are displayed in a supermarket in Santa Monica, California October 3, 2007. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES) 

A chef prepares a pizza at Braz pizzeria in Sao Paulo, September 28, 2007. Sao Paulo is home to more than 6,000 pizza parlors that, in all, churn out close to a million pies a day, according to the local association of pizzerias. By some estimates, only New Yorkers devour more pizzas annually than Paulistanos. Picture taken September 28, 2007. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL) 

A man waters eggplants in Muntinlupa City, south of Manila, April 17, 2007. Elevated areas in some parts of Manila dependent on deep wells for drinking
water may run dry by 2025 or even as early as 2010, researchers say.
Residents who now number at least 10 million will feel the crisis acutely,
particularly those living in the south.


REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES) 

Jordanian displays sliced eggplant that shows a natural carving of the word "Allah" or God in Arabic in Amman. A Jordanian displays a sliced eggplant that shows a natural carving of the word "Allah" or God in Arabic in Amman April 23, 2005. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Palestinian farmers tend to their aubergine crop in the shadow of a concrete
wall erected across their land by the Israeli army to stop Palestinian
militants slipping into Israel from the West Bank city of Qalqilya July 7,
2003. Palestinians fear the barrier, consisting of walls and electronic
fences now stretching around 150 kms (90 miles), will dash their dream of a
viable state in the West Bank, the goal of a new U.S.-backed peace plan.
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