Pistachios, consumed worldwide, also have health benefits as per a new study. According to a new research from tufts university in the US, Pistachios may protect our eyes and brains from getting impacted as we age.

Study: Daily Pistachio Consumption Can Help Eye Health in Adults  

The farmers in Castilla-La Mancha in central Spain are known to farm olives and vines but they are slowly moving towards a cash crop for quick profits. The last few months have seen them replanting their fields with pistachios – a crop that is worth ten times the value of olives in the market.

Spanish farmers ditch olives, vines for more lucrative, drought-resistant pistachios

The case of over 19,000 kg (4,200 pounds) of pistachios that went missing earlier this month has been solved by police in California. The Tulare County Sheriff's Office announced on Saturday that the stolen pistachios had been traced to a tractor-trailer parked in a nearby parking lot.

Nut thief: American man arrested for stealing 19,000 kg of pistachios

Fadi al-Mahmoud painstakingly parts the green leaves and examines the fruit of his toil - the famed pistachio nut. He is almost oblivious to the army nearby sweeping the same ground for buried explosives.

After war and violence, Syria's pistachio farmers return to their orchards

After years of war and violence, Syria's pistachio farmers have returned to the orchards. Al-Mahmoud is awaiting his first harvest after years of war with some pistachio fields in Syria completely destroyed farmers are now doing damage-control in the hope of getting a good yield. Before violence wreaked havoc on pistachio fields, Syria produced up to 80,000 tonnes of pistachios a year. Watch report.

Your Story: Syria's pistachio farmers return to their orchards after years of war

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