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Expert financial advice Keep up to date with our Finance expert, chartered accountant Ricardo Chaves from All Finance Matters. READERS Q&A Each month we receive Q We recently moved from the US to security contributions. different questions from our Portugal and we currently rent a So as both your activities are eligible for the readers, although some of house in Altura. I work in IT and have just NHR, in your case registering as a contractor these questions are related to one client in the US. My wife is a journalist would be the most efficient way of doing specific situations, sometimes and writes as a contractor to different US business in Portugal. However please make the answer may help you to and UK magazines. Can you let us know sure you meet all the rules related with better understand the tax system in Portugal what the first steps we should take to the activity, concerning the invoicing and and answer the queries from other readers. be registered with the Portuguese tax reporting. You don’t need to wait for the authorities? How much tax will we pay residency permit to register the business Q We recently moved to a Villa just on our income and what is the best tax activity, as this can start as soon as you arrive outside Tavira, a property that structure? Should we set up our own in Portugal, but eventually you may be taxed we bought in March 2022. We are now company in Portugal? as a non-resident until the Visa process is selling our apartment in São Brás. When completed. should we change our tax address and A Once you have your Visa appointment, Please feel free to send us the questions you which address should we indicate on the you should then receive your residency may have to [email protected]. We will select promissory contract as our current home? card. Only then we can change your tax some of these to be published. Should we indicate Tavira, which is where address in order for you become a Portuguese we are living? tax resident. Following this we will then EastAlgarveM A G A Z I N E complete the application to the Non-Habitual A To be able to benefit from reinvestment Residency scheme (NHR). PROMOTE YOUR to avoid paying capital gains tax, the As an NHR, you will be able to benefit from BUSINESS WITH US address that needs to be registered as your special taxes and several exemptions. As FROM ONLY €25, fiscal address is the address of the property both your activities are eligible under the UP TO €295 FOR you are selling, which is São Brás. Therefore, NHR, your tax rate will be 20%. But that this should also be the one mentioned in the doesn’t mean that you will pay 20% tax on A FULL PAGE promissory contract. your income, in fact you will pay a lot less, Only after the deed is signed and the sale specially in 2022 and 2023. If you would like to completed, you should change your tax We will have to register your activity at the promote your address to the new villa in Tavira. Don’t forget tax office, for which will be required to have that you should also change the address on a Portuguese bank account. You will also business with the East your Residency card, driving license and be obliged to issue invoices through the Algarve magazine National Health System. tax portal or through a certified invoicing contact us on software. These invoices need to be sent to Q I recently submitted my first tax return the tax authorities each month and you will [email protected] in Portugal, and I have been charged also need to appoint an accountant to submit or Tel 961 700 200 10% tax on my pension, because I have your quarterly VAT returns. the NHR status. However, the Portuguese Although your invoices do not include VAT As an advertiser you tax authorities don’t seem to consider or (you are exempt on invoices issued to automatically become a credit the tax I already paid in the UK in my corporate clients outside Portugal), you still pension, which is higher that the tax paid need to submit the VAT returns and include distributor, and will be in Portugal. Should I be paying tax over the the VAT on the purchases made that are provided with a number of same income in both countries? Shouldn’t related with your activity (internet, computers, Portugal credit the tax I paid at source? electricity, accountant, office material, etc). copies to issue to your This means that you are likely to have a VAT customers. A According to the Double Tax Agreement credit and may apply for a VAT refund after between Portugal and the UK, the private 12 months. pensions should be taxed only in the country In terms of tax, this will be assessed when where the taxpayer is resident. If you are a tax you submit the first tax return, which will be resident in Portugal, you should declare your during the period April to June 2023. The tax worldwide income in Portugal, as you did, and bill will be due in August 2023. 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Expert financial advice by John Alden, Managing Partner at Private Client Consultancy HOW E-COMMERCE AND NEW PAYMENTS TRENDS ARE ALTERING R CONSUMERISMecent years have shown that the shopping habits of payments in two years. The global e-commerce consumers are changing market itself is expected to surpass £5 trillion as the e-commerce market by 2024. This is partly due to the growing continues to boom. This number of consumers looking to spend after height of the pandemic. The ability to simply being restricted during the pandemic. This will tap your card rather than touch the pin pad after numerous other people became not only preferred but expected. It gave customers a sense of peace knowing that businesses were has proven to be an issue taking the necessary steps to facilitate more massively drive e-commerce and encourage for some retailers. However, many are adapting hygienic interactions. the economy’s bounce-back. Overall, more to the shifting payments landscape and new Contactless payments also speed up the payment choices mean more business. trends like digital wallets, virtual cards, and purchasing process. On average, they are 7 Cash is clearly losing its status as king. It mobile payments. seconds quicker than paying with a chip and is becoming more apparent as to how new In many ways, the pandemic allowed the pin and 15 seconds quicker than cash. This payments innovations are shaping the retail retail industry to undergo checkout speed is vital to landscape. Apart from shifting to contactless an extensive digital \"As of now, digital the success of a business, transactions and wearable tech as the preferred transformation. Even before wallets are one of as it impacts the shopper’s methods of payment, the general outlook on the pandemic, e-commerce the most preferred desire to return. Queues financial technology is improving. These kinds had been a driving force can build up, and no one of payments have made transactions easier for a change in the way methods of wants to wait longer than and more convenient for customers. It has businesses operate and, payment within the also made transactions more secure, as more consequently, the way necessary. Evidently, sensitive information is stored digitally. This all consumers value efficiency. customers shop. However, e-commerce space. To appease customers, contributes to the general trust the consumer it was the Covid-19 crisis Digital wallets are retailers were allowed to has with the company they are choosing to that acted as the impetus projected to make offer a higher contactless buy from. Forming a sense of trust with their for many businesses to payment limit of £100, customers allows businesses to thrive because offer more online options. up more than 50% replacing the previous limit it establishes them as a competitor. Of course, lockdowns of all e-commerce of £45. This worked to ease In fact, in many cases, retailers will not be able forced businesses to the experience and reduce to compete if they do not offer flawless digital streamline their digital payments in two friction. experiences. Frictionless payments are required solutions. Without the years\" Another payment choice now, whether the customer is shopping in ability to shop in-person, that customers and person or online. Online shopping baskets consumers shopped online companies alike are worth billions of pounds are often abandoned at record levels. Lockdowns also made it so that gravitating toward is open banking. To put if the payment process involves hiccups. contactless payments became more ubiquitous it simply, open banking is like a customer Namely, if the shipping includes delivery fees, when shopping in stores. It is estimated that transferring money directly to the business the customer’s chosen payment method is contactless payments rose by 20% from 2017 from their account. This benefits both parties. unavailable, or there are cybersecurity concerns. to 2020. Essentially, the pandemic catalysed Merchants save money by avoiding card Therefore, if brands want an advantage in the seven years' worth of growth in about seven processing fees, which in turn increases their customer payments experience, experts say weeks. profit margins. It provides customers with more they must innovate and implement frictionless It’s possible that if the pandemic hadn’t protection and less hassle, as they are not payments. happened, new e-commerce developments required to manually exchange sort codes and The structural change digital payment wouldn’t have progressed as much as they did. account details. innovations have had on e-commerce and Many individuals were uninterested in moving Consumers are also paying via wearable tech, consumerism in general has irrevocably altered away from cash and toward the digital world. such as smart watches, and with digital wallets, the way people shop. It has also made them A sizeable portion of the population perhaps like Apple Pay and Google Pay. Established both more digitally savvy and more aware of would have never gotten used to online digital wallets are no more expensive for all the options available to them. This will have shopping, never mind ordering their groceries businesses than accepting card payments. lasting effects on markets around the world online. The pandemic made this necessary and They allow for a positive customer experience and will provide exciting new opportunities for has permanently changed the behaviour and and are becoming more widely offered. investors. habits of many. As of now, digital wallets are one of the most If you are interested in how Private Client When it comes to the airborne nature of preferred methods of payment within the Consultancy can help you diversify your the virus, it is obvious why the popularity e-commerce space. Digital wallets are projected portfolio, contact Managing Partner John Alden of contactless payments soared during the to make up more than 50% of all e-commerce at [email protected]. 54 www.eastalgarvemag.com
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Sara de Melo Castanheira is an expert in Occupational Therapy and Quality of Life. She is also the Technical Director of SER Igual, an Association of special rehabilitation services in Tavira THE PLAYGROUNDavirahasalotofplaygrounds but few are inclusive, or adapted to all children! The playground is the perfect Tplace to practice different • Elopement behaviors: many kids, especially another daily activity. with autism exhibit elopement behaviors; Quiet corner: When a child starts to feel • Impaired gross motor skills: this tends overwhelmed by all the sights and sounds on the to include challenges with balance and playground, they may need a break to recenter coordination. themselves. A tunnel is a good example of a skills and experiences, from A playground designed with all kids in mind, quiet and cozy space for children to organize learning social skills to learning to manage should promote sensory features, social their nervous system and self-regulate in order sensory input. Though therapy and educational interaction, self-regulation, motor skills and to stop the sensory-overload sensation. programs can play a central role in helping kids different play levels. I´ll present below some tips Social interaction opportunities: Cooperative with, for example, autism, to learn essential to have in mind: play is the most social form of play, but there skills, the playground can also contribute to their Easy navigation: a great way to promote a are many stages of play that bridge the gap learning and a fun space for them to express positive experience is by making the playground between solitary play and cooperative play. themselves. Play, as I already mentioned in easy to navigate. Ensuring there is a logical Children may observe other kids as they play or previous articles, matters for everyone. Small arrangement for equipment. For example, play alongside others without much interaction. playground design decisions can mean the creating areas where the playground groups The playground can be the perfect place for difference between including or excluding similar activities together. a child to make a new friend or learn valuable those children. This article is an alert to our Fence the playground: elopement is a social skills they can take with them into other community for the importance of playground common behavior, so for kids’ safety, the settings. considerations for kids with specific needs, so playground needs to have a fence with low Nature theme: Nature can have a calming we can effectively support and celebrate all kids visual stimulation (single color or pale primary effect that is helpful for anyone who experiences in our community through playground design. colors) and not easily climbable. anxiety, including kids with development Kids with specific needs enjoy and learn through Sensory experiences: include opportunities disorders like autism. This is one reason play, just as typically developing children for kids to use their tactile, auditory and visual why outdoor play can be a wonderful outlet. do, but the play behavior of these children is sensory systems by adding a variety of sensory Playgrounds could be designed in order to qualitatively and quantitatively different than experiences. Don’t forget that proprioception is include natural materials like grass and rocks their typically developing peers. the main sensory system that can contribute to or a feature like a bubbling water fountain or It’s crucial that playground designers and self-regulation, better coordination and promote stream. other community stakeholders understand positive affect among children. Proprioception Skillsets: including equipment that kids can use both the commonalities and differences that is an important bodily neuromuscular sense, in various ways according to their ability level kids with specific needs bring with them to and is guided by receptors in the body (skin, and their creativity help them nourish friendship the playground, compared to their developing muscles, joints) that connect with the brain and imitate positive situations. peers. First, these kids share many of the same through the nervous system so that even without Many children with development disorders like desires as other kids. They want to have fun, sight, a person knows what his or her body is autism, have a strong desire for friends. Inclusive to learn and to feel like they belong. Though doing. Vision plays a key role in the ability to playgrounds can be a way to nourish friendship. the avenue for experiencing these things may sense one’s body in space. However, vision is Playgrounds help kids develop social skills and differ from child to child, those base needs are not necessary for a person to understand body make friends by promoting peer interaction. universal. Each child is unique, and a special ownership. Only proprioception is necessary How can you help Associação SER Igual? need can present itself in different ways. For for the development of body awareness and Associação SER Igual is a non-profit association example, some kids may be nonverbal, some may already be present in newborns. In a for handicap people and with Public Utility that is may have poor coordination and others may playground there should always be, without helping children, teenagers and their caregivers have risky games for themselves. So, thinking any doubt, equipment that enables kids to to get better life quality and helping change the about a playground, what considerations we use their vestibular system too. The vestibular paradigm of inclusion in east Algarve. By sharing should have in order to make it an inclusive system is an important part of a child's body. this article, you help spreading the name of SER place? It's a system of tiny organs in the inner ear that Igual, so more people can contact us. You can • Challenges with social interactions: Interacting provides the brain with information about where sponsor one of our social projects or sponsor a with peers may not come easily; they are in space — up or down, sideways, child from our Association and help him/her to • Difficulty with new experiences: kids etc. Understanding this allows us to keep our carry out their therapies. Please visit us on our with specific needs may avoid change or balance and move smoothly. Providing a variety FB page (@SerIgualPT) and IG (@igual.ser) and experiencing anything new; of balancing equipment with different difficulty make an appointment to [email protected] or • Sensory processing differences: A high levels activates the stimulation of the vestibular by phone 918180020. percentage of kids also exhibit sensory system, promoting self-esteem and more Thanks once more for your attention. Stay processing issues; confidence when they go out of playground to tuned for next article. 56 www.eastalgarvemag.com
Health DOING IT TOGETHER IFarah Naz What type of relationships do you have? t`s harvest time for Portuguese farmers, and like many, my family interpersonal styles rooted in competition, a positive change? and I are collecting the sweet strong desire for financial success, high levels Carob to sell in coming weeks. of consumption, and belief in the necessity of 3 Ask yourself, if your relationships reflect We, usually are bent over, under economic growth have led to a breakdown of a commitment to core values, such as, the trees picking the shiny, brown meaningful relationships and an increase in the good, the honest, kindness, charitable, bean, in the early and late hours of the day, to such transactional relationships. This, in turn, - values that give your life meaning and avoid the hot temperatures. In previous years, has resulted in an increase in mental illness, purpose? it was easy to get the children to join in the poor attachments in families, divorce, and activity purely for the sake of being together, overall dissatisfaction with life. 4 Is there an acceptance of people´s it was idyllic and wholesome. But this season, Neuroscientists, psychologists, philosophers, mistakes and failures? Or is there an as they are full-grown, teenagers, exposed poets, all agree, that our brains are wired for emphasis on perfection and judgement? to values beyond our own, we took the easy meaningful, social interaction. route and used cash as bait. And, it was at 5 Ask if you can be your best and most true this point that as parents we stood back and ´…it is hardly surprising that most of our self in your relationships? And do you reflected upon how our evolving relationship happiness arises in the context of our bring out the best in others? with our teens, was in fact in serious danger relationships with others.´ of becoming transactional. 6 Do you seek out challenging and honest A transactional relationship is a relationship Dalai Llama conversations, welcome them, and at its crudest - ´you give to me and I give to invite both constructive and appreciative you´. Such a reciprocal bond will last only as Transformational relationships build trust, feedback? Do you take risks and ask: ´How long as both parties continue to meet the they are about giving the most we possibly do I make you feel about you?´ or ‘What are other´s needs. These kinds of relationships can to help others. They are about working your reservations about me?´ ´Are there things are indeed, necessary, and were reserved for towards a win-win, because clearly, we about me that you find difficult? ´ business, it’s how we get food in our fridge can do far more together, than alone, and a and clothes on our backs, but now such transformational relationship changes us too. 7Can you be honest, be yourself, and get relationships extend beyond this and have In a transformational relationship there is a out of your comfort zone? invaded our private lives. willingness to collaborate, to hear, an urge If our relationships are transactional, they to grow, a curiosity about the other´s internal 8 How do you create protection in your will have the following qualities: world, a desire for the other to grow, and a relationships? Is it through a tacit view that the other has positive intent. agreement of no challenge? Or is it through a 1 Functional and economic - The focus is on ´ relationship built with honest, and meaningful the outcome and as soon as the outcome Win-win is a belief in the Third Alternative. It's conversations? is achieved, the relationship ends. not your way or my way; it's a better way, a These are big questions and as I wrote them, higher way. ´ I too, wondered about the evolving needs of 2 Everything is based on exchange. my family and how as a parent it´s important to Everything is tracked and measured. Stephen Covey rise up to the challenge and not give in to the easy route. I also thought about, and reflected 3 The relationship is based upon The pandemic has interestingly, like many upon every relationship I have, and that each expectations. other world crises in history, jolted people of these requires me to keep on growing. If into reviewing their lives and outlook. Early we desire transformational relationships, we 4 Self-serving and self-focused and… in 2021, Reuters reported that people, have to be willing to constantly evolve. worldwide, have focused more on their And, it is only then, that we operate with the 5 A lack of connection and therefore a lack immediate networks and those close to them, most evolved part of our brains, and only then of trust leading to feeling unsafe in the wanting to contribute and are more interested can we change, can we grow, can we become relationship – no real, honest or meaningful in social improvement. better, become more loving, become more conversation. When a person feels unsafe in So, how can we continue to cultivate the our ideal selves, and then we transform each a relationship, they are not honest, they don’t win-win of transformational relationships other, and then, we transform the world. speak up, they don’t take risks. and have less transactional relationships, Farah Naz is a UK trained Psychotherapist in our lives? How can we ultimately build of more than 30 years, and is a Clinical 6 There is often a competitive or one- stronger relationships with our partners, Hypnotherapist. She has worked with upmanship edge to these relationships within our families, with our friends and thousands of people globally for a range communities? of issues. Farah has trained national 7 People are frequently labelled or judged in organisations, international corporate these relationships and there is a lack of 1Ask yourself what is the level of mutuality companies, doctors, teachers and health positive intent. in your relationships? Do you give and workers on psychological-related issues. Researchers argue, that the fruits of capitalism receive gratefully, without expectation, and Currently, she has an online global practice - a set of values based in self- interest, without presenting reminders, about what you and a private practice in the Algarve. www. contributed? Check your intentions. iamfarah.com email: [email protected] 2 Review your relationships and check if you are committed to each other’s growth and www.eastalgarvemag.com 57
Health WHAT'S YOUR STORY? AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO YOUR HEALTH? Expert advice from Elaine Godley founder of the Perfect health HUB a self-help repository with I hundreds of health resources, videos, podcasts and weekly group support was asked recently ' what's my radio frequencies. When you are tuned in to a revisiting these events? Do you look back story?' station that you enjoy and can hear well, you and thank the universe for your lessons, or do My story goes something like are in full flow. you feel emotional? If you are emotional, then this... To function at its best, the body needs to perhaps you need to do some internal work ...married too young the first resonate in a positive frequency. As life on yourself. time aged 19 just 6 months progresses, stuff happens to us whether So many of us learn to take things in our after my father died from a rare personally or indirectly which affects our stride, make some adjustments which enable bone cancer, tried twice more, been raped, whole vibration and the essence of who we us to carry on and function at a superficial abducted, bankrupt, strangled and left for are. level, then one day a serious illness knocks at dead. We are made up of around 70% water. our door. Don’t let this be your story! Also been very successful with a nearly £2M Water retains memory (Dr Masaru Emoto Now what? turnover company I built from scratch then on Youtube). So if you are in a negative During the past 25+ years, I’ve become a lost 7 years later when I woke up to my then frequency, your body can and will retain the specialist in the DISC model of behavioural husband being an alcoholic. Inconvenienced negativity and be held within your body for profiling and can tell from looking at a person’s by 4 different cancers including stage IV years. behaviour pattern, the likelihood of them which I beat in 3 months back in 2015. Older readers will recall that men returning being ill and from what type of conditions, Been CEO of a law firm, COO of a team with from the first and second world wars rarely without even meeting them. I have developed over 200 staff, mother of a son with Asperger's spoke of their experiences. As a result, an online tool from which your own situation Syndrome and now sh*t hot at guiding others we’d see many examples of arthritis and can easily be assessed. how to reverse serious health and wellbeing rheumatism – these are ‘internal’ conditions If you’d like to know how to reverse poor challenges and how to overcome adversity. which are impacted by negativity and holding health, or better still minimise your risk of Gained an MBA and health qualifications on to emotions (impacted also by diet and an horrendous diagnosis, then please get in along the way. nutrition and lifestyle factors). touch. I’m happy to chat with anyone and Oh and I beat a rare kidney condition I was What can you do to minimise your risk of also host you on my podcast if you have born with and told I would be on medication poor health? an interesting story to share calendly.com/ for life. Dealing with emotional trauma is a huge topic elainegodley After 23 years on medication I was introduced which impairs healing if not dealt with at a to natural wellbeing through my chiropractor deep level. For clients who I support with (I have a twisted and curved spine and a bit my 6-week Kick-start to Healing mentoring of spina bifida) and his girlfriend who was a programme, I go through this area and refer natural therapist and nutrition expert. My some on to specialist practitioners who can kidneys work better than the average person help. None of us has all the answers however, according to medics who conned me into in collaboration, we provide stunning results being on antibiotics for life. for those ready to heal….and are prepared to Loving my life and how I inspire others. put in the work. Running retreats in Portugal where I now live In the meantime, you could join my Perfect in the beautiful Algarve. Health HUB where you will find some Retreats are about health and leadership - answers if you are ready to begin your two different events. healing journey on a DIY basis. You will find Why ask the question how does your story hundreds of resources to guide you towards Elaine Godley MBA O.A. Dip (Psych) was relate to your health? improved health and wellbeing. https:// voted Best Health and Wellbeing Mentor It’s very simple really. Our body is made up of perfecthealthhub.kartra.com/page/JoinHub 2022-UK by the Business Excellence Awards. vibrational energy. Everything on the planet Make a start by writing down the traumatic Elaine supports clients online and with home resonates at different levels of vibrational events that have happened to you in life. testing assessments to identify the root cause frequency. You know immediately when you Then take a step back and realise how of their health challenges and creates a are resonating with someone who is on your well you’ve managed over the years and wellbeing plan with them for recovery elaine@ ‘wavelength’. I liken it to tuning in to different ask yourself how do you feel now you are discplus.health 58 www.eastalgarvemag.com
Health WHAT IS A TOE ORTHOSIS? Painful feet can the the bain of your life. Orthosis Alegria is a method used to relieve pain and prevent a number of ailments by correcting the toe position Beauty Salon A n orthosis is used to reduce or eliminate friction Beauty Treatments · Plasma Jet · Lash/Eyebrow between the toes or between the shoe and the toes. Lifting and Colouring · Microblading This way painful pressure spots, chafing spots, wounds or corns prevent or reduce rubbing and can · Eyeliner/Lip Liner Tattoos · Facial Waxing relieve pain when wearing shoes. · Massages · Manicure/Pedicure · Chiropodist An orthosis can be a solution for your complaints in the case of a deviating toe position. It can have different functions: MAmaarziang support, stabilization, correction, immobilization or relief. Alegria When to use an orthosis? Beauty Salon Orthoses are used for claw toes, hammer toes and toes growing over Rua 5 Outubro 41, Vila Real de Santo António. or under each other. Tel.; 961 818 625 Due to the clawed position of the toes, the friction with the shoe often Email: [email protected] causes complaints on the top of the toes. In this case, the tips of 59 the toes are also pressed into the ground, which can make them feel painful. In addition, calluses and painful corns often develop. We correct the toe position with an orthosis. This reduces the pressure and your foot complaints often even disappear completely. An orthosis also has a pressure- reducing effect on corns and calluses. www.eastalgarvemag.com
Gardens CaabAorlolutbs The carob tree has been We´ve just passed the harvesting time for Carobs... the back breaking work has been done, but what do we know about this peculiar looking fruit? Well here´s everything you need to know about Carobs grown since antiquity trees are also useful as ornamentals and for opposite pairs, coriaceous, dark green and landscaping, windbreaks and afforestation. shiny above, pale green beneath and finely in most countries of the Cattle can browse on leaves and the wood is veined with margins slightly ondulate, and suitable for fuel. tiny stipules. The leaves are sclerophyllous Mediterranean basin, World production is estimated at about 310 and have a very thick single-layered upper 000 t/year produced from some 200 000 epidermis, the cells of which contain usually in mild and dry ha with very variable yields depending on phenolic compounds in the large vacuoles, cultivar, region and farming practice. Spain and stomata are present only in the lower places with poor soils. Its is the leading carob producer, producing on epidermis and arranged in clusters. Carob average 135 000 t/year (MAPA 1994), followed does not shed its leaves in the autumn but value was recognized by the ancient Greeks, by Italy, Portugal, Morocco, Greece, Cyprus, only in July every second year, and it only Turkey, Algeria and some other countries. partially renews leaves in spring (April and who brought it from its native Middle East The scientific name of carob tree (Ceratonia May). siliqua L.) derives from Greek keras, horn, The original distribution of C. siliqua is to Greece and Italy, and by the Arabs, who and Latin siliqua, alluding to the hardness not clear as it has undergone extensive and shape of the pod. The common name cultivation since ancient times. It is suggested disseminated it along the North African coast originates from the Hebrew kharuv, from that its range in the wild included Turkey, which are derived the Arabic kharrub and later Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, southern and north into Spain and Portugal. It was algarrobo or garrofero in Spanish, carrubo in Jordan, Egypt, Arabia, Tunisia and Libya and Italian, caroubier in French, Karubenbaum that it moved westward at an early stage. spread in recent times to other Mediterranean- in German, alfarrobeira in Portuguese, Carob is believed to have been spread by charaoupi in Greek, charnup in Turkish, and the Greeks to Greece and Italy and then by like regions such as California, Arizona, garrofer or garrover in Catalan. The carob the Arabs along the coast of northern Africa is also known as St. John’s bread or locust into the south and east of Spain, from where Mexico, Chile and Argentina by Spaniards, to bean in reference to the presumed use of it migrated to the south of Portugal and the its ‘locusts’ as food by St. John the Baptist southeast of France. Its wild occurrence parts of Australia by Mediterranean emigrants and, from that derives Johannisbrotbaum in in the western Mediterranean is doubtful. German. Jewellers used its uniform seeds as Spontaneous carobs occur in many places and to South Africa and India by the English. a unit of weight (200 mg), the carat. around the western Mediterranean basin The carob tree grows as a sclerophyllous but they are regarded as feral derivatives of The carob tree is an important component evergreen shrub or tree up to 10 m high, with the fruit crop which probably evolved under a broad semispherical crown and a thick trunk domestication. of the Mediterranean vegetation and its with brown rough bark and sturdy branches. As a food source, carob pods could be Leaves are 10-20 cm long, alternate, pinnate, stored and transported long distances. In cultivation in marginal and prevailing with or without a terminal leaflet. Leaflets are most of the Mediterranean region wild and 3-7 cm long, ovate to elliptic, in 4-10 normally naturalized carobs are distributed in more or calcareous soils of the Mediterranean region is important environmentally and economically. Traditionally, grafted carob trees have been inter planted with olives, grapes, almonds and barley in low intensity farming systems in most producing countries. Carob pods with their sugary pulp are a staple in the diet of farm animals and are eaten by children as snacks or by people in times of famine. However, currently the main interest is seed production for gum extraction. Kibbled pods have been shipped from producing countries to all over Europe. Because of low orchard management requirements the carob tree is suitable for part-time farming and shows potential for planting in semi-arid Mediterranean or subtropical regions. The 60 www.eastalgarvemag.com
LANDSCAPING & GARDEN CENTER BEM-VINDO • WELCOME QUINTA DAS PALMEIRAS CENTRO DE JARDINAGEM EN 125, c.p. 126-E 8800-118 To To Moncarapacho Luz de Luz de Tavira Olhão EN125 Tavira e-mail: [email protected] Fuseta To Tavira www.geojardim.com Tel: 281 961 189 Look out for the flags Find us on facebook at: Geojardim Landscaping & Garden Center less the same geographic and climatic belt as chocolate in that has fewer calories and production is being protected by an the cultivated. Forms of spontaneous carobs neither caffeine nor theobromine. Its flavour interesting initiative to promote carob growing are particularly common at low altitudes along is not as rich as dark chocolate but resembles with the establishment of the Associaçao the Spanish Mediterranean coast, southwest milk chocolate. Interprofissional para o Desenvolvimento Spain, southern Portugal, the Balearic Owing to the high sugar content of the pod da Produção e Valorização da Alfarroba Islands, southeast France, the shores of and its relatively low cost, carob pulp was (AIDA) in 1985 in the Algarve, Portugal. This southern Italy including Sicily, the Adriatic among the first horticultural crops used independent association brings together coast of Croatia, the Aegean region in Greece for the production of industrial alcohol efforts of interested people and institutions and Turkey, along the northern and southern by fermentation in several Mediterranean involved in carob production, processing and ranges of the isle of Cyprus, in the islands of countries. In some countries, e.g. Egypt, marketing. Malta, in the maritime belt of Lebanon and carob syrup is a popular drink obtained Israel, the north and south of Morocco and by extracting carob kibbles with water. the coastline in Tunisia. The carob is one of Harvesting is the major cost in carob the most useful native Mediterranean trees. production owing to the expensive In producing countries, carob pods have and scarce labour in most developed traditionally been used as animal and human countries. Manual harvesting of the food and currently the main use is the seed pods represents 30-35% of the total for gum extraction. Carob pods provide production cost for an orchard. This fodder for ruminants and nonruminants. In cost can be divided between knocking the wild, carob shelter, foliage and beans (or shaking) and collecting operations. attract browsing animals. The pods contain Knocking is a traditional operation indigestible and valuable seeds. Carob timber performed with thin long poles to is hard and close-grained, and has been used knock down ripe pods. Manual or to make utensils as well as fuel. Carob wood mechanical harvesting by trunk shakers also was traditionally used to make slow- and manpower shakers is affected burning charcoal. Ceratonia oreothauma is by size and growth habit of the trees, extensively used for goat fodder in its native pod distribution in the branches and ranges. pod abscission. Collecting operations The pulp can be ground into a fine powder depend on yield, size and shape of for use in human nutrition. Carob powder pod, and orchard density. The main aim consists of 46% sugar, 7% protein and small for new carob orchard establishment amounts of numerous minerals and vitamins should be mechanical harvesting. and is thus quite nutritious. After oven-drying, Some agronomical features of the tree the powder can be added to cakes, bread, are important to improve mechanical sweets, ice creams or drinks as a flavouring. harvesting of carob. Carob powder ‘cocoa’ has advantages over In Portugal the future of the carob www.eastalgarvemag.com 61
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