Par Abdelmoumen Guennouni,
813 exposants venant de 23 pays et plus de 400 000 visiteurs
Les exposants satisfaits des niveaux des contacts et de la qualité des participants, des imperfections à corriger pour garder la dynamique.
Le Salon international de l’agriculture du Maroc (Siagrim) a réussi sa deuxième édition. Organisé du 19 au 24 avril, cet événement [...]
President Ahmadinejad has presented a bill to parliament under which Iran will join an International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives.
The Ministry of Agriculture proposed the initiative to the cabinet which endorsed Iran’s accession to the international treaty under the auspices of the United Nations.
The Iranian parliament is yet to ratify the bill and [...]
By Sally Williams,
WALES’ first commercial olive grove has been planted in a bid to capitalise on the increasing effects of climate change.
Anglesey cooking oil producer, Calon Lân, has planted 50 olive trees next to a vineyard on the northern coast of the island.
The grove, believed to be the most northerly in Europe, aims to reap [...]
Text/photos by Kathy Edenhofer (Master gardener),
If you are looking for a unique item for your landscape, here is something that might peak your interest. Tucked away in Citra is a little jewel of a tree farm owned and operated by Tony and Shirley Valenza. At the Olive Branch Tree Farm they grow and sell olive [...]
An update of this post.
From deTraci Regula,
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced an olive recall as some olives produced in Italy are contaminated with botulism, a potentially deadly bacterium.
The affected labels include cans, glass jars & pouches of Cerignola, Nocerella & Castelvetrano olives produced under the names Borrelli, Bonta di Puglia, Cento, Corrado’s, [...]
By Larry Gordon,
Take 130 trees dropping olives on campus walkways. Add in students seeking prankish respite from their studies. Mix in a French-born university president with a taste for Mediterranean cuisine.
That’s the formula for making olive oil at Caltech.
The institution better known for rocket science is launching its own brand of the golden kitchen condiment, [...]
In order to develope organic agriculture in Tunisia and raise more awareness in the farmers of this very promising market in the future says, journalist Ridha Bahlous in Allafrica, a colloquium has been organized recently, which was chosen to promote this form of agriculture.
The Nefza region places natural potentials such as wide spread forests, never [...]
By Stephen Daniells,
Collaboration between Spanish R&D company Genosa and Germany’s Aquanova has produced a nanoscale olive extract with soluble in both water and fats, for use in healthy oils and supplements worldwide.
“At this moment, there are no products containing high concentrations of [the antioxidant] hydroxytyrosol that can be used in lipophilic [oil-based] products,” said Genosa [...]
4th Wine, Olive, Oliveoil and Alcoholic Beverages fair Vinolive 2007 organised by Izmir Fair Services Culture and Art Affairs Trade Inc.(IZFAS) will be held between April 26th and 29th in Izmir.
According to a statement issued from IZFAS, 130 companies will attend the fair intended for the participation of professionals in the sector.
The fair aims at [...]
Les oléiculteurs européens font face à deux grands défis: d’une part, se conformer à la législation environnementale stricte de l’UE, et d’autre part, maintenir leurs prix bas en raison de la pression exercée par la compétition des oléiculteurs étrangers.
Désormais, grâce au projet INASOOP (Integrated Approach to Sustainable Olive Oil and Table Olive Production - Approche [...]
Written by Tim Daly,
If you haven’t heard of the Corto Olive company yet, you will fairly soon.
Corto Olive is located near Stockton and the company is hoping to make a very big splash in the olive oil industry.
Corto is planting thousands of trees near Lodi and Stockton and hoping to produce about 600 thousand gallons [...]
Par Youness SAAD ALAMI,
· Des distinctions remises aux exposants
· Plus de 450.000 visiteurs en cinq jours!
· Les organisateurs promettent encore mieux l’an prochain
Comme pour l’ouverture du Salon international de l’agriculture de Meknès (Siagrim), sa clôture a été encore marquée par des moments d’intense émotion.
En effet, S.M. le Roi Mohammed VI est venu hier distribuer des [...]
Europe’s olive growers face two major challenges: on the one hand, they have to adhere to strict EU environmental legislation, but at the same time competition from overseas olive growers is pressurising them to keep their prices low.
Now, thanks to the EU-funded NASOOP (Integrated Approach to Sustainable Olive Oil and Table Olive Production) project, help [...]
Le Conseil oléicole international (COI) et l’Office national tunisien de l’huile (ONH) ont entamé lundi 23/04/2007 jusqu’au vendredi 27/04/2007 un cours international sur l’amélioration de la qualité de l’huile d’olive.
Ce cycle de formation, qui profitera à 60 personnes, sera axé sur l’impact des facteurs génétiques et environnementaux ainsi que les méthodes de culture sur la [...]
En 2006, 90.000 litres d’huile d’olive ont été produits par Youssef à Safi. Il envisage d’installer un deuxième moulin à Marrakech pour 2007. En parallèle à la production, Youssef consacre beaucoup de temps à la commercialisation. Ces efforts lui ont permis de signer des accords avec l’Allemagne, la Suède, la Suisse, le Japon, Singapour et [...]
Le ministre de l’Agriculture, du Développement rural et des Pêches maritimes, Mohand Laenser, a présidé, lundi 23 avril à Meknès, la cérémonie de remise des prix aux lauréats du premier concours national de la qualité de l’huile d’olive.
1er Concours national de la qualité de l’huile d’olive
Dans la catégorie des huiles d’olive fruitées intenses, la médaille [...]
Par Ridha Lahmar,
L’huile d’olive est une richesse inestimable pour notre pays : la promotion et la valorisation de labels tunisiens à l’export sont susceptibles de propulser toute la filière qui va de l’agriculteur à l’exportateur en passant par les huileries et les unités de conditionnement.
La problématique de l’exportation est complexe : elle implique la mise [...]
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) stated Sunday that the total number of olive presses in the Palestinian Territory is 266, of which 246 are operating, while 20 are temporarily closed.
In a statistical report, to WAFA, on olives presses in the Palestinian Territory for the year 2006, PCBS said that the total quantity of [...]
Recipe by Jane Charlton,
Photography by Amanda McLauchlan,
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Eight companies have participated in the Jordanian pavilion at the 3rd Olive Oil Exhibition which concluded its activities on Friday in the Chinese capital, Beijing, alongside 150 other companies from 15 countries.
The exhibition is one of the most important events for marketing olive oil to meet the demand in the Chinese market.
CEO of the Jordanian [...]
Par Nathalie Harel,
Une huile d’olive israélo-jordano-palestinienne dans les rayons ? Le vice premier ministre Shimon Pérès ainsi que le ministre de l’agriculture israélien Shalom Simhon réfléchissent à la possibilité de planter 4 millions d’oliviers avec la Jordanie et L’Autorité Palestinienne pour produire de l’huile.
Selon ce plan initié par Péres, l’huile sera commercialisée sous une marque [...]
Par Robert Beauchemin,
Au dernier Salon international de l’alimentation de Montréal, neuf huiles d’olive extravierges, testées à l’aveugle, ont été primées parmi plus de 400 à l’issue du concours Olive d’Or.
Des huiles d’origines aussi diverses que l’Italie et l’Espagne bien entendu, mais aussi Israël, l’Australie, la Californie et la Slovénie. Parmi les lauréats, on retrouve : [...]
Olive growers are restructuring their national and state bodies, so they have a single voice to lobby government.
Until now, the Australian Olive Association has not been legally able to represent state councils.
Growers say it will make olive growing a mainstream agribusiness industry after being considered a niche sector.
Eberhard Kunze from the Victorian Olive Council says [...]
People living in the Mediterranean area who use olive oil as their main source of fat have the world’s lowest mortality rate due to cardio-vascular illness. Finland and the United States, where people consume the highest amounts of saturated fat, have the highest.
Olive oil contains more monounsaturated fatty acids than any other fat or oil.
Olive [...]
by A.N.Idelbi,
The 5th Olives and Olive Oil International Exhibition ,Olivex 2006 was opened in Damascus yesterday. Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Hussein Haddar who opened the exhibition told reporters that the olive trees farming in Syria has remarkably developed and that has been accompanied by the increase of production.
Syria production of olive oil [...]
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