Archive for April 17th, 2007

17 Apr

Israel, Jordan and PA to plant 4m olive trees

By Amiram Cohen,Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon have established a team to discuss the planting of 4 million olive trees with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority for the production of oil. According to the plan, which was initiated by Peres, the oil will be marketed under a joint brand to […]

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17 Apr

Producers confident of developing olive oil from sludge pit

Olive trees are being used to clean-up former mining land contaminated with heavy metals at Broken Hill, in far western New South Wales. The trees are about to produce their first vintage of olive oil and those involved in the project are confident the oil will be free of contaminants. Doctor Steve Flecknoe-Brown from the […]

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17 Apr

Egypt to donate olive trees to mark HM birthday

By Marisa Chimprabha, Cairo – Egypt will donate 80 olive trees to Thailand to jointly celebrate HM the King’s 80th anniversary and to show the strong relationship with Thailand, Thai Ambassador to Egypt Noppadol Theppitak said Tuesday. The delivery of the trees are expected to conduct around July, the ambassador said. He was speaking during […]

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