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An ancient olive-oil production complex dating from the 6th-7th Centuries CE , one of the largest ever exposed in Israel was discovered at Ahihud, in excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
A unique and impressive complex for producing oil that dates to the Byzantine period, which is also one of the largest uncovered in [...]

An olive tree on the Mount of Beatitudes blessed by Pope John Paul II is the only one producing olives this year, according to the forester at the site.
Catholic Online reports in the Jubilee Year of 2000, Pope John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land stopping at one point to bless an [...]

Un million d’oliviers élevés en Israël seront plantés dans le désert du Rajasthan, dans le nord de l’Inde.
Le pays-continent finalise un plan agricole triennal pour l’introduction de plusieurs espèces végétales méditerranéennes et moyen-orientales en Inde, qui espère devenir exportateur d’olives en 2011.
Des dattiers et des vignes israéliens pourraient suivre afin d’aider la région du Maharashtra, [...]

By Rhys Blakely,
The desert of Rajasthan in the north of India is to be planted with a million olive trees grown in Israel in an effort to transform the landscape and the fortunes of its struggling farmers.
The countries are finalising a three-year plan on agriculture that will introduce several crops associated with the Middle East [...]

President Dalmia, India decided to invest so much in olive oil market. Somebody is talking about a new Olive orchard model in the area called Rajasthan. Particularly they are intentioned to invest using very modern and high technologically irrigated systems. Why are you spending so much attention to olive cultivation?
In reality, I do not think [...]

Can India become a major producer and exporter of olive oil?
50,000 sapling of various varieties will be planted near Jaipur to find the Variety most suitable to India.
By Siddhartha Sarma,
The agriculture board of a desert state, a micro-irrigation firm, and an Israeli company think so. Later this week, 50,000 olive saplings of various varieties [...]

Olive oil prices are expected to rise on tight supply.
This year’s olive harvest is expected to be much smaller than in 2006, amounting to 15,000 tons, compared with 40,000 tons. One reason for the poor harvest was last year’s drought.
Hani Hahashan of Kfar Marar, who won the Israel Olive Board’s “Outstanding olive oil” award this [...]

C’est la 13ème année consécutive de cueillette conjointe : druzes, arabes, circassiens, bédouins ou israéliens de Galilée se retrouvent sous les oliviers durant les 3 week-ends exceptionnels de ce Festival internationalement reconnu depuis le Canada, les Etats-Unis ou la France, puisque de nombreux touristes y participent parfois très activement, parfois simplement lors de repas festifs [...]

Agriculture Minister Shalom Simchon announced on Thursday that he planned to fight the destruction of olive trees belonging to Palestinians by Jewish settlers.
Simchon made his comments after meeting with the Palestinian Authority’s Olive Council head, Army Radio reported. The minister promised him that he would formulate a plan of action in the matter in coordination [...]

By Amiram Cohen ,
The price of high-quality olive oil produced in Israel is expected to rise by 20 percent in the coming months, and reach NIS 40 to NIS 50 per liter.
The reason for the price increase is a poor olive harvest this year, as a result of last year’s dry winter and high temperatures [...]

After you’ve enjoyed a tangy olive, don’t throw away the pit - it could soon be providing a clean, green answer to heat and electricity production, thanks to technology developed by Israeli start-up Genova, now setting up its first pilot plant.
The company, which was founded in September 2004, is headquartered in the northern town of [...]

Israeli businessmen see Maharashtra as a destination for olive farming and want nearly 2,000 hectares of wasteland for starting up olive farming in the Maharashtra.
A delegation of businessmen led by Israeli consul general (commercial) Daniel Zohar Zoshine met state revenue minister Narayan Rane and made a request to provide nearly 2,000 hectares of wasteland to [...]