Drought to seal fate of Turkey’s black gold
Drought adversely affected agriculture everywhere around the Mediterranean this year and vegetable production has suffered one of its worst seasons. Livelihood of millions in the Marmara and Aegean regions of Anatolia, olive production has dropped dramatically due to scourging heat.
The production of the olive, commonly described as “black gold” in many provinces across Anatolia’s Marmara and Aegean regions, has also fallen prey to drought and the Marmara Union of Olive Sale Cooperatives (MARMARABİRLİK), an umbrella organization for olive producers, is expecting a 75 to 80 percent decrease in this year’s yield. On the other hand, the union is expected to implement a quota of 6,000 tons for medium and small olives on its purchases because the harvest of such olives seems to have increased greatly. MARMARABİRLİK says the actual demand was much lower than their quota. “We just don’t want to aggrieve our farmers, so we have decided to buy some 1,500 tons more olives from farmers,” they claim. In the southern Marmara region, the expected olive harvest is a total 87,000 tons.
“We have eight cooperatives operating under our union. Only the İznik and Orhangazi cooperatives have olive orchards suitable for irrigation. Therefore, drought will be the primary factor in this year’s harvest,” said MARMARABİRLİK Chairman Refi Taviloğlu. “More than 75 percent of the entire production is expected to consist of small-sized grains. The producers are in real trouble.”
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L’olive fait l’objet de spéculation à Mostaganem !
Par M. O. T.
Les professionnels ne semblent pas encore éprouver la nécessité d’une organisation, encore moins la défense du label la “Sigoise”. Spéculation et opportunisme prennent le dessus.
Depuis le début du Ramadhan, soit au moins une quinzaine de jours plus précocement que d’habitude, une foule de vendeurs et revendeurs intermédiaires d’olives se disputent quotidiennement la place aux marchands de fruits et légumes ayant, depuis longtemps, investi toute une rue et un carrefour de l’agglomération de Bouguirat, située à une trentaine de kilomètres au sud de Mostaganem.
En cet endroit, nous ne sommes qu’à cinquante kilomètres de la ville de Sig, la capitale régionale de l’olive.
Pour la quatrième ou cinquième année, à pareille époque, un véritable marché de l’olive se tient dans la localité, réputée plaque tournante du commerce de la pomme de terre et de l’orange. À l’instar de ces deux produits agricoles, c’est en ce site que se “décrète” le cours de base de la précieuse olive !
Cependant, à la différence de Dame pomme de terre, habituellement acheminée vers les lointaines wilayas de l’Est, des hauts-plateaux et de l’Algérois, la “perle verte” a une destination unique : les unités des confiseurs de la ville de Sig.
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Producers, exporters clash on Turkish olive oil import
Olive oil producers and exporters who demand a one-year permission to import olive oil have clashed on the issue of whether exporters should be allowed to do so.
While exporters want to import olive oil in order not to lose their international market share, producers object to the prospect on grounds that it would harm local producers.
The president of Tariş (Turkish Olive and Olive Oil Union), Cahit Çetin, claimed that the real agenda of exporters is “to put pressure on prices by creating a wave of panic.”
At a press conference at Tariş production facilities Wednesday, Çetin said Turkey aims to be the second in world olive oil production. It is possible to reach 700,000 tons of production annually in 15 years time, he said, as the number of olive trees had increased to 130 million with government support. “One should not disappoint the producer,” he said.
Çetin said the estimated production for this year was 72,000 tons, but that figure might reach 132,000 tons with present stocks. This amount is sufficient both for domestic and foreign markets, he said.
The Tariş president said that in previous years, only 2,000 tons of olive oil were imported, adding that Tariş would take every precaution to protect the interests of producers. Çetin also claimed that representatives of exporter unions opposed even the banks providing incentives to producers.
The exporter view:
Ali Nedim Güreli, chairman of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters Union, responded to criticisms leveled by Çetin, saying that they only demanded a one-year permission to import olive oil, and that this was necessary to protect their market share in the world.
“We want to import olive oil, in order to sell it outside the European Union, just like Italy and Spain did before,” Güreli said.
Güreli also said that Turkish people are today buying olive oil that is 10 percent more expensive than in Spain and 50 percent more expensive than in Syria.
“We are also producers,” he said. “We are just trying to protect our business. Turkey is one of biggest olive oil producers in the world, but the most expensive olive oil is consumed again in Turkey, because four big companies do not let small companies deliver their products to the markets.”
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Pickling olives Milkwood style
The video who explain how to pickle Olives step by steps!
or click HERE
And all the explanation can be found HERE
Thanks to Nick
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Mission San Jose, CA: Olives take center stage today
Mission San Jose Chamber of Commerce’s Olive Festival will return for its sixth annual run today (Oct. 6).
The event, always on the first Saturday of October, will take place behind the historic Old Mission San Jose Museum starting at 10 a.m.
In addition to food and crafts where olives are the featured ingredient, there will be music. This year’s lineup includes the vintage rock group The Kenyan Band, along with a steel drum band, something new to the festival.
In all, there will be music playing up until the festival ends at 5 p.m.
Returning this year will be tri-tip, linguica sandwiches and a local nursery will also be selling olive trees.
Attendees will have the chance to win gift baskets worth as much as $500 in the Olive Festival raffle. Last year’s event drew about 3,500 guests.
For more information about the sixth annual Mission San Jose Olive Festival, visit MSJChamber.org
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