12 Apr

Constitution de groupements d’exportateurs d’huile d’olive

Trois groupements d’exportateurs d’huile d’olive tunisiens seraient en cours de constitution, selon M.Taoufik CHAABANE -Coordinateur de projet ONUDI en Tunisie. Qui cite la secrétaire du Fonds, en l’occurrence Mme Hmida BEL GAIED au ministère de l’Industrie, de l’Energie et des PME – DGAA, selon laquelle ‘’il suffit qu’il y ait un membre du groupement constitué et juridiquement formalisé justifiant d’une première exportation d’huile d’olive conditionnée pour que tout le groupement soit éligible.
Voilà qui ne manquera de mettre du baume au cœur des exportateurs de l’or vert tunisien.

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11 Apr

Le secteur de l’huile d’olive: une stratégie dans le brouillard

Par H.H,

L’importance du secteur des olives pour l’économie tunisienne n’a pas besoin d’être démontrée ; mais qu’en est-il réellement des résultats de la stratégie de développement du secteur oléicole arrêtée en 1998 ?

Selon le dernier rapport de la Cour des comptes, le constat est plutôt amer : «un retard net dans la réalisation des objectifs assignés, notamment en ce qui concerne la rationalisation des opérations d’extension des plantations».

La production de plants herbacés n’a pas dépassé 14%, alors qu’elle devrait se situer, selon les prévisions, à hauteur de 70% au terme du Xème plan.

Même le Conseil National Oléicole a du mal à se réunir deux fois par an. Depuis sa création en 1998, le Conseil ne s’est réuni qu’à 3 reprises dont 2 au cours de la même année, relève la Cour des comptes.

Dans sa réponse à la Cour des comptes, le ministère de l’Agriculture a imputé certains de ces problèmes aux difficultés induites par la sécheresse qui a sévi dans le pays au cours des années 2001-2002-2003.

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11 Apr

Are you an an olive oil virgin?

By Polly Campbell,
Photos by Michael E. Keating,

Here’s what you need to know to pick the best bottle for you

Have you noticed how the olive oil section is bulging at the seams at your local market?

On your weekly shopping trip, you can buy oil from around the world, in a wide range of prices, in some very attractive packages. Go to a gourmet store, and you’ll find more exotic choices. As more Americans get hip to the health benefits of a Mediterranean diet, olive oil has become a must-have pantry ingredient. And, of course, there’s Rachael Ray, her “few turns around the pan” of “EVOO,” and her own EVOO brand that has made extra-virgin olive oil a trendy, necessary accessory among Food Network fans.

When something becomes trendy, confusion often results. Here are a few basics so you know what you’re looking for the next time you face the olive oil section.

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10 Apr

Spain: expert olive oil producers perform their age-old alchemy turning black fruit into gold

Deep in Andalucian olive country, expert olive oil producers perform their age-old alchemy, turning black fruit into gold.

by Arpi Shively,

The charmed life of a ripe Nuñez de Prado olive begins on a crisp late November morning above the town of Baena in Cordoba province, in the heart of Andalucian olive country. Over the next few days, this humble fruit will be transformed into liquid sunshine, to be poured over summer salads and winter vegetables wherever people love good food.

Spain is the world’s leading olive oil producer, its 300 million trees contributing almost one million tonnes of oil each year to the world market. Andalucía itself accounts for 80 per cent of Spanish olive oil output, dwarfing other regions such as Extramadura and Catalonia. Though much of this oil is exported for blending, especially to Italy, many chefs prefer to use the best Spanish oil.

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10 Apr

50% of Italian olive oil sold in supermarkets is made from olives of unknown origins.

Slow Food/Coldiretti on Italian Oil : Made from 50% of Olives harvested abroad.

50% of Italian olive oil sold in supermarkets is made from olives of unknown origins. This is because law 204 from 2004 has still not become official for Italian oil producers which would make it mandatory to indicate the area of cultivation on extra virgin olive oil labels, rather than just the area in which it was bottled. It is a good law that is awaiting full application, but which now risks being drastically changed, reducing its efficacy.

An initiative in defense of this law, “Let’s defend the label! We want to know the source of the products we eat”, launched by Slow Food and Coldiretti, was presented at the Quality Oil event in Verona some days ago.

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