90,000 wild olive trees grafted with European type since 2001
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Oil Development Board has grafted 90,000 wild olive trees with European type trees in Lower Dir district over the last five years, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Sikandar Hayat Bossan told the National Assembly during question hour on Thursday.
He said that the PODB had not established a separate project in the district, but it had been implementing a project titled ‘Rapid Conversion of Wild Olive in Oil Bearing Species’ in NWFP since 2001-02. He said the project would be completed in 2007-08. Bosan outlined various measures taken by the government to preserve fruits and vegetables and increase sea food production.
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New medical use for olive oil suggested
Spanish medical researchers say they have discovered a new potential benefit of olive oil for people suffering from peptic ulcer disease.
The scientists say extra virgin olive oil — already providing an array of health benefits — might help prevent and treat Helicobacter pylori infections, which cause millions of cases of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease each year.
Manuel Brenes and colleagues at Valme University Hospital in Seville cite past studies showing green tea, cranberry juice and certain other natural foods inhibit the growth of H. pylori, which infects the stomach lining. None of the numerous studies on olive oil, however, has tested its effects on H. pylori.
Brenes and colleagues used laboratory experiments to demonstrate that under simulated conditions the healthful phenolic compounds in extra virgin olive oil had a strong antibacterial effect against eight strains of H. pylori, including antibiotic-resistant strains.
“These results open the possibility of considering extra virgin olive oil a chemoprotective agent for peptic ulcer or gastric cancer,” they said. However, they cautioned the bioactivity must be confirmed in vivo in future studies.
The research is scheduled for the Feb. 21 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
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North African olive farmers press European giants
By Tarek Amara and Zakia Abdennebi,
TUNIS/RABAT (Reuters) – The world’s growing taste for olive oil is pouring new life into parts of rural North Africa, where the golden liquid has been a staple since ancient times.
However, drought, archaic production methods and poor marketing are a challenge for local producers facing growing competition as more countries slip into the olive oil market.
Tunisia and Morocco lack the big energy reserves of their OPEC-member neighbours Algeria and Libya and their dry, hot climates make olive oil a promising alternative export.
All but 5 percent of the world’s olive trees grow around the Mediterranean. Spain dominates the industry from its power base in Martos, followed by Italy and Greece.
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Olives with a difference
By James Szutarski,
Have all of those crocks of olives that are popping up at supermarkets and specialty stores tweaked your interest?
I know what some of you readers are thinking.
“I hate olives!” Right?
The problem, I find, is that the people who feel this way have only ever tried one variety of olives – the standard green olive with the red pimento.
The truth of the matter is that all olives are not created equal.
All varieties are very, very different in flavour, texture and size.
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Australia: MIS ruling could squeeze olive growers
By Nassim Khadem
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ROB McGavin, the chief executive of Australia’s largest olive oil producer, Boundary Bend, says his is just one of many rural companies that could fold if managed investment schemes in agribusiness are scrapped.
He was in Canberra yesterday fighting to save his business, and shocked at the Federal Government announcement that the Tax Office will scrap tax breaks on non-forestry managed investment schemes from July 1.
Although the future of non-forestry MIS schemes has been in doubt for the past eight months, Mr McGavin said he had expected the Government to undertake a review at the very least, and on that basis continued pumping money into new projects.
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