Jordan drought may claim thousands of olive trees
Farmers say at least 30,000 olive trees on brink of turning to dead wood after springs in Joradan’s Karak dried up.
Persistent drought in the south could lead to the decimation of thousands of olive trees in the city of Karak, 120km south of Amman, according to environmentalists, who blame climate change.
“We witness in summer a dramatic increase in temperatures and in winter a lack of rain,” said Ahmed Koufahi, executive director of the Jordan Environment Society.
“Our problem will worsen in the future and drought could strike all around the kingdom,” Koufahi told IRIN.
Olive trees could end up dying in the town ahead of the coming winter season, said Abdullah Fadel, a farmer from Iraq town, 20km south of Karak.
“Last year we had little rain during winter. This resulted in a small output of olives compared with previous years, but now we fear that all trees will die because we have not been able to water them for a while now,” said Fadel.
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Olive Oil Sector Could Be Shaken Up By New Labelling Rules
The European olive oil market could be set for a shake up if new labelling rules proposed by EU officials come into force. The rules would make origin labelling compulsory for virgin and extra virgin label olive oil, and could come into force as early as July 2009.
The move could provide a boost for premium olive oil producers, but could have a substantial impact on some of the biggest mass-market olive oil brands. They generally blend oils from several different countries and could therefore be perceived to be of inferior quality.
The rules propose that oil produced from olives from just one EU country would be labelled with the name of the origin country. Oil produced from olives from more than one EU country would be labelled with ‘blend of community olive oils’, while oil produced using olives from outside the EU would be labelled with ‘blend of non-community olive oils’ or ‘blend of community and non-community olive oils’.
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Australian extra virgin olive oils will compete at the National Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards next month.
The awards, now in their twelfth year, will be chaired by Richard Gawel, research scientist at the Australian Wine Research Institute, along with more than 20 accredited judges on October 3 and 4.
“As always, it is a great privilege to assist the capable judges in their task of searching out and rewarding the best extra virgin olive oils that Australia has to offer,” Gawel said.
“This year is particularly exciting for the olive industry as there is a growing recognition of the high quality of Australian extra virgin olive oil. This is reflected through the Australian Olive Association’s recent launch of the industry Code of Practice and Australian Extra Virgin brand.
“Australian consumers are lucky in that our local industry provides extra virgin olive oils with a variety of flavours, freshness and great health benefits.
“It will be interesting through this year’s National Awards to discover the outcomes of the 2008 harvest,” he added.
The most sought after award of the competition is the ‘Carol L’Heureux Award for Best Oil in Show’, which was last year awarded to Carol O’Neil from Cradle Coast Olives in Tasmania.
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l’huile d’olive Tunisienne menacee par l’UE ?
Suite au précédent post, voici un article de Mohamed Fateh se posant la question du danger que peux représenter cette nouvelle directive, je cite:
L’idée étant d’informer précisément les consommateurs de la provenance exacte de l’huile en bouteille. Les flacons d’huiles de diverses origines, mélangées, devront donc être étiquetés en conséquence, mentionnant notamment les pays hors Union européenne, comme la Tunisie, le Maroc et la Syrie.
Une mesure qui risque de toucher de plein fouet nos exportations, dans la mesure où «1% seulement de la production nationale est mis en bouteille et vendu sous un label tunisien». C’est en tout cas ce que nous révèle un article publié dans le journal gouvernemental «La Presse», dans son édition du 21 mai 2008 (voir ici). Ces nouvelles mesures frapperaient donc ainsi 99% de notre huile d’olive exportée.
La suite de l’article est ICI
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Un nouvel étiquetage possible sur les huiles d’olive vierge d’ici l’été 2009
La Commission Européenne a proposé que les étiquettes des huiles d’olive vierges et extra-vierges mentionnent obligatoirement leurs pays de production, ce mercredi 17 septembre.
Si cette proposition aboutit, elle pourrait entrer en vigueur dès le 1er juillet 2009.
Actuellement, les huiles ne sont pas obligées de porter une étiquette indiquant leurs lieux d’origine. “Mais cela s’est avéré insuffisant pour éviter que les consommateurs soient induits en erreur sur les véritables caractéristiques et l’origine de certains produits”, indique un communiqué de presse de la Commission Européenne.
Présenté aujourd’hui, mercredi 17 septembre 2008, à un comité d’experts des 27 pays de l’Union Européenne, ce projet prévoit également de mentionner s’il s’agit “d’un mélange d’huiles d’olive communautaire”, “d’un mélange d’huiles d’olive non-communautaire” ou “d’un mélange d’huiles d’olives communautaires et non-communautaires”. Selon la Commission Européenne, ces huiles peuvent avoir un goût et une qualité différentes en fonction de leurs lieux de production.
[Source] Cliquez ici
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