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by Bernard Busutill, The olive oil sector is slowly increasing its popularity with Maltese farmers. According to the Parliamentary Secretariat for Agriculture and Fisheries, currently there are four officially recognised oil-producing firms, one of which is in Gozo. In 2004, Malta produced 10 tonnes of olive oil, while the production for 2005 was 22 tonnes, […]

Nine payments worth €uros 2billion to olive oil producers in Spain, Greece and Italy last year were either inflated or wrong, according to the annual report of the European Court of Auditors, the EU spending watchdog. The auditors discovered two-thirds of the 95 EU-financed regional projects they examined contained “material errors”. These ranged from lack […]

Par Guy Van den Noortgate, Via sa filiale Econoler Espagne, le groupe belge TPF vient d’investir en Andalousie dans un projet de valorisation énergétique de résidus d’olives provenant de l’extraction d’huile vierge. Une initiative qui intéresse également la filiale portugaise de TPF. Des oliveraies à perte de vue. Avec plus de 80 % de la […]

By Jonny Paul, The New Statesman, a respected weekly current affairs magazine, is offering readers the chance to sponsor “the planting of three new olive trees in Palestine,” as incentive to take out a subscription to the magazine. Those who participate in the offer will receive a certificate to mark support for the campaign, and […]

In the 2006-2007 season, including olive oil and olives, almost 7 million quintals will be produced, a bit less than the previous year and equal to almost two thirds of the national consumption requirements. The value is that of three billion euros, with the aim of a billion in exports. This is the picture of […]