Algeria inaugurates, in collaboration with the EU, its first laboratory specialized in olive growing

Algeria, in collaboration with the European Union, has inaugurated its first laboratory specialized in olive growing, in the Kabylia region, as part of the National Program to Support Agriculture (PASA) to modernize the olive oil production chain. The Takrietz Olive Oil Analysis Laboratory (in the city of Béjaia) "offers a new complete and efficient structure at the service of millers, the olive profession and the promotion of the olive economy in Algeria," he explained in a statement. the EU, which has contributed some six million euros. "Thanks to the activities carried out in collaboration with Algerian partners we have been able to train a significant number of actors in the sector and we hope to contribute to a significant improvement in the quality of Algerian oil to give it better export prospects," according to the EU ambassador in Algeria, Thomas Eckert. Algeria hopes to strengthen its olive industry with a view to international export and promote its policy of scientific ...