Arab countries, new strategic center of olive oil production

Published 2023년 12월 20일

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Arab countries are increasing their investment in intensive olive groves, with the potential to become a major center for olive oil production in the future. In the Saudi province of Al-Jouf, 20 million new olive trees were planted and 11,000 tons of olive oil were produced, with a plantation of five million trees in over 7,000 hectares, making it the largest olive grove in the world. The super intensive cultivation in Arab countries includes varieties of olive trees from Spain and Greece, and there is strong interest in the market as seen in Saudi Arabia's recent accession to the International Olive Council.

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Olimerca.- Intensive olive groves are booming among Arab countries, whose investment in this type of cultivation is increasing, which could mean that, in a few years, they will become a new strategic center for olive oil production. In the Saudi province of Al-Jouf alone, on the northern border with Jordan and Iraq, 20 million new olive trees were planted last year and 11,000 tons of olive oil were produced, there is a plantation of five million trees in more than 7,000 hectares, considered the largest olive grove in the world. The cultivation of olive trees in Arab countries is super intensive, with plantations of 1,600 trees per hectare and the varieties cultivated are mainly Spanish, including arbosana and ...

Source: OliMerca