Portugal, one of the best places for olive growing

Olimerca.- The geographical position of Portugal in the Mediterranean Basin gives it exceptional characteristics for the cultivation of olive trees due to its orography, climate, size of farms, great availability of water, as well as the stability of the country at an economic and political level. . All these factors make Portugal, most likely, the best place on the planet for the cultivation of olive trees and the production of olive oil. This is clear from a study by Juan Vilar Consultores, in which an X-ray of the sector in the Portuguese country is made. Thus, this is one of the ten countries with the largest area devoted to olive cultivation. It occupies the ninth place, with 361,483 hectares and represents 3% of the world's olive grove area. It has around 118,450 olive groves, characterized by the high density of plantations, with an average size of 3.05 hectares. The trend is the concentration of land ownership. The farms with the highest density are located in the Alentejo ...