2023 is a turning point for Italian olive growing

The president of Italia Olivicola, Gennaro Sicolo, has made an assessment of the year 2022 in the Italian olive sector, where he considers that, "A critical year for Italian olive growing is coming to an end, with a campaign in store for us in which negative yields are projected, also due to the influence of adverse weather conditions, and a sector in trouble due to the increase in energy costs and the difficulties in supplying materials, with a worrying impact due to the effects of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the problems affecting production” . Likewise, he continues, "The investments that we have made, to fight against the fly and improve the management of the olive grove, give us hope of a qualitatively good performance that can somewhat mitigate the national data of quantities that -it must be said- remain in line with global availability expectations. In this sense, he continues, "We work hard during the year to transfer skills to the territories with training days, ...