Turkey: New record expectation in olive growing

Dr. Mustafa Tan, President of the National Olive and Olive Oil Council (UZZK), said that they expect a harvest of 475 thousand tons of oil and 750 thousand tons of table olives for the 2024-2025 season in olive cultivation. Tan told reporters in Edremit district of Balıkesir that the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has authorized the council to conduct a harvest estimation committee study, including sector representatives, since the 2009-2010 period. Tan, who explained that they changed the format of the harvest estimation study this year, noted that they have switched to a model in which the Provincial Directorates of Agriculture and Forestry are more effective in field studies, especially under the coordination of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Tan stated that in addition to field studies, they selected gardens based on many years in theoretical studies in the region and made censuses there, and continued as follows: "Our country is making a great breakthrough in ...