A new kind of theft in world olive market as prices rise due to climate change

Different types of olives. Provided by Delicious Bookstore Olive farmers in the Mediterranean who are suffering from long-term droughts and forest fires due to climate change are also suffering from olive thieves. The Associated Press reported on the 8th (local time) that thieves cutting down olive tree branches with fruit have recently increased rapidly in Greece, Italy, Spain, etc., causing headaches for farmers. As olive oil prices rise due to a decline in olive production due to drought, thieves trying to steal olives and sell them are increasing day by day. Konstantinos Marku, an olive farmer near Athens, Greece, said while patrolling his olive fields at night, “Sometimes thieves produce more olive oil than we do,” and emphasized that it was no joke. “The thieves are cutting off branches with lots of fruit,” said Nailos Papachristou, who runs a fourth-generation olive oil pressing facility nearby. “What they are doing is not just stealing our olives, but damaging the ...