Global: Olive oil consumption moves to other countries after climate impact

Olive oil consumption is moving to other countries after having been affected in the Mediterranean basin by the impact of climate change in the fall in production, according to the International Olive Oil Council (IOC). The executive director of the IOC, Jaime Lillo, highlighted that the sector is experiencing the consequences of climate change, during his opening talk of the eleventh edition of the World Olive Oil Exhibition (WOOE), the largest in the world dedicated exclusively to olive oil. olive and in which more than 800 companies participate. Lillo explained that heat waves and lack of water have influenced the recent short harvests, which have interrupted the increase in demand for olive oil. If before the growth in production had been possible due to new surfaces, techniques and investments, that trend has been broken and a new one marked by the stabilization of short campaigns has been entered, Lillo has assured. This phenomenon has especially affected Mediterranean ...