Russia: Plans to produce their own olive oil in Crimea

One of the most promising crops for the Crimea is the olive. Andrey Pashtetsky, Deputy Director for Scientific and Organizational Activities of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden (NBS), spoke about this in the press center of RIA Novosti Crimea. "One of the most promising crops that can and should be imported in Crimea is the olive," he said. According to the expert, now scientists are trying to "expand the area of olive trees." The work is aimed at ensuring that in the future as many territories of the peninsula as possible will be occupied by olive groves, from which it will be possible to obtain Crimean olive oil. “We want to make this crop more frost-resistant. Even now, olives and olives can be grown on the entire south coast. And in this format, the Nikitsky Botanical Garden annually lays new orchards of our promising varieties of olives,” Pashtetsky said. According to him, farmers are increasingly turning to scientists, who order seedlings of olive trees for laying industrial ...