Russia is developing the production of its own olive oil

The dry spring and hot summer that overtook the Mediterranean countries (Greece, Italy, Spain, etc.) in 2022 led to the fact that many olive trees did not bear fruit, and, according to the European Commission, the current drought in Europe has become the most serious in the last 500 years. The crop failure affected the situation in the world olive oil market. It is expected that the supply of the product to different countries, including Russia, may decrease. However, in the Russian Federation they have already thought about reducing import dependence on this product: for example, in the Crimea, on the basis of the local federal university (KFU) in the village of Foros, they are actively growing olives. The first cold-pressed oil is obtained from the harvest using the university's own equipment, but it has not yet been sold. “We use it to conduct scientific research, studying the composition, the presence of biologically active substances, etc., as well as to participate in ...