CIHEAM Press Review

Olive oil prices at origin in Italy have been stable or slightly fallen in recent days, but prices for consumers are still rising and making other popular foods more expensive.

According to data published by the Italian Institute of Services for the Agricultural and Food Market (Ismea), the average price of olive oil at origin was 46.3 percent more in March 2023 than at the same time in 2022.

The country’s olive sec­tor is eli­gi­ble for finan­cial aid under the new scheme. Greek olive oil and table olives pro­duc­ers could also ben­e­fit from a range of sub­si­dized pro­grams tar­geted at the so-called ​“Organizations of Olive Producers — OEF” with a bud­get set at €10.6 mil­lion per year from 2023 – 2027.

The Executive Secretariat of the International Olive Council intends to update the information in its Olive Museums & Routes section. Every olive-producing country has its own set of olive museums and original initiatives to promote olive cultivation and the production of olive oil and table olives. These include exhibitions, olive routes and olive tourism activities […]

The European Commission will continue to abide by the divisive US tariffs on Spanish black olives, while EU lawmakers and Spanish producers are seeking more EU support with legal fees and losses.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations report (Rome, 2017), the world population is expected to increase to almost 10 billion people by 2050, which will drive agricultural demand. Currently, just as an example, exclusively the ten most populous cities in the world, collectively, exceed 350 million inhabitants. Population growth requires […]

Rising production costs and changing dynamics in the sector explain the decreasing number of groves. The new Common Agricultural Policy may help reverse the situation.