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Olive
Olive has a great tradition that its origin is given before the date. Olive is even mentioned in the stories of the prophets in the Holy Qur'an.
The origin of olive is believed by most to be Syria, which later spread to Europe and spread to the east and west along the length and breadth of the Mediterranean. And it is also said that many civilizations in the Mediterranean area were partners and successors of each other in olive cultivation and dissemination throughout history, such as the Romans, Hebrews, Greeks, Arabs, Spanish, and finally the French.
When the Romans entered Africa, they realized that the barbarians who lived in the desert knew the art of grafting olives and started cultivating them. The Romans used this experience of the barbarians and started olive cultivation in their territory. In the 16th century, Spanish immigrants brought olives to Latin America.
In twenty years, it was used to expand and advance the olive cultivation and development plan in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and even in some North American countries.
According to the above description, it appears that olive cultivation has been related to the Mediterranean area for centuries and has been well established, and has achieved good status.
Economic importance of olive cultivation
Olive has gained superiority over other trees due to its endurance, tolerance, and longevity, especially due to its adaptation to different environments.
According to the report from 1998 to 2001, it is said that a total of 15,090,620 tons of olives were obtained in the world, approximately 30% of Spanish, 20% of Italian, 15% of Greek, 9% Turkish, 7% of Tunisian, 4 100 percent of Syria and 15 percent of olive other producing countries.
The yield and production of olives in each hectare is different in different lands and in different conditions. Olive products such as olive oil, edible olives, and their wood play a valuable role in the economy, the price of olive oil in the international markets in 2000 AD in the months of May and March has been set below.
The status of olives in the world
In 1957, the World Food and Agriculture Organization estimated the number of olive trees in the world at around 650545000 trees. In 1964, the International Olive Association raised this figure to 74,000,000 trees, of which 636 million were used and exploited and occupied an area equivalent to 9 million.
It has been said that in 1974, this figure reached nearly 800 million trees in 10 million hectares of land.
Currently, the world map of the distribution of olives in the world and the ratio of the tree to the area of its cover is shown in the form below.
Europe (Southern): 17 percent of olive trees in 65 percent of the area.
Asia: 13 percent of olive trees in 11 percent of the area.
Africa (North): 13 percent of olive trees in 22 percent of the area.
America (South and North):-... 3 percent of olive trees in 2 percent of the area.
Olive Yield Production
Most of the olives in the world are grown for their oil, and a small amount of them are produced in the form of canned food.
The table below shows the countries that produce olives in one year.
|
No of trees |
Oil Production in MT |
Countries |
No |
|
000 220 |
685 |
Spain |
1 |
|
000 135 |
493 |
Italy |
2 |
|
000 120 |
342 |
Greece |
3 |
|
000 83 |
71 |
Turkey |
4 |
|
000 60 |
200 |
Tunisia |
5 |
|
372 63 |
80 |
Syria |
6 |
|
000 50 |
40 |
Morocco |
7 |
|
000 39 |
37 |
Portugal |
8 |
|
500 19 |
25 |
Algeria |
9 |
|
500 9 |
14 |
Jordan |
10 |
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