India says it will expand olive oil production

In India, they’re called Jaitun, and on the heels of what Agricultural Minister Prabhu Lal Saini has dubbed “encouraging results” from early yields, the olive crop has begun to draw a brighter spotlight in Rajasthan. As reported earlier this summer, a landmark collaboration between India and Israel to bring seven varieties of olive trees to the northern Indian state has proven promising, and now, India is ready to up the ante.