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Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two private companies promoting olive products in Pakistan and making buy-back arrangement of olives from farmers.
One day of last September, in Turkey, in the area of of Soma, a city sadly known for a recent mine tragedy, farmers woke up and found high wire fences…
In the end about 6,000 trees were uprooted Friday (November 7, 2014) in Yırca, Turkey by Kolin Construction bulldozers to make way for a new power plant. Clashes again erupted…
The Council of State unanimously ruled that a planned thermal power plant of the Kolin Group construction company cannot be built where the Yırca village olive groves currently are, a…
The results of the second Scientific Research in Olives and Olive Oil Awards, sponsored by the Caja Rural of Jaén Foundation, were announced during a conference in the Andalusian capital…
Due to climate conditions and to the massive presence of parasites and olives flies, Umbria’s olive oil production will suffer a dramatic loss, that in some areas could reach 80%.…
Online grocery shopping, craft foods, fermented and pickled foods such as sauerkraut, and non-stop snacking will all gain momentum in 2015, according to ‘Supermarket Guru’ and TV personality Phil Lempert.
The olive oil industry in France will face a catastrophic year similar to losses growers endured in 1956. Add the bleak outlook here to similar situations throughout major parts of…
1. Eating it can save your life. Olive oil consumption has been found to be effective against cancer, diabetes, heart disease — even osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s. There are a lot…
UK Member of European Parliament (MEP) Glenis Willmott has sent a three-page letter to the Commission saying it should be considering making the UK’s traffic light label a mandatory pan-EU…