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The production of olives is expected to increase this year by 21 pc compared to last year crop, said on Tuesday minister of agriculture Mohamed Sadiki at the Parliament’s upper house (Senate). Morocco’s citrus out is also expected to go up by 14 pc this season compared to previous year harvest, added the minister, noting […]
Olive oil export revenues in Tunisia increased eight-fold in the first half of 2015, reaching €591.3 million, an impressive performance that leaves Tunisian olive oil professionals upbeat over the future. Last year, production increased five-fold in the North African country which claimed the title of the world’s second-largest olive oil producer for the first time, […]
Libya is now focusing on olive to compete with its neighbors in the region in a move to diversify its economy which depends on oil. The country is the 12th largest olive oil producer in the world, accounting for 0.25% of the global production, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Speaking […]