President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
has presented a bill to Iran’s parliament
under which his country will join an International
Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives. The
Ministry of Agriculture proposed the initiative
to the cabinet, which endorsed Iran’s
accession to the international treaty under
the auspices of the United Nations.
The Iranian parliament is yet to ratify the
bill, which aims to preserve olive species and
facilitate the export of olives and olive oil
to international markets. Olives are presently
cultivated in 18 provinces across Iran and production
reached 65,000 tons for the year ending March
2006. Some 50 per cent of olives produced annually
is canned.
An olive cultivation expansion scheme has
been underway in Iran for 15 years and has received
considerable funds in recent years. Some 6,000
hectares of orchards in Gilan and Zanjan have
been set aside for olive cultivation.
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Guidelines to help European olive oil processors
reduce their waste are being developed by an
EU-funded project, reports www.cee-foodindustry.com.
Tougher EU environmental regulations are forcing
up costs in the olive oil industry. In the process,
it is becoming less competitive against processors
operating under less stringent conditions outside
the bloc, project organisers say.
The Integrated Approach to Sustainable Olive
Oil and Table Olive Product (NASOOP) is an EU-funded
project. The project leader, Bremerhaven Techology
Transfer Centre, has completed research on a
set of guidelines to help the industry reduce
costs and waste.
The olive oil industry produces about 10 million
tonnes of residues each year, which cause soil
pollution and other problems.
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