Alentejo as a world reference in olive-growing innovation

The study "Alentejo: leading modern international olive growing" carried out by CONSULAI and the consultant Juan Vilar - Strategic Consultants, concluded that "With the expected growth, in the next 10 years, Portugal will be the largest reference in modern and efficient olive growing in the world, and possibly the seventh-largest in area, and the third-largest in world olive oil production".

The study also stresses that the Alentejo, is in the "center of attention of the agricultural world" and that "has led the current transformation of international olive growing", becoming "the world reference in the process of modernization and innovation of olive growing".

The study was presented last November 26th at the VI Jornadas Olivum - Associação de Olivicultores do Sul.

See the conclusions of the study, here.

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