São Paulo – A 25% increase in olive oil output and an 18.5% increase in olive production are expected this year from 2018 in Syria, state-run outlet Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.
Production is expected to reach up to 830, 000 tons of fruits and 150,000 tons of olive oil compared to 700,000 tons of olive fruits and 120,000 tons of olive oil in the last season.
Data was made public by the director of the Olive Office at the Syrian Ministry of Agriculture Mohamed Habou. He said that the olive harvest season has started in most Syrian provinces, expect in Idleb and Aleppo where it will start in early November.
Habou said that the general status of the olive fruits and oil is good and the harvest and oil pressing process are being done as usual. Part of the oil produced is exported. He pointed out that more than 30,000 tons of olive oil have been exported to more than 33 countries in 2018.
According to SANA report, the increase in the olive production came after eradicating terrorism and the return of security to many agricultural lands in a way that have allowed the peasants to take care of their agricultural lands.
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
