TIRANA, May 3/ATA/-The government programme targets to increase the total olive grove area and increase of the “Made in Albania” olive oil.
Along with this mission, the government is working on creation and keeping of a register on olive.
Albania’s Ministry of Agriculture has already started the registration process of the olive trees in Albania beginning from Berat, the region with the greatest potential and resources for cultivation of this culture.
The cadastre will serve later to drafting of policies for development of the olive sector and the olive oil.
The olive-grove area is estimated at about 50 thousand hectares. The number of the olive trees is expected to be about 9 million and the number of the processing lines more than 170./e.xh/ /a.g/p.s./
