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<pre>Dear Olive people,
being a rather new member of the olive community, I would like to know from
you what might be good sources to obtain information on the economics of
olives from.

My interest goes in the following direction:
- what is the world wide production / consumption of olive oil / table
olives
- in total amounts
- by major olive countries, e.g. spain, italy, greece, israel, maroc
- what is the average size of an olive producer
- in terms of acres of land owned, number of trees owned, tons of olives
harvested, liters of olive
oil produced
- what are the main influences on the productivity of olive trees, e.g. kind
of tree, climate
- is there any information on how many kilos of olives can be harvested
on average by the various
types of trees
- is there any information on how many kilos of olives are needed to
produce a liter of olive oil

If you could give me any hint (www-adress, books, magazine articles,
governmental or non-governmental organizations) on how to obtain such
information, I would be very grateful.

Best regards,
Thomas
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<pre>Though aimed for the Australian producer, the australianolives.com.au site I
find is quite useful for information about olives in general. You can
download articles from their site (PDF files) and they also have a book
list. It's a good starting point. Here are the links:

http://www.australianolives.com.au/factsheet.html
http://www.australianolives.com.au/books.html

>From: "Thomas Garanin" <Thomas.Garanin@knuut.de>
>...I would like to know from
>you what might be good sources to obtain information on the economics of
>olives from.
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