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Jordan's Olive production expected to drop by 40 per cent this season
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Known for its "alternate bearing habit", under which olive production peaks in alternate years, this season's produce was expected to yield more than last year, when the country harvested around 243,500 tonnes of olives, of which 44,848 tonnes were allocated for domestic consumption and 198,683 tonnes were used to produce olive oil.
Director of the Agriculture Ministry's olive unit Jamal Batsh said weather conditions and water shortages contributed to the drop in this year's productivity.
"This season's decrease in production was affected by the low quantities of rainfall in different parts of the Kingdom, in addition to heat waves that prevailed during the flowering times in areas dependent on rainwater, which account for 77 per cent of land cultivated with olives," Batsh told The Jordan Times on Tuesday.
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Jordan's Olive production expected to drop by 40 per cent this season :: MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network
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