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In Türkiye’s Mediterranean province of Antalya, two olive trees aged 800 and 1200, which could only yield 25 kilograms each last year due to drought, are expected to yield a total of 70 kilograms of olives this year. Antalya Commodity Exchange (ATB) President Ali Çandır said that they expect about 55 thousand tonnes of olives throughout the province.
“There will be a 55 percent spike compared to last year. Antalya’s capacity is actually over 100 thousand tonnes,” he said.
The land of the Foundation Olive Grove in Antalya, where there are approximately 25 thousand trees, mostly olive trees, on an area of 2 million 630 thousand square metres, was leased by ATB for 29 years in recent years. The Zeytinpark, which cleans 2,600 tons of dust and 610 million cubic metres of air per year, was protected with 5,600 metres of walls and wire fences. Most of the olive trees inside the park were rejuvenated. The olives collected every year are offered for sale both as fruit and olive oil.
CENTENARY MONUMENTAL TREES…
With the initiative of ATB President Ali Çandır, two monumental trees on the land expropriated in Manisa’s Akhisar district within the scope of the Istanbul-İzmir motorway project were rooted with a special method in 2015 and transplanted to Zeytinpark. Both trees, 800 and 1200 years old, are under the effect of drought due to climate change. The start of the harvest in Zeytinpark has been delayed by one month compared to previous years. Both in Zeytinpark and throughout the city, where preparations for the harvest are being made, the yield is pleasing compared to last year. Last year, the centuries-old trees, which were expected to yield 50 kilos of fruit each, gave 25 kilos of olives each due to drought. This year, 35 kilos of product is expected from both trees…
