Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 1
Convener: Arnon Dag, ARO/Volcani
More than 90% of olives are grown around the Mediterranean Basin. Due to climate change, there has been a strong fluctuation in the productivity of those orchards over the last decade. This phenomenon causes a shortage of olive oil and a dramatic increase in its price. The desert area may serve as a promising area for expanding the olive orchard area to address the increased demand for olive oil. The dry climate, hot summer, and cold winter are favorable conditions for growing this crop. In this session we proposed to include the following topics; growing olives in ancient times in the Negev Desert, optimization of irrigation and fertilization, remote and proximate sensing to assess orchard functioning, using low-quality water for irrigation, improving orchard’s soil quality, response to warmer winters, plant protection, olive oil quality and table olive production. Those topics will give the audience a wide spectrum of the challenges and opportunities in expanding olive orchards to desert areas.
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- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 1
1) Dr. Enrique Fernández – Keynote Presentation
Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, Spain
Deficit Irrigation in Olive Orchards
- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 1
2) Dr. Uri Hochberg
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)/Volcani, Israel
Water Relation in Olive Trees: Thinking about Varietal Differences in Drought Adaptation
- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 1
3) Dr. Alon Ben Gal
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)/Volcani, Israel
Olive tree (cv Barnea) Response to Irrigation Water Salinity: Revealing Mechanisms and Guiding Management
- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 1
4) Dr. Zipora Tietel
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)/Volcani, Israel
Saline Water Irrigation affects Olive Oil Chemical, Nutritional and Sensory Quality
- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 1
5) Dr. Guy Levy
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)/Volcani, Israel
Soil Properties and Trees Performance in Olive Groves Irrigated with Poor Quality Water: Effects of Reclaiming with Inorganic Amendments
- Olive Cultivation under Desert Conditions: Opportunities and Challenges - Session 1
6) Dr. Kate Raphael
The University of Haifa, Israel
The Cultivation of Olive Trees and the Olive Oil Industry in Palestine from the Late Mamluk Period to the End of British Mandate: Trends of Growth and Decline
