Jendouba State opens the season of jinn and the age of olives

The governor of Jendouba today oversaw the opening of the harvest and olive season in the biological wasteland of the Oued Meliz local delegation. The event was attended by the Secretary General of the State, M. Oued Meliz, the Municipal Secretary-General in charge of running the Aerial Delegation for Agricultural Development and a representative from the Aerial Union for Agriculture and Marine Fisheries along with security frameworks and civil protection interests and the Chairman of the Local Council of the Local Delegation.

The Governor of Jendouba stressed the importance of olive oil as an outstanding nutritional value and a key driver of development streams at the regional and national levels. The Governor stressed the need to preserve this agricultural wealth, focus on improving production and productivity, and work to provide suitable conditions for crop operations and storage with the aim of improving oil quality in the region.

The Head of the Plant Production Department of the Regional Agricultural Development Delegation reviewed the situation of the olive sector and its development prospects in the face of current climate challenges. The beautiful area of the olive groves in Jendouba State is about 30,000 hectares, with estimated production of olive oil rising to 9,300 tonnes of which 1,368 tonnes is biological, while the number of contemporary olive trees on the 13 side has a total conversion capacity of up to 766 tonnes per day.

The head of the Farmer's Guidance Cell explained the pace of development of olive tree planting in Oued Meliz's local delegation and the efforts made in the field of technical framing and guidance for farmers.