This office comprises of certain groups
having thematic commitments as follows:
A.
Reformation, renovation and improvement of
olive orchards;
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Investigation and site-selection for
olive orchards;
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Identification of specific/olive projects;
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Planning and following up on water
harvesting schemes;
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Monitoring on olive orchards
establishment followed by soliciting and evaluation of provincial reports;
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Derivation of technical instructions
for irrigated / rain–fed olive orchards establishment under varying climatic
conditions;
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Analyzing the existing management
style on olive orchards ;
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Preparation of technical guidelines on
pruning, nutrition and grafting followed by surveillance on managerial
operation and on farm-supervisors of
olive orchards;
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Planning for raising fund and
supervising on its expending and execution of activities by contractors;
B.
Group of processing, quality
improvement and mechanization:
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Planning and pursuing for working
capitals;
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Need-assessment of processing plants
creation in regard to growing poles;
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Monitoring and evaluation of
harvesting stage and processing affairs ;
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Coordination with mechanization center
for upgrading the Mechanization Index ;
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International Olive Council (IOC) and
upgrading related know-how:
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Coordination and need–assessment on
holding national / int’l courses with foreign instructors for Iranian
experts/managers;
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Survival and activation of the ” Test
Panel” for evaluation of olive-oil
quality followed by updating standards in olive-oil processing plants;
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Planning , budgeting and crediting in
olive projects;
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Drafting and coordinating on
agreements for further conclusion;
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Preparing operational and financial
plans for provincial growers;
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Incorporating key parameters within
the 6th National Development Plan for olive promotion;
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Conducing every task related to
provincial credits and statistics;
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Supporting technical supervisors of
olive farming and related businesses in provinces ;
Opportunities in supporting olive
farming:
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Need for importation of 1 million tons
/ year of various oils and hence, olive oil accounts for a fair alternative;
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Existence of precious olive
germ-plasm scattered over 15 provinces
posing less irrigation requirement and higher productivity;
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Prolong economic span with less inputs
and wider adaptability to climatic variances;
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Existence of 6 olive research stations
across the country supported by qualified experts;
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Conducted feasibility studies in 11
provinces and identification of 395000 ha potential sites for olive cultivation:
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Accessing to IOC scientific/field
know-how on olive growing for practitioners / experts and animators :
Challenges
in olive farming:
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Failure of certain olive orchards in
some provinces which need for grafting and rehabilitation;
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Huge and outstanding dues imposed on
olive growers owing to unpaid installments;
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Greater tendency showed by farmers to
produce conserved olives rather than extraction of olive oil;
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Poor availability of proper cultivars
to meet climatic variances worsen by lack of integrated management on olive
plantation strategy;
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Sever water scarcity with worn–out
irrigation systems and low-mechanization index;
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Poor participation of private sector
in this business;
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Inadequate transfer of findings to
traditional olive fields;
National policy on olive:
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Increasing productivity of olive oil
for self sufficiency improvement;
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Encouraging greater consumption of
olive oil for enhanced nutrition and
social health;
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Improving irrigation productivity and
wider mechanization influence in olive orchards;
Quantitative scopes:
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Production of 26000 tons of olive oil
by the end of the 6th National Development Plan;
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Conducting needed operation for
developing olive orchards over 51537 ha.
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Taking reformation actions in 46440 ha.
of olive plots to upscale productivity and control pests and diseases;