extra-virgin-olive-oil-is-good-for-environment

The unique agrarian culture diffuse at mondial level wich protect ambient is Olive Groves, because fight the greenhouse effect kidnapping more carbon dioxide than that those production of Extra Virgin Olive Oil emits into the atmosphere.

The data shown at Sol&Agrifood by International Olive Oil Council at mondial preview prove that, one hectare of olive groves catch the annual carbon footprint of one person and that the whole mondial production of oil is able to absorb emissions of a city as Hong Kong.

International Olive Oil Council has divided areas into four homogeneous regions: Western Mediterranean (where is also Italy), Oriental Mediterranean, South America and North America. Analysis put to evidence significant differences between various areas: high level of absorb is into Oriental Mediterranean while this most low is in North America; Western Mediterranean is in line with those mondial.

Between factors that more impact on enviromental sustainability of olive groves are irrigation but also forcefulness of single varieties of olive groves, so shown that biodiversity and enviromental sustainability are closely connected.

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