Article Title: Olive oil
12-09-2022
Environment & Ecology Prelims Plus
Why is in news? The Olive Oil Capital of the World, Parched
Drought has ravaged dozens of crops throughout Europe: corn in Romania, rice in Italy, beans in Belgium, and beets and garlic in France.
Among the hardest hit is the olive crop of Spain, which produces half of the world’s olive oil.
Olive oil is from olive crop, a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, produced by pressing whole olives and extracting the oil.
It is commonly used in cooking: for frying foods or as a salad dressing.
It can be found in some cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, soaps, and fuels for traditional oil lamps. It also has additional uses in some religions.
The olive is one of three core food plants in Mediterranean cuisine; the other two are wheat and grapes.
Olive trees have been grown around the Mediterranean since the 8th millennium BC.
Spain accounts for almost half of global olive oil production; other major producers are Portugal, Italy, Tunisia, Greece, Morocco and Turkey.
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