Apulian Producers Call for More Government Support for Olive Oil Sector
Olive oil prices in Puglia continue to slide despite lower production in 2020. Coldiretti believes the government must do more.
Jan. 15, 2021
Olive oil production in Puglia has grown by 21 percent over the past decade despite a seemingly endless barrage of challenges.
Still, farmers in the southwestern Italian region, which accounts for more than half of Italy’s overall production, believe they would have fared much better if local and national authorities had implemented a wide and thoughtful strategic vision for the development of the sector.