50,000 sapling of various varieties will be planted near Jaipur to find the Variety most suitable to India.
The agriculture board of a desert state, a micro-irrigation firm, and an Israeli company think so. Later this week, 50,000 olive saplings of various varieties will be planted near Jaipur in Rajasthan, part of a field test to check whether this belief translates into reality.
After all, olive trees do not grow in India.
If the Jaipur experiment succeeds, the variety most adaptable to Indian conditions will be selected in June. And one million olive saplings of this variety will be sold to farmers in areas around the city by Rajasthan Olive Cultivation Ltd, a company in which the three partners behind the effort— Rajasthan State Agriculture Board, Plastro Plasson of Pune and Indolive Ltd—have equal stakes.
Plastro Plasson Industries (India) Ltd is a joint venture between India and Israel in the area of micro-irrigation between Finolex Ltd of India and two Israeli companies, Plastro and Plasson. Indolive is an Israeli firm, partly funded by the government of that country, that promotes agricultural techniques.
Now, olive oil made in Gujarat,May 17, 2011, AHMEDABAD:
Just as the grapes of Nashik have redefined the wine industry in India, olives being grown in a nursery in north Gujarat could do the same for the edible oil industry. The Gujarat government believes these little green bulbs have the potential to change the fortunes of farmers, given the growing demand for the healthier oil. It has funded a pilot project to grow olive trees in the state. Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University (SDAU) has tied up with Israeli company Asia Everest Limited (AEL) for the project. This is the first attempt to grow olives in the country on a large-scale. At present, the entire demand for all olive products is met by Mediterranean countries.
Courtesy:Times of India
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