“ARTOLIO”
Profitable and Sustainable artisanal olive oil industry in the Mediterranean “ARTOLIO”
About the project
Mediterranean small extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) farmers suffer from similar problems: they own small plots of land and use traditional rain-fed farming, while relying on family manpower. Given globalization challenges, the olive sector of MSMEs is unprofitable and many olive orchards are abandoned or untended, resulting in unemployment within marginalized communities. To face these challenges, ARTOLIO aims at establishing, in each participating region, a Native Olive Regional Knowledge Center (NOReKC) which will provide up-to-date training on how an artisanal EVOO should be produced in order to remain competitive; and, at defining a networking management model for artisanal EVOO through a Pan-Mediterranean Platform comprising all NOReKC, which will assist MSMEs across the Mediterranean region in marketing, sales, finance, policy and legislation, at national level and in entering new global markets. The project will result in higher olive yield and oil quality as well as improved profitability through connecting individual farmers into a global network of resilient MSMEs able to create jobs at mid-long term and manage businesses.
ARTOLIO project details:
ARTOLIO is funded by ENI CBC MED
Official website: https://www.enicbcmed.eu/projects/artolio
Acronym: ARTOLIO
Full title: Profitable and Sustainable artisanal olive oil industry in the Mediterranean
Thematic objective: A.1 Business and SMEs development
Priority: A.1.2 Euro-Mediterranean economic clusters
Countries: Israel, Palestine, Greece, Cyprus, Spain (8 partners)
Total budget: €2.9 million
EU contribution: €2.6 million
Project co-financing: 10%
Duration: 29.8.2020 – 28.11.2023
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