FP6 - 505524 TDC-OLIVE: Setting-up a network of Technology Dissemination Centres to optimise SMEs in the olive and olive oil sector

Contacts
Website: www.tdcolive.net
Summary Information



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Integrated Crop Protection & Biological Control : Life Science and Food Quality : Vegetable Oil/Fat

Contract No:	FP6 - 505524
Source:	By-product utilisation
Source:	Cultural practice

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Further information

The project is producing a number of booklets, full details of which can be obtained from the website. These include one dealing with By-Product Resusing from olive and olive oil production and one covering Olive tree cultivation.

These booklets, available in PDF format, have been written to help the producer of olives and olive oil across Europe in understanding various aspects relating to the production and processing of olives. These form part of the The Olive Encyclopaedia , a collection of 12 publications that aim to make the information collected during the course of thsi project accessible to those interested.

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By-product utilisation

Download: By-Product Resusing from olive and olive oil production

The contents of this booklet are as follows:

Olive and Olive Oil Production
Types of Wastes and By-Products
General Strategies for Treatment of By-Products
By-Product Reuse and Application
Reutilisation of Valuable Compounds
Different Application Methods

• Bioremediation and Composting
• Solid State Fermentation
• Drying
• De-Oiling
• Gasification
• Monitoring and Control
• Catalogue and Database

Market for New Products
Incineration Costs
Gasification- Pyrolysis Costs
Mechanical Treatment Costs
Composting Costs
Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Costs
Other Related Projects
References

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Cultural practice

Download: Olive tree cultivation

The contents of this booklet , that includes information on aspects of biological control,are as follows:

• Introduction
• Orchard planting
• Pruning
• Irrigation
• Fertilization
• Weed control
• Fruit harvest
• Pests
• Diseases
• Web Links