There is an olive tree close to us here in interior Alentejo that has been dated and certified with more than 2000 years.

Thought to be the largest known population of wild olive trees in the southern Levant ... facility in the world for producing olive oil. Dvora Lev-Ramati, a survey and research coordinator ...

A recent study has unveiled the genetic blueprint behind flowering time in olive trees, a crucial trait for fruit production ...

Olive trees were first domesticated in the Near East ... as evidenced by a renewed increase in olive pollen in sediment records. Olive oil production became a key economic activity in Sicily ...

Syria has more than 101 million olive trees, of which approximately 90 million are fruitful. Olive trees are the third most ...