The international competition for extra virgin olive oils leading to the Mario Solinas Quality Award of the International Olive Council (IOC) is based on Decision No DEC-1/82IV/00 which the Council adopted on 8 June 2000. According to this decision, the Award was launched in the 2000–2001 crop year in the wake of the Council’s 1993 decision to create it as a memorial and tribute to one of the most important advocates ....
IOC experts deliberate on nutritional advancements
MADRID, SPAIN / 26.03.2024
Olive oil is extraordinarily rich in health benefits The IOC Executive Secretariat recently convened the Organization’s scientific committee of nutrition experts on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. Studying and disseminating...
The IOC at a technical conference on olive groves and the carbon credit market
Olive trees are resistant to climate change On Monday 18 March, the IOC took part in a technical conference on the carbon credit market in the framework of olive groves, organized in Seville (Spain) by Oleoestepa S.C.A....
Deadline extended to 19 April – Seminar on the valorization of olive by-products and waste minimization
Organized jointly with the University of Jaén from 3 to 7 June, 2024 The IOC’s Olive Growing, Olive Oil Technology and Environment Unit is co-organising a seminar with the University of Jaén on the “Sustainable...