project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group
Improvement of the productivity and quality of the oil used for Terra Alta Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) Olive Oil
Mejora de la productividad y calidad de los aceites amparados por la DOP Oli Terra Alta
Objectives
The concern shown by the olive oil producers most representative of the ‘Terra Alta PDO’ justifies the need for a rural agriculture project designed to improve the olive oil sector in their geographical area.
The development model needs to be more profitable, environmentally sustainable and capable of not only recovering traditional agricultural practices, but also improving them with modern technology in order to optimise all the product harvesting, transportation, production and marketing processes. The ultimate aim is to recover a high-value extra virgin olive oil that is more homogeneous and has the organoleptic and physical and chemical properties required by current quality standards.
Objectives
La inquietud del sector oleícola de la zona de producción de la DOP Aceite Terra Alta justifica la elaboraicón de un proyecto para implantar un modelo de desarrollo agro-rural sostenible, con una clara vocación agrícola rural y que suponga una mejora del sector oleícola.
Este modelo debe ser más rentable, medioambientalmente sostenible y ha de recuperar las prácticas agrícolas tradicionales, pero mejorándolas con la tecnología actual, de modo que optimizen todos los procesos de recolección, transporte, elaboración y comercialización de un aceite virgen extra de alto valor, más homogéneo y con las características organolépticas y físico-químicas propias de los estándares de calidad actuales.
Activities
The activities were:
• Market research to determine consumers’ preferences in relation to the organoleptic, physical and chemical qualities of extra virgin olive oil.
• Selection of plots representative of the regional scope of each cooperative participating in the project.
• The physical and chemical properties of the olives of each batch will be analysed prior to their arrival at the oil mill and the pressing characteristics that are most suitable to improve the quality of the oil will be studied.
• The results of the project will be used to draft a protocol of good agronomic, transportation, extraction and purification practices to improve Terra Alta PDO olive oil.
Activities
Se llevaron a cabo las actuacioines siguientes:
- Estudio de mercado para conocer cuáles son las preferencias de los consumidores en relación a las cualidades organolépticas y físico-químicas del aceite de oliva virgen extra.
- Selección de parcelas representativas del ámbito territorial de cada Cooperativa participante del proyecto.
- De cada partida se analizarán las propiedades físico-químicas de las aceitunas antes de entrar en la almazara y se estudiará cuáles son las características más idóneas para mejorar la calidad de los aceites
- Con los resultados del proyecto se redactará un protocolo de buenas prácticas agronómicas, de transporte y extractivas para la mejora de los aceites DOP Terra Alta.
Kontext
The ‘Improvement of the productivity and quality of oil used for Terra Alta Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) Olive Oil' project will implement an experimental design to obtain extra virgin oil of maximum organoleptic and physical and chemical quality in line with the preferences and needs of the various consumers in each sector.
Current agronomic practices (related to irrigation, fertilisation and harvesting) and individualised production methods at oil mills (using different extraction conditions) do not produce extra virgin oil with the requisite levels of consistency and quality. The aim of this study, which includes the participation of Terra Alta PDO olive oil cooperatives, is to control and optimise the majority of the aforementioned conditions in order to obtain extra virgin oil with the quality level required by the market.
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014ES06RDRP009 Spain - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Cataluña
Ort
- Main geographical location
- Tarragona
€ 209340
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Terra Alta Olive Oil PDO Regulatory Board
Project coordinator