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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Valentin BONTEMPS

'Stress Test': Olive Oil Producers Adapt To Climate Change

A farmer shows olives bearing the effects of drought (R) near Jaen in southern Spain (Credit: AFP)

Olive oil producers are improving irrigation and seeking new varieties of olives to safeguard production as climate change upends harvests, causing prices of the staple of the Mediterranean diet to soar.

"Climate change is already a reality and we need to adapt to it," according to the executive director of the International Olive Council (IOC) Jaime Lillo.

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