The Council of Tenerifethrough the insular area of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing, has launched a olive tree cultivation test phase project. The study has been carried out in the La Valiera space, in Tierra Blanca, in the municipality of Fasniaand for this they have planted 180 olive trees of 16 different varieties on a farm that will serve as an experiment to define what kind of varieties of this plant are more conducive to the climate of the south of the island.
This study is carried out in conjunction with the Andalusian Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Fisheries, Food and Organic Production (IFAPA) and within its location a recreation area suitable for the volunteers and shelter animals can make your stay more pleasant.
“The Cabildo de Tenerife has been supporting olive cultivation for some time and the result has been exceptional in terms of quality. We have products capable of competing with any other oil of the world,” said the president of the Cabildo, Peter Martin. “Now we are trying to find the best varieties that adapt to our climate and our land and this research will lead us to determine which specialties are the best to grow in Tenerife“, he added.
The president participated, together with the Mayor of Fasnia, Luis Javier González, in a symbolic act in which they participated 19 boys and girls from 4th grade of Primary and 12 students from the Middle Cycle of Viticulture and Olive Grovesand in which two specimens were planted with the help of young people.
“We want to investigate so that olive trees can be extended in places like this where there may be no other alternative for other types of fruit trees,” said Martín. “If everything goes well and we find the most suitable varieties, we will be able to offer an interesting crop alternative for the coming years,” he recalled.
For his part, the mayor of Fasnia indicated that for the municipality “all research projects are welcome”, and remarked that this, in addition, contributes to the environment and collaborates with landscape improvement, also generating landscape tourism, so ” We think it’s even more auspicious.” González also pointed out that the cultivar will perform a double function, related to the care of the animals in the shelter by offering them an outdoor recreation area.
The Island Councilor for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Javier Parrillaspecified that they have been planted 16 varieties, but can be expanded to 24. The criterion for this plantation has been agronomicby choosing plants that have to be the ones that can contribute the most possibilities of success in their production.
Parrilla clarified that this type of study complements others on pest prevention or knowledge of climate change and that the collaboration with Andalusia will bear fruit by offering them our knowledge and sharing information.
The counselor explained that they will provide the necessary molecular analyzes and we will provide information on the phenology, physiology and production of the different varieties of this species in order to determine the future behavior in producing areas with Andalusia in the face of climate change.
