The Journal "Agriculture and Forestry"
Časopis "Poljoprivreda i šumarstvo"
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Year 2024, Volume 70 Issue 2 (30.06.2024)
| Year : | 2024 |
| Volume : | 70 |
| Issue : | 2 (30.06.2024) |
| Authors : | Marija MARKOČ, Jovo KRSTAJIĆ, Balša BAJAGIĆ, Ivana TOMAŠEVIĆ |
| Title : | CONVENTIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES IN MONTENEGRIN OLIVICULTURE: RELYING ON TRADITION HEADING TOWARDS AN INNOVATIVE FUTURE |
| Abstract : | Olive growing and olive oil production has been an ingrained tradition in the coastal areas of Montenegro for more than three millenniums. However, various problems such as complex terrain configuration, scattered land, elderly households, urbanization and poor infrastructure led to olive orchards abandonment during the last century. On the other side, climate changes enabled olive growing to shift in more northern areas of Montenegro and that restimulated farmers to revitalize their centennial olive trees, to connect oliviculture with tourism and to implement innovations in this sector. Therefore, our team analyzed the degree of conventional and contemporary practices in Montenegrin olive growing and olive oil production. Local farmers practice olive growing as a secondary activity or as a hobby, very rarely as a primary business (8.33%). Moreover, 88.33% out of interviewed farmers implement rainfed agriculture, relying solely on annual precipitation level. They made more significant progress in olive oil production than in olive growing during the last two decades. One half of the interviewed farmers start harvesting olives in October, when there are less than 25% of olives turning black and 79% of olive producers harvest by hand or use manual and/or electric shakers. Contemporary practices are implemented in post-harvesting techniques and all farmers process their olives 48 hours (the latest) after the harvest, while more than 73% use mechanical process of cold extraction on 2-phase decanters. Finally, 23% of the farmers concluded that olive oil waste management is highly important issue that has to be regulated by law. |
| For citation : | Markoč, M., Krstajić, J., Bajagić, B., Tomašević, I. (2024). Conventional and contemporary practices in Montenegrin oliviculture: Relying on tradition heading towards an innovative future. Agriculture and Forestry, 70(2), 37-47. https://doi.org/10.17707/AgricultForest.70.2.03 |
| Keywords : | olive, olive oil, tradition, innovation, Montenegro |
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