Author name: Soil O-Live

The University of Jaén and Carboliva have signed a collaboration agreement that will allow the elaboration of an industrial doctoral thesis on the potential of biochar derived from alpeorujo for the regeneration of degraded olive grove soil. Specifically, the doctoral thesis, entitled ‘Evaluating the potential of biochar from olive pomace and olive pits to support […]

The Soil O-live project has actively participated in the ‘European Mission Soil Week 2024’ that took place last week in Brussels. The project coordinator, Antonio Manzaneda (UJA), the project manager, Iván Sánchez (UJA) and Juan Carrasco, representing DEOLEO, partner of Soil O-live, participated in this event. Soil O-live was present at the second edition of

Researchers from Soil O-Live, led by its coordinator Antonio Manzaneda, are participating in the II Soil Mission Week, which is being held this week in Brussels (Belgium). The scientists have presented the results of the first phase of the project, in which a soil diagnosis of the Mediterranean olive grove has been carried out after

The European Soil O-Live project has completed its first phase in which a soil diagnosis of the Mediterranean olive grove has been carried out after the analysis of more than 500 soil samples from 52 farms in Spain, Greece, Portugal, Italy and Morocco. The first results show ‘a picture of the soil that can be

The researcher and coordinator of the Soil O-Live project, Antonio Manzaneda, is one of the protagonists of the initiative ‘Aove & Science’ launched by the University of Jaén and Picualia through which a limited edition of 30,000 bottles of its First Harvest Day Oil has been marketed with information about some of the most outstanding

The Casa de la Cultura of Villafranca de los Barros, hosted on Wednesday 18th September, a sustainability conference in the framework of the Soil Olive project. The event began with an informative assembly for the members, where Isabel Apolo, manager of the S.Coop San Isidro cooperative, explained the campaign rules. This was followed by a

During the month of September, Soil O-live and Deoleo have scheduled several Sustainability Workshops in different locations. The aim of these sessions is to educate and inform farmers about the implementation of sustainable practices in their olive groves and soil care. The first one took place yesterday, Tuesday 17th September at SCA Bedmarense in the

The discovery of a new genus of free-living nematode has been the subject of the first scientific publication in the framework of the Soil O-Live project. Specifically, the journal “Zoosystematics and Evolution” published in its latest issue the article “Oleaxonchium olearum gen. et sp. nov. (Nematoda, Dorylaimida) associated with an olive grove in the southern

The winners were an arbequina oil from Almazaras de la Subbética, an itrana from Iannotta and a hojiblanca from Finca la Torre. In addition, a special mention for the farm with the healthiest soil was awarded to Dimitris Mitaros (Briani, Island of Lesbos, Greece). The facilities of the University of Jaén located in the Torre

The European Soil Olive project was present on the first day of the Olive Oil World Congress through the participation of its coordinator, Antonio Manzaneda, and the mention of Jaime Lillo, the executive director of the International Olive Oil Council (IOC).