The European Soil O-Live project has announced the third edition of its International Olive Oil Competition, The Soil Health & Olive Oil Quality Awards 2026, a pioneering global event as it is the only one that jointly assesses the quality of extra virgin olive oil and the health of the soil from which it is […]
Yesterday, 15 April, the Almazaras de la Subbética auditorium (Carcabuey) hosted a new session of the Sustainability Conference organised by the European Soil O-live project in partnership with Deoleo. Having already trained over a thousand farmers, this free programme continues its work with the aim of transforming traditional olive groves into a model of profitability
The European Soil O-Live project, coordinated by the University of Jaén, has successfully concluded its fourth annual meeting in the city of Meknès (Morocco). The meeting brought together experts from seven countries alongside representatives from the European Commission and the International Olive Council (IOC), establishing itself as the most ambitious scientific initiative to safeguard the
The European Soil O-Live project, coordinated by the University of Jaén, has taken a decisive step forward in its roadmap with the holding of its fourth annual meeting. Following previous meetings in Jaén (Spain), Mytilene (Greece) and Trapani (Italy), the city of Meknes (Morocco) will become the hub of operations for this international consortium from
The European Soil O-Live project, coordinated by the University of Jaén in partnership with Deoleo, is launching its sustainability training programme for the third consecutive year, a completely free initiative aimed at farmers. To date, nearly a thousand professionals have managed to improve their harvests, strengthen the health of their soils and optimise the profitability
The European Soil O-live project has reached a new scientific milestone that is essential for optimising soil regeneration in a context of concern, given that, according to a recent publication in the journal Nature, European soils have high levels of pesticide contamination, which also has an impact on soil biodiversity and its ecological function. In
A team of researchers from the European Soil O-Live project, coordinated by the University of Jaén, has discovered a novel method for detecting glyphosate (GLY) and other highly polar pesticides in different olive grove soil management practices. This news has also been published in the prestigious journal Environmental Pollution. The article ‘Rugged LC-MS/MS method for
The coordinator of the Soil O-Live project, Antonio Manzaneda, recently participated in the ‘Mission Soil Cluster on Data and Knowledge Management’. This meeting, held in Brussels, addressed the importance of soil health data in developing solutions for soil. Manzaneda explains that the Data Cluster meetings are essential for harmonising the type of data and, perhaps
The Soil O-Live project adds a new discovery to science: the relationship between the genetics of the olive tree holobiont, i.e. the association between the plant and its microbial community or microbiome, and greater or lesser tolerance to the fungus Verticillium dahliae. This is the main conclusion drawn from the article ‘Unveiling essential host genes
The influential journal Nature recently published an article by Soil O-Live project coordinator Antonio Manzaneda and several of the researchers involved in the project on the alarming situation of Mediterranean olive grove soil and the work being done by the European Soil O-Live project. Pasquale Borrelli, Francis Matthews, Philipp Saggau and Konstantinos Kaffas from Roma