1 thousand ALL kg of olive oil. Low production has increased the price, this year quality is also a problem

If a year ago our country registered an overproduction of olive oil, this year farmers are disappointed. The extreme weather conditions significantly reduced the yield, as a production for farmers is recorded at 40% less.

" I came here to the factory. I cut a bunch of olives, I got 20 kilos of oil. There is no production at all. "

They say that the unfavorable weather conditions are joined by the lack of help from the state, emphasizing their difficulties. They start with the prices of pesticides to the lack of markets.

The farmers of Mallakastra say that the situation has forced them to leave their plots without services.

" It's bad for workers, they can't find workers. We are far away, the car cannot enter. We have no conditions. "

" The situation in our villages is a bit difficult. There are no workers, the young people have all fled and the lands have been left at the mercy of fate. The olive tree has been left at the mercy of fate, unpruned, without service. We are stuck in this stage that we work with separation. "

The lack of proper care for this crop has also affected the quality of the oil, experts claim.

"Due to the climatic conditions, the rains have started and have made harvesting difficult, since harvesting in the field is a little more difficult. Even normally the quality, since a good part of the fruits may have fallen to the ground, are factors that affect the quality of the olive oil. Even the olive fly, which is one of the main pests of fruit and oil olives, directly affects the quality."

ONEJDA KYCYKU - OLIVE OIL SPECIALIST

And everything follows a chain... the decline in production and the influence of the foreign market has increased the prices for this product that is widely used on the tables of Albanian families.

" The price of oil will definitely increase. It will cost 10,000 lek a kilo. "

"The price increase has come as a result of low production. There are many areas in Albania, such as Tirana, districts where the production has been very little, the production yield has been almost without grains."

ONEJDA KYCYKU - OLIVE OIL SPECIALIST

From 400-500 lek per liter last year, currently the factory purchase price is 700-800 lek per liter. (A2 Televizion)