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Mario Solinas Quality Award - Southern Hemisphere 2025

Mario Solinas Quality Award

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The best extra virgin olive oils from the Southern Hemisphere
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IOC Statistics Dashboard

A comprehensive access to global economic data and analyses related to olive oil and table olives.
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Olive Health Information System

Olive oil and table olives are well-known for their outstanding health benefits, including the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and other chronic conditions. 

Every week, the IOC and the University of Navarre publish new scientific discoveries highlighting these benefits in English, French and Spanish.  
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World Catalogue of Olive Varieties

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2026 Mario Solinas Quality Award – Northern Hemisphere Edition: Call for Participation

MADRID, SPAIN/ 28.11.2025
The International Olive Council (IOC) invites producers, producer associations and packers of extra virgin olive oil from the Northern Hemisphere to submit their entries for the 2026 edition of the Mario Solinas Quality Award. Established in 2000 in tribute to Professor Mario Solinas, a leading advocate of sensory analysis in virgin olive oils, this...

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Pakistan Moves Towards IOC Membership

PAKISTAN/ 28.11.2025
Official visit highlights sector potential The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, currently an IOC observer...

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IOC and CREA Sign MoU to Advance Olive Sector Research and Innovation

VERCELLI/MADRID/ 27.11.2025
The International Olive Council (IOC) and Italy’s Council for Agricultural Research and Economics...

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30 countries and international organisations commit to promoting...

CÓRDOBA, SPAIN/ 20.11.2025
Ministers and representatives from the main olive oil and table olive producing countries reaffirm...

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Here you can find  information related to the olive and its oil, from history about this plant to benefits of consuming them and how it can improves our health passing by recipes and museums where you can find more information locally

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