صناعة زيت الزيتون في فلسطين واقعها و آفاقها المستقبلية

Abstract EN

The Palestinian olive oil industry is one of the promising industries in the national economy as it enjoys a high comparative and competitive advantages that make it qualified enough to compete in export markets, especially the Arab markets.

In addition, this industry encourages forward and backward linkages between both the agricultural and industrial sectors and within the Industrial sector itself.

In view of the importance of olive oil as a strategic commodity necessary to achieve food security to the Palestinian and Arab Societies, the study tries to overview and analyse the reality and future of this Industry so as to make a clear-cut plan to develop this Industry in order to satisfy the Palestinian needs from this commodity according to the required quantity and quality.

To perform this study, the descriptive, analytical and comparative methodology was used.

To reach to findings of significance, the researcher mainly relied on related surveys made by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics during the period 1995 -99 i.

e.

, the peace era.