Environmental Harms In Producing Moroccan Olive Oil

By Jeannie Chapman


Pizza and carbonara are just some of our favorite food with olives on it. You might be thinking of italy or greece if you will be asked for the suppliers of it. But today, there is a country that is already at its height in supplying the world with it. This product made Morocco the top two best suppliers of olives in the whole globe. This also made their country improve when it comes to economic status. Moroccan olive oil is not one of the in demand supply in the world market.

Doctors are already convince with the nutritional value brought by the olives. It is considered monounsaturated and this means that once taken, it will not stay in our body unlike the other fats that will stay and can even develop as cancer. And doctors suggest this oil for food.

This is the main reason on why the number of people buying for it is increasing. Not just use for cooking but also the benefits they could get to it. This is to say that Morocco is taking a big burden into its back by supplying all seven continents around the earth. And because of this responsibility, the future of it is at stake.

Olives had been their source of financing ever since the invaders planted them in Africa. And the government still continues to encourage people to plan more olive trees. That even Greece which was the second largest supplier was defied by the Morocco. Their government and economy seems like almost relying on such exporting.

However, this financial development has attached ecological problems which cannot be anymore healed unless the government decides to shut down the business. The pollution is getting worse there due to the wastes from olive processing plants which caused atmospheric damages such us ozone depletion and improper hazardous waste disposal.

Farmers and agriculturists also gave a big contribution for this problem. In fact they are the one who started the problem. This is because they keep on planting olive trees in which the soil cannot anymore acquire other nutrients which are not available from the tree. Because of this, the quality of the soil is getting poorer and there will be a great possibility that the land of the country will turn into a desert.

The government has no choice but to keep the exporting on going until they find another alternative for this. If they will decide to illegalize olives reproduction, the country would be back to being a very poor country. And for now, finding the solution is the best move the government could do.

This is to say that you should be aware of what you are consuming because you might be wasting something which is a gold to anyone. Evidences of such theory have not yet been proven but few years from now, it is said that they will feel the effect of it. Once this will grow and grow, everything including the world market will be affected.

Moroccan olive oil could be very helpful to us, but it is also like some other drugs that if abused, there will be negative effects. For now, as a consumer, what you can help is to insure that you are not wasting your supplies. Every simple thing could help them.




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