Oasis Olives is one of the first large scale olive projects for the production of high quality olive oil in Ica district, Peru. Yuval Chen was one of the first experts to recognize the huge potential of growing olive oil under the special desert conditions of Ica district.
The main varieties for this project are : cv. Coratina, cv. Barnea, cv. Arbequina, cv. Picual, cv. Picholine Langdouc and cv. Koroneiki. The main objective of this pollination plan is to enable the project to produce oil which could form the row material for many potential blends due to any client taste. The establishment of this project had lots of difficulties as it was the first project in a new region for high technology olive projects. We needed to establish an olive nursery and treat salty water to levels suitable for nursery irrigation. Access through the sand dunes was also a big challenge.
Other issues we needed to deal with were the lack of skilled and dedicated technicians for day to day management of the project.
