Competitiveness of mediterranean countries in the olive oil market

This study employs constant market share analysis to determine the competitiveness of Turkey, Spain, Italy, Greece and Tunisia, i.e. the world's primary olive oil producers, in markets in the USA, Australia, Canada, Brazil and Japan in the periods 2000-2004 and 2005-2008. The analysis shows that during the periods covered, Tunisia was the most competitive in the target markets. All countries showed decreased competitiveness during the periods analyzed. In the same period, although Greek export to target markets has increased, the competitiveness of Greece was adversely affected due to a decrease in its market share. The success in achieving sustainable and permanent international competitiveness in the olive oil market depends on production, organization and trade policies. Especially for Turkey, export strategies that consider the consumer demands and expectations in the destination markets should be developed. Finally, Turkey should introduce a new image for its national production

Valorization of a biomass: phytochemicals in oilseed by-products

A huge amount of residue is released every year in agricultural and food industries. If this waste is valorised properly, it would be very beneficial from both economic and environmental aspects. Recently, seeds of oil crops have been getting great interest due to their waste rich in a great variety of lipophilic and hydrophilic phytochemicals. On the other hand, oilseed processing by-products comprise approximately 35 millions of tons seed for oil in European Union. Therefore, this remarkable amount of residue should be considered as a resource from waste to health. The purpose of the present research is to introduce the types of oilseed by-product and their high added value phytochemicals by summarizing the recent studies on the valorization of different wastes of several oilseed crops. This research also supplies an overview of the oilseed sources with their botanical names, production regions and target phytochemical ingredients. Moreover, further remarks with some certain concerns are discussed