La filière oléicole en petite Kabylie: quelles innovations pour un développement durable?

Abstract

Since the launch of the National Agricultural Development Plan in 2000, the Algerian olive sector has been growing steadily. To date, it has begun to extend to the south to acquire new land outside the area of Kabylie which is known since antiquity by this sector. In the region of small Kabylia, there are fragile and marginalized areas that depend mainly on olive oil in their daily economy. On the other hand, the growth of the olive oil sector in the large industrial farms in the south can generate a product of good quality and low-cost. Consequently, it affects the development of the consumption culture which begins to consume the extra virgin olive oil. The olive sector is negatively affected not only in the region of Kabylia, but also in all the northern regions producing low quality olive oil. As a result, the availability of this product must be cautious, which raises the challenge and brings about significant changes in order to evoke the specificities of the region likely to offer opportunities for sustainable development and increase the added value of the product