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How similar are olives from Extremadura and the Alentejo?

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 This is what a cross-border research project is trying to find out.

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There are three parts, a genetic characterization, a morphological characterization and a characterization

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of the quality of the oils they give, both for these varieties from Extremadura and the Portuguese varieties.

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Similarities which can improve, working together, the market position of the liquid gold they give us.

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The benefits and the results that the project should give will be aimed to improving the market potential of oils from both Extremadura and Portugal,

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in this case the 'manzanilla cacerena' and 'aceitera' olives, or the varieties 'conserva de Elvas' and 'morisca extremena'.

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It would generate links for olive producers and in oil processing technologies,

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and we'd be talking about greater potential because the olives and varieties are very similar.

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Links which improve the commercialization of this star product of our gastronomy.

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Under the umbrella of RITECA, we have the finance necessary to achieve this objective

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through cross-border cooperation between Extremadura and the Alentejo.

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RITECA as a dynamo of the economy through cooperation.