(9 Jun 2024)
SPAIN OLIVE OIL
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Tabernas, Almería, Spain – 5 June 2024
1. Tilt up of olive grove
2. Tracking shot of rows of olive trees with dry ground beneath
3. Tilt up from dry earth to olive trees
4. Commercial and Export Director of ‘Oro del Desierto’ olive oil company, Rafael Alonso Barrau, examining tree
5. Close of olive flowers that have not produced olives due to drought
6. Mid of Alonso Barrau
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Alonso Barrau, Commercial and Export Director of ‘Oro del Desierto’ olive oil company:
"Well, the main reason is the climate change. We have lots of threats. We are facing, at least the cycle of the last few years, that the dry years are more common and the lack of rain – not only here, this is a desertic area – but all the regions of Spain are facing the same problems. I mean, it’s raining less and less and some of them don’t have even irrigation systems, so they depend very much on the rain. Because olive trees are a sturdy crop, it can survive without water but to produce it needs a little bit of water, so if it’s raining enough, it can be ok. Otherwise, you can irrigate or both things. So, it’s a bit compromised the production because of the lack of water and bad weather during the blossom and in general. I mean heatwaves, the conditions, the climatic conditions, are not good."
8. Hot sun beating down on olive oil tree
9. Tilt up of reservoir
10. Water flowing into reservoir from underground spring
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Alonso Barrau, Commercial and Export Director of ‘Oro del Desierto’ olive oil company:
"Unfortunately the last two years has been poor in quantity of production in all Mediterranean countries – not only in Spain, which is the leader by far in quantities. This affected the market in the way we already are exporting, Spain is exporting to all over the world, and Mediterranean countries are not only selling the oil in the Mediterranean countries but outside. And the demand is strong. More customers are wanting to have olive oil. Unfortunately, the offer (supply) is much lower than average. It’s about 30 percent less, so this affects the prices and that’s the main reason, for having for the last two years in a row, increases in prices because the stocks are limited and the demand is high."
12. Various of extra virgin olive oil being bottled inside the company’s press
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Alonso Barrau, Commercial and Export Director of ‘Oro del Desierto’ olive oil company:
"There is concerns for sure because only about 30 percent of the surface in Spain is irrigated and the rest is depending on the rain so they are very much compromised. If they have good conditions, they can produce but if it’s not raining enough…averages of rainfall in the southern Spain is low but still enough for the olive trees, like 400/500 millimetres of rain per year. Well that said, we will have 200 so we need the irrigation, otherwise it’s actually kind of impossible to produce here. But other areas are becoming like they need to implement better farming techniques to guarantee the supply and this is happening maybe not as fast as the weather’s changing. So, I don’t say every year is going to happen the same but I say that from ten years used to be like seven good and three bad, maybe we are going to go to a situation in the future that seven are going to be a bit bad and three good."
14. Olive oil bottles moving along conveyor belt after bottling
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San Jose, Almería – 4 June 2024
15. Exterior of supermarket
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