TCP/NEP/6713
Field Document-1
Prospects for Olive Growing in Nepal
His Majesty's Government
Department of Agriculture, Fruit Development Division Olive Production Development Project, TCP/NEP/6713
&
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Kathmandu
1999
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this Publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city of area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
I. HISTORY
II. BOTANY
III. FLORAL AND FRUIT BIOLOGY
IV. USE OF THE OLIVE
V. PEDOCLIMATIC REQUIREMENTS
VI. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
VII. CULTIVARS
VIII. PROPAGATION
IX. ORCHARD ESTABLISHMENT
X. ORCHARD MANAGEMENT
XI. TRAINING AND PRUNING
XII. INSECT PEST AND DISEASES
XIII. OLIVE PROCESSING
XIV. OLIVE OIL QUALITY
XV. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
XVII. BIBLIOGRAPHY
FIGURES
PLATES
TABLES