Artukoglu M.M., Olgun A.
Abstract
TMost of the olive oil mills exist in Izmir, in Turkey. The aim of this study is to determine the quality problems
of the olive and olive oil, and to suggest some solutions regarding the problems. 41.7% of mills’ managers stated
that they had some problems about olive quality. Percentage and likert scale were used for analyzing the data.
Refined olive oil factories and middle scaled olive oil factories have an important role in the marketing channel.
70% of the yield is delivered to these factories. The second important factor in the marketing channel is the bulk
suppliers (20%). The bulk suppliers give almost all the yield to the middle and large sized factory. The rest
(10%) is constituted of the self consumption of the farmers.
Key words:
olive oil processing center, raw quality, olive oil sector