EDIBLE OILS IN PAKISTAN
AN OVERVIEW WITH A FOCUS ON OLIVE OIL
9 ISTITUTO AGRONOMICO PER L’OLTREMARE
GIACOMO MORELLI
e work presented is the final delivery of a mission of the author in Pakistan within the project ‘Promotion of the production and marketing of olive oil’. e project has been financed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by IAO (Istituto Agronomico per l’Oltremare, Italy) in close collaboration with the PODB-MINFAL (Pakistan Oilseeds Development Board - Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock). e justification of the project is the extreme burden of the bill for edible oils importation in the Pakistani balance of payments, the second absolute largest one aer petroleum and its derivates and the single largest one for food items. e work is divided into two main sections: the first one is a brief overview of the edible oils in Pakistan whereas the second one focuses on olive oil market and attempt to describe future scenarios of olive oil production and market in Pakistan. It is the first work done about this specific sector of edible oil and hence it is intended to be an initial tool useful for foreseeing what can happen in the olive oil market in the coming years.
GIACOMO MORELLI
EDIBLE OILS IN PAKISTAN
AN OVERVIEW WITH A FOCUS ON OLIVE OIL
QUADERNI DI ECONOMIA PER LA COOPERAZIONE ALLO SVILUPPO AGRICOLO TROPICALE
AN OVERVIEW WITH A FOCUS ON OLIVE OIL
Giacomo Morelli is an independent agri-business consultant, MSc graduated in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Agricultural Science at the Università degli Studi di Firenze (University of Florence, Italy) in 2002. He worked for the private sector, NGOs and public bodies. He experienced working in Italy, Latin America, Africa and finally Asia. He has been in charge of different tasks as reorganizing agricultural production processes, ideating and managing agricultural projects