Juan Olivares
Juan Olivares
Main Expertise
- Holistic olive and citrus tree management
- Organic transition: organic fertilisation and pest management
- Olive harvest and processing management
Affiliated Organisation(s)
Family’s olive oil and its stakeholders
Language(s)
- English
- Spanish
Based in
North Andalucia, Spain
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My journey of becoming a regenerative agronomist
Born in North Andalucia
The family has been connected to agriculture for generations. Father is a a agronomist, and grandfather was a farmer and olive trader
From a young age, Juan was interested in nature and agricultural plant cultivation
Juan wanted to become an agronomist, studied agronomy and researched plant genetics
Works for the family olive business
Main Challenges for the farmers transition
- Lack of experience in the transition from conventional production
- Lack of examples they can follow and trust
- Fluctuating olive oil market
- Weed management
Success stories
Agronomic: helping an olive and almond production that started as an economic mess. After organic transitions, taking care of abundant trees and different management, the production increased from 7000kg of olives to 150.00kg within 4 years.
One principle you wish more people understood
Organic matter is one of the most central points of soil – we need to stop ploughing over and over again.
The interactions between insects are also very essential; not everything is a pest.
“Regenerative Agriculture tries to imitate natural processes while creating instead of destroying – there is no other way to do things. You can think whatever you want about Climate Change, but we are currently suffering from the impact of the last 50-80 years of super-intensive agriculture. Regenerative agriculture is the only way we can continue”
— What regenerative agriculture means to me
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