PALESTINE

Mohammad Sholi

My initial job is a pilot, I worked in many countries for several years and returned to my homeland after the Oslo agreement.

My name is Mohammad, I am 67 years old, married and have 7 kids. My initial work is pilot, I worked in many countries for several years and returned back to my homeland after Oslo agreement between Israel and Palestinians. I decided to work on the family farm and apply what possible techniques to improve both oil quality and quantity.

⸻ About
I got the first prize of best olive oil in Palestine in year 2018

My 5 hectares farm located on the top of a hill at Asira village, I have around 1000 trees with age range 40-80 years. My annual production is 8,000 kg of oil. I got the first prize of best olive oil in Palestine in year 2018, the third prize in year 2020 ‘Palestinian Golden Oil’. The income I got from oil represents 50% of my total income.

⸻ EVOO & Virgin Olive Oil
My farm located on the top of high hill at Asira village near Nablus

My farm located on the top of high hill at Asira village near Nablus, its a nice area where weather is beautiful and temperature is not high most of the time during the year, the rain fall is around 700 ML per year in my area and most of the olive farming is dry farming, irrigation is very rare in my area. My farm located on the top of hill and the soil in my farm is muddy.

⸻ Natural Environment