Consulting and transfer
Olive Cultivation
Spain is the world’s leading producer of olive oil and table olives. These respective productions account for approximately half of the global olive oil production and around 21% of table olive production. The transition from traditional olive cultivation systems to intensive and super internisve systems must be well-managed, enabling small and medium-sized olive farms to undertake this transformation with a high likelihood of success.
At CEIGRAM, our specialists in olive cultivation management collaborate nationally and internationally with producers, associations and companies in the sector. Their work focuses on understanding how climate affects olive varieties, analyzing yield variability across different harvest seasons, improving knowledge of phenology, identifying “critical” moments for treatments and fertilization, enhancing harvest forecasting methods, and optimizing irrigation water use to maximize production in the face of climate change.
Scientific and Technological Services
Consultancy, research and courses in olive cultivation
Research capacity
Associate Professor
34 JCR articles. 10 contracts with companies. European and National Projects
5 olive growing courses for delegations
Director of the Specialisation Course in Olive Growing since 2010.
Lines of work
- Intensive olive grove design
- Irrigation management
Principal researcher
Gómez del Campo, María
Full ProfessorDepartment:910671045Email:maria.gomezdelcampo@upm.esGómez del Campo, María
Full ProfessorWorld's Top 2% ScientistMaría has been a professor at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) since 2001. She teaches courses on fruit tree and olive cultivation and is the Director of the UPM Expert Course in Olive Growing.
Her PhD thesis (1998) focused on evaluating the response of grapevine varieties to water availability. While working at the University of Seville (1997–2001), she specialised in olive cultivation. Her research focuses on the development of irrigation strategies and olive orchard design. She leads an interdisciplinary research group on precision irrigation for fruit trees.
Her research findings have been published in scientific journals and conference proceedings and transferred to the sector through national journals and conferences. The contracts signed with companies reflect her strong engagement with industry.
- Department:Agricultural Production
- Research Group:Agroenergy Group (GA-UPM)
- School / Faculty:ETSIAAB
- Agency:Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
- Research areas:Olive irrigation, olive grove design, olive insurance, olive physiology.
More information
UPM Impact HubCompleted Projects
Evaluación de la fertilización de precisión en una explotación de olivar
With companiesRealización del desarrollo de una aplicación para la automatización en el conteo de árboles de cultivos leñosos en sistemas de producción intensiva
With companiesEvaluación de productos de la empresa BAIC en olivar
With companiesAsesoramiento técnico en el manejo del olivar de las fincas de la empresa
With companies