Development of olive oil production in Malta

Abstract

This dissertation is intended to find out and give a clear picture of the history of olive oil production regarding the Maltese Islands from the first records studied and investigated by archaeologists till the present time. The introduction is focused on the importance that olive oil had from very long time ago having a number of significances in the pagan and other religions and its uses. The first evidence of olive oil production in Malta was under the Phoenicians and continues till the present time. The research carried out provides information of how olive oil was extracted from olives in the past and in the present regarding the advances in technology and the popularity of olive oil production through the years in Malta.