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Key traits
Highly drought-tolerant
Relatively slow-growing
Adapted to nutrient-poor soils
How Nando helps
Support
Nutrient cycling and availability (N, P, K) in low-input systems
Strengthens
Tree resilience against drought and soil-borne diseases
Reduces
Nutrient depletion over the long term in established groves

Cultivation
focus:
Balancing vegetative growth and fruit production to manage alternate bearing, optimizing conditions for oil accumulation and quality, managing soil erosion in hillside groves

Common
challenges:
Alternate bearing (strong biennial yield fluctuations), soil erosion and nutrient depletion in traditional systems, diseases like Verticillium wilt and olive knot; water stress impacting fruit size and oil yield in intensive systems

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