Olives is one of the most important fruits in Egypt. The total quantity of it is about 178,000 feddans which is considered 12.3% of the total quantity of fruits in Egypt which is about 1450.7 thousand of feddans as average (in 2008-2013). Planting olives was developed greatly in the last two decades. It increased from 480.1 thousand tons in 2008 to 541.8 thousand tons in 2013. This means that its production increased by 12.9. This made Egypt the second world country in producing it by 19.8% from the total production of olives in the world from 2008 to 2013. And it is expected that this increase will go up.

So olives in Egypt has a large importance because we extract olive oil from it which has several benefits.

Olive oil is a fat obtained from the fruit of the Olea europaea (olive tree), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean region. Whole olives are pressed to produce this distinctive oil. The oil is used in cosmetics, medicine, cooking, and soaps, and was also used as a fuel for traditional lamps. Olive oil originally came from the Mediterranean, but today it is used worldwide.