PICUAL

Origin and long-established olive landscapes

In Europe, Picual sits within Mediterranean areas where olive growing is a long-standing territorial framework: consolidated supply chains, continuity of cultivation, and a clearly recognisable varietal identity.

Europe is the starting point for reading the “Picual model”: a variety that became central not as an exception, but through broad adoption and a systemic role across wide olive territories.

For the Gardens of Peace, Europe represents continuity: here the variety is root and measure, a clear reference for interpreting every later migration.

Productive migration and contemporary orchards

In the Americas, Picual appears as an introduced variety adopted in modern production contexts, where varietal choices are intertwined with agronomic design, supply-chain organisation, and targets of quality stability.

Here the variety does not build an “origin identity”, but a functional one: it enters landscapes as part of designed systems, where compatibility with management and harvesting is part of its value.

For TGoP, Picual in the Americas tells a pragmatic migration: the olive moves into new territories following compatibility and supply-chain logic more than historical continuity.

Mediterranean presences and selective adoption

In Africa, Picual is present mainly in the Mediterranean belt of the North, where olive growing engages with landscapes already rich in local traditions and long-standing varieties.

In this setting, the variety tends to appear through targeted adoption: it joins climatically and territorially compatible areas without erasing existing identities and without necessarily becoming dominant.

For the Gardens of Peace, Africa speaks of a “proximity” migration: the variety enters related territories, maintaining a balance between introduction and local continuity.

Documented introductions and evaluation contexts

In Asia, Picual appears in a selective way, often linked to introduction projects, varietal collections, and evaluation contexts rather than long-standing landscape diffusion.

The variety acts as a technical reference in environments where the olive enters through structured programmes: territories test, measure, and adapt.

For TGoP, Asia represents a present-driven migration: the olive moves because territories seek new compatibilities and new agricultural balances.

Recent olive sectors and certified presence

In Oceania, Picual is documented at least in Australia and is also present in New Zealand, within relatively recent olive sectors where the relationship between olive and landscape is still being built.

Here the variety is not “historical memory of place”, but a varietal choice within modern agricultural systems, where diffusion follows compatibility and the development of emerging supply chains.

In the Gardens of Peace, Oceania tells a contemporary (including experimental) migration: the olive arrives, is tested against new territories, and helps define new olive landscapes.