KORONEIKI

Introduced into modern groves and evaluation sites

In the Americas, Koroneiki is documented as present in extra-Mediterranean olive areas, where it is typically integrated into modern orchards and, in some cases, into trial or evaluation settings.

Adoption tends to concentrate in territories with dry summers or with managed water availability, where orchard design and agronomy aim at stabilising yields and oil quality.

In the TGoP narrative, Koroneiki in the Americas reflects a technical migration: it moves where climate and value chains can genuinely support stable oils with high oleic profiles.

Mediterranean belts and warm zones with limited frost risk

In Africa, Koroneiki’s presence aligns with Mediterranean-influenced territories and warm environments, where the risk of severe cold is limited and olive cultivation finds climatic continuity.

In these settings, cultivar choice often favours oil varieties that can support consistent production, provided orchard management (water, soil, pruning) and plant health monitoring are well structured.

For TGoP, Koroneiki in Africa helps discuss an expanded Mediterranean continuity: similar climatic horizons, different landscapes and agricultural practices.

Eastern Mediterranean corridors and arid territories with managed water

In Asia, Koroneiki is documented in Eastern-Mediterranean contexts and in arid to semi-arid territories, where olive growing is often linked to organised plantings and controlled water resources.

Distribution tends to favour areas with low exposure to significant frost, consistent with the cultivar’s limited cold tolerance.

Within TGoP, Koroneiki in Asia becomes a marker of climate fit: not “where it can grow”, but where the territory can truly sustain the cultivar over time.

Origin and core production: Greek oil landscapes

In Europe, Koroneiki is the cornerstone of Greek oil tradition, rooted in landscapes where oil production is historically central and the cultivar fully expresses its vocation.

The most coherent territories are those with mild winters and strong sunshine, while colder zones tend to limit its use or shift towards more cold-tolerant alternatives.

For TGoP, Europe is the reference point: Koroneiki shows how a strong territorial identity can dialogue with other continents without losing agronomic coherence.

New olive landscapes in temperate, Mediterranean-like bands

In Oceania, Koroneiki is documented in modern olive industries, set in temperate territories with dry summers and relatively mild winters, where severe frost pressure is generally limited.

The cultivar integrates into oil-oriented value chains and efficient orchard systems, with technical choices that target regular production and consistent quality.

In the TGoP framework, Koroneiki in Oceania tells a “value-chain migration”: not only climate adaptation, but the transfer of know-how and production models into territories building a new olive-oil culture.