Fukuoka City-based Kyudenko announced it had formed an agreement with Amagusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, to grow olives. The agreement starts in FY 2010 and will run for three years. The company will plant 6,700 olive trees on cropland in the city that is currently unused, and will study cultivation techniques and the potential for profitability. If successful, they could elect to continue the operations. Kyudenko says it is open to using land owned either by the public sector or the private sector.
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