SRD01.01A olive-sector grant · Puglia Region
Puglia's SRD01.01A "olive sector in areas free from Xylella fastidiosa sub. Pauca" call (CSR 2023-2027, €20M budget) funds new olive tree plantings and new irrigation systems. SoilSense soil-moisture monitoring does not replace the irrigation system: it makes it more efficient and supports the water savings of the new plantings. Have your technician or CAA confirm how it fits.
1 · New olive grove + irrigation — your part
This is the core of the call: new olive tree plantings in areas free from Xylella fastidiosa sub. Pauca, with more productive varieties and modern systems. It also covers new irrigation systems serving the new groves. Rates, ceilings and access requirements are set by the official call: check them before shaping your project.
2 · Soil-moisture monitoring — SoilSense
SoilSense measures soil moisture in the root zone and turns it into clear irrigation alerts. On the new grove it helps you irrigate only when needed and document the water savings of the new plantings. Your technician frames it among the project's irrigation and water-efficiency investments.
The call rewards new olive plantings in Xylella-free areas and efficient water use. SoilSense soil-moisture monitoring supports the irrigation efficiency of the new grove; pair it with your new planting and irrigation system. Framing the line item and verifying the call's conditions are your technician's job.
How SoilSense works
A wireless datalogger reads soil moisture right at the root zone and sends it straight to the SoilSense app — so you can see exactly how much water your crop has, and act before stress sets in.
The setup
The SoilSense app
The same data, live on your computer, tablet and phone. Always available from everywhere you are.
No agronomist needed
When something needs your attention, SoilSense sends a plain-language alert to your phone — so you know whether to water, wait, or ease off, at a glance.
One of your sensors has dropped below the soil moisture safe range.
Stressed
Too dry — water now
Getting dry
Plan to irrigate soon
Just right
Ideal soil moisture
Too wet
Ease off the water
In Puglia and across Italy's olive groves
You wouldn't be the first grower in Puglia to irrigate on real soil data, nor the first olive grower in Italy to do it. SoilSense is already in the field on both counts.
7farms across Puglia
What we monitor across Italy
Enter it from the official SRD01.01A call: this page does not assert a rate for this closed sub-call.
Indicative rate on eligible spend: verify the rate, ceilings and minimum spend in the official SRD01.01A call. Call budget €20M. Access requirement: a new olive planting in Xylella-free areas. Confirm with your technician and with Puglia Region.
Eligible spend
€0
Estimated grant
€0
Net cost
€0
Applied rate
60%
We hand the technician or CAA drafting the project an annex documenting how SoilSense soil-moisture monitoring supports the irrigation efficiency of the new grove. The line item is evaluated by the technician among the irrigation and water-efficiency investments:
| Component | Role in the Puglia SRD01.01A olive-sector call | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| SoilSense soil-moisture probe (volumetric water content) | System that makes irrigation more efficient · supports the irrigation investments | Available today · confirm with the technician |
| SoilSense app & software — data, alerts and decision support | Digital / DSS innovation · documents the water savings of the new plantings | Available today |
| New olive grove + irrigation system | New tree planting and eligible irrigation investments | Supplied by the applicant |
The applicant, with their technician or CAA, submits the project and application on the regional platform; we supply the water-efficiency annex. We never submit on your behalf, and SoilSense is not a guaranteed standard-cost item.
Also uses the applicant profile and amount entered above.
First enter the applicant profile and the investment amount in the steps above.
Your technician or CAA drafts the project and submits the application on the regional platform. We supply the water-efficiency annex documenting the role of soil-moisture monitoring for the new grove.
Indicative information; not legal or financial advice. Rates, ceilings and requirements follow Puglia Region's SRD01.01A "productive agricultural investments for the competitiveness of the olive sector in areas free from Xylella fastidiosa" public call (CSR 2023-2027) and must be confirmed with the Region and with your own technician or CAA before applying. SoilSense is framed among the irrigation / water-efficiency investments of the new grove. Applications for this window are closed.
