This agri-environmental support is, in practice, the most comprehensive and widespread support available to traditional olive groves. There is also a set of interventions supporting productive investment and irrigation, which are likely to be used in modern olive groves; traditional olive groves are therefore not expected to benefit from them, although they are not excluded from this support: — Intervention C.1.1.1.2 ‘Efficient use of water', which contributes to improving the management of water resources through their appropriate provision and use; — Intervention C.2.1.1 Productive agricultural investment; — Intervention C.2.1.2 Agricultural investments to improve environmental performance; — Intervention C.2.2.2: Productive investment for young farmers; — Intervention D.3.1. “Development of sustainable irrigation”; — Intervention D.3.2. “Improving the sustainability of existing irrigation systems”. The importance of public support for olive groves – both modern and traditional – and for olive oil can be illustrated by data on investment under the 2020 Rural Development Programme (RDP), up to 2025. Meanwhile, data from Intervention C.1.1.2.2 “Permanent Crops and Traditional Landscapes” highlight the specific support provided for traditional olive groves. Public support for investment in olive groves Investment in olive groves that received CAP support under the 2020 Rural Development Programme (PDR2020) between 2014 and 2024 was very significant in terms of total investment value, public expenditure on support, and the number of hectares of olive groves established. As can be seen in the table below, 3,374 projects were submitted with a proposed investment of 451 million euros and public expenditure on support of 173 million euros, corresponding to an area of 107,099 hectares. It should be noted that the proportion of support relative to the total investment varies considerably depending on the type of project. Larger projects had a support rate of 33.3 per cent. Projects involving young farmers and small-scale projects, on the other hand, had rates of 45.7 per cent and 48.2 per cent respectively, reflecting a commitment to ensuring greater support for those starting up in the sector and for small farms. As regards olive oil, 193 projects were submitted with a proposed investment of 81 million euros and public support expenditure of 24 million euros Approved Projects in the Olive Growing and Olive Oil Sectors Data reported as at 31 December 2025 on investment applications from 2014 to 2024 unit: thousand euros Main sector: Olive growing Approved Agriculture No. of Projects Proposed Investment Public Expendi ture (Support) Area (ha) % Support /Invest ment Investment in the farm 797 273 784 91 143 70 769 33.3% Setting up Young Farmers (Investment) 560 117,195 53,543 12,621 45.7% Small-scale investment in farming 2,017 60,402 29,129 23,709 48.2% Total Olive Growing 3,374 451,381 173,814 107 0GG 38.5% Source: Managing Authority for the 2014–2020 Rural Development Programme unit: thousand euros Source: Managing Authority for the 2014–2020 Rural Development Programme Main sector: Olive oil Approved Agri-industry No. of Projects Proposed Investment Public Expendi ture (Support) % Support /Invest ment Investment, processing and marketing of agricultural products 61 62,669 16,913 27.0% Small-scale investments in the processing and marketing of agricultural products 132 19,116 7,730 40.4% Total Olive Oil 1G3 81,785 24,642 30.1% 116 CULTIVAR ANALYSIS AND PROSPECTIVE STUDIES No. 35 Olive groves and olive oil
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