Beneficiaries
The funding may be provided by:
- farmers;
- farmers' associations;
- farms of public bodies.
The agricultural activity must take place within the Zone delimited by annoying Xylella fastidiosa, which includes the areas already infected by the pathogen and the buffer areas for the containment of the contagion.
The boundaries of the demarcated area are periodically updated by the Apulia Region, based on the progress or regression of the disease, as provided for in the Implementing Decision 2015/789/EU of the European Commission and subsequent amendments and additions.
Objectives
Safeguarding the Apulian olive-growing heritage and counteract the spread of Xylella fastidiosa.
31. 9% of the Apulian agricultural area is cultivated with olive trees (Source: Istat, 2011). In addition to the strong economic and identity value, the presence of the olive tree on the Apulian soil helps to limit the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, protect biodiversity and prevent phenomena of hydrogeological instability.
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The funding may be provided by:
- farmers;
- farmers' associations;
- farms of public bodies.
The agricultural activity must take place within the Zone delimited by annoying Xylella fastidiosa, which includes the areas already infected by the pathogen and the buffer areas for the containment of the contagion.
The boundaries of the demarcated area are periodically updated by the Apulia Region, based on the progress or regression of the disease, as provided for in the Implementing Decision 2015/789/EU of the European Commission and subsequent amendments and additions.
Objectives
Safeguarding the Apulian olive-growing heritage and counteract the spread of Xylella fastidiosa.
31. 9% of the Apulian agricultural area is cultivated with olive trees (Source: Istat, 2011). In addition to the strong economic and identity value, the presence of the olive tree on the Apulian soil helps to limit the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, protect biodiversity and prevent phenomena of hydrogeological instability.
Selection principles
Selection criteria based on the degree of risk of spreading the infection, in relation to the regional territorial delimitation.
The evaluation of the Dds provides for the attribution of a maximum of 100 points for the territorial areas, with reference to the degree of risk of extension of the infection, in relation to the regional territorial delimitation. This is the subdivision:
- infected area where containment measures apply 100 points;
- buffer zone 70 points;
- infected zone 40 points.
In this case, the types of operations activated and the beneficiaries are not relevant for the evaluation. With the same score, priority will be given to Applications for Support that require less investment.
Eligible expenditure
The financing covers the costs incurred for:
- adapting the structures for nursery production according to certification criteria in “insect-proof"; greenhouses;
- extraordinary pruning and removal of rhizomes (suckers and epicormic shoots) on olives;
- purchasing and install insect nets to safeguard monumental olive trees;
- purchasing diagnostic tools to detect the presence of Xylella fastidiosa and other quarantine pathogens recognized by bodies accredited by the Puglia Region.
Scope of support
Funding covers 100% of eligible costs.
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