Reduce and optimise water consumption in our olive groves by using new technologies.

OUR COMMITMENT

Water is a precious sources of life and we are learning to use less of it and more effectively, so as to protect it. This is why we only cultivate lands on which olives thrive, and apply the best available technologies to eliminate excessive water usage and waste, in organic farming systems, to provide an increasingly high-quality product.

We are investing in production and irrigation

With Bosco Monini lands we are investing in precision irrigation systems and applying new irrigation technologies, satellite monitoring and soil analysis. We aim to optimise water resources and avoid wasting even a single drop. Specifically, on the lands of the Frantoio del Poggiolo pressing facility, part of Bosco Monini and an important experimentation and production site, we have set aside a few hectares for satellite monitoring, which we use to assess exact water needs for each sector of the olive grove, consisting of rearing systems and trees of different ages, based on rainfall and water stress.

With the use of precision irrigation, to date we have recorded an increase in excess of 90% in water effectiveness and efficiency.

An even better extra virgin olive oil

The sustainable use of water is good for the planet and for our olives too. Irrigation can influence the quality of oil, as the less water in a tree, the higher the concentration of antioxidants in its olives.

Drip irrigation

In the 30s, Simcha Bass, an Israeli hydraulics engineer, observed excessive growth in a tree under a leaky water pipe. He thus discovered that slow, regular dripping of water could result in significant plant growth.