In olive groves and vineyards dotted across Spain, sensors and drones paid for by Europe's largest recovery fund since the post-war Marshall Plan are gathering soil data to feed into AI models which will help farmers better manage their crops. The project - decarbonising and digitalising a key economic sector - is exactly what the European Union's $955-billion "Next Generation" fund, agreed six years ago and fast approaching final payout deadlines, was designed to nurture.