Conselleira María José Gómez presented her department's accounts for the upcoming year in Parliament, highlighting that the funds will be used to improve the profitability, modernization, and health of the agricultural and livestock sector, intensify generational renewal, promote innovation, and generate wealth from the forests.
Priorities include aid worth €44.1M for improvement plans and youth incorporation, and €44M managed by the Galician Agency for Food Quality. A new line of aid for pilot projects in applied innovation, funded with €5.8M for 2027-2029, will be launched, and a specialized laboratory for forest health will be created with nearly €87M for healthier forests better prepared for climate change.
The budget also allocates €13.4M for air bases and operational units for fire fighting, and over €105 million for rural development, including land mobilization and infrastructure improvements like rural roads.
Gómez emphasized the importance of ensuring the future of rural areas through generational renewal and training, with a budget of €2.43M for agricultural training centers. The Galician Agency for Food Quality will receive over €44M to promote Galician quality-certified food products and combat food waste.
In the fight against fires, the Directorate General for Forest Defense will have over €226M, of which €118M are for prevention and extinction. Improvements in fire-fighting infrastructure and new vehicles and equipment for the SPIF personnel are highlighted.
Rural development has over €105M for rural roads and land mobilization, including support for the Land Bank and land consolidation. The conselleira also urged the central government to firmly defend CAP resources and improve the Food Chain Law for the dairy sector.
