The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), Luis Planas, on his trip to the Canary Islands, on May 4, announced on the island of La Palma that in the near future the Government will transfer 10 million euros of additional rural development funds to the Canary Islands regional administration to face the reconstruction of farms on the island of La Palma, damaged by the eruption of the volcano of Cumbre Vieja and committing to maintain the actions of promotion of palm producers.
The minister met in Santa Cruz de la Palma, with the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Canary Islands, Alicia Vanoostende, the Special Commissioner for the Reconstruction of the island of La Palma, Héctor Izquierdo and with representatives of the agricultural sector of the island, with the aim of projecting what has been carried out so far and the work that remains to be done.