The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Environment, and Environmental Policy, in the hands of Vox within the coalition government, will have an investment budget of 195.28 million for the next fiscal year out of a total of 739.72 million. Within this amount, there is a provision of 25.39 million for animal health and welfare, 2.2 million for the eradication of diseases, and 2.53 million for the improvement of agricultural roads damaged by fires.
Additionally, the department led by Joaquín Antonio Pino allocates 7.57 million for compensation for damages caused by the Iberian wolf in the farms and another 4.88 million for preventive measures against attacks by the Iberian wolf in these same farms, bringing the total amount to 12.45 million.
According to the budget project of the Community for 2027, the Agricultural Technological Institute (Itacyl) will concentrate most of the real investment of the Ministry, with 82.73 million of the 195.28 million planned. In turn, more than the real investment in Agriculture is linked to Agrarian Reform, which totals 101.34 million, of which 63.35 million correspond to Itacyl and 37.99 million to the General Directorate of Rural Development.
Within the agrarian reform block, there are 4.93 million for rural infrastructure in the land consolidation area of Tordehumos, Villabrágima, and Morales de Campos, another 4.04 million for the area of Medina de Rioseco and Villanueva de San Mancio, in the province of Valladolid, and 2.53 million for the adaptation of agricultural roads affected by the fires.
Regarding Itacyl, the main items linked to agrarian reform are 8.28 million for the transformation of irrigated lands in Valderas, 6.49 million for modernization in Villadangos del Páramo phase I, and 6.44 million for modernization in Villadangos del Páramo phase II, in León, in addition to 7.73 million for rural infrastructure associated with modernization Porma II and III.
The area directed by Pino also contemplates 1.37 million euros in various promotional campaign items and other promotional actions channeled through the General Secretariat, to which are added 6.6 million managed by Itacyl for nine action plans of Tierra de Sabor.
According to this project consulted by Europa Press, Itacyl reserves 9.94 million for research, of which 3.4 million is aimed at innovation. The largest part of this last chapter, 2 million, is allocated to research on genealogical books-genetic improvement of livestock including the brave.
In parallel, the main budget of the General Directorate of Rural Development, with 41.70 million, is also dedicated to agrarian reform, which absorbs 37.99 million, while the remaining 3.71 million is aimed at agricultural education.
The next unit with the largest investment volume will be the General Directorate of Hunting, Fishing, and Rural Environment, with 22.14 million. The General Secretariat will have 7.21 million euros; the General Directorate of Environmental Policy will manage 3.69 million —of which 1.6 million is for environmental prevention—; the General Directorate of Industry and Food Chain will have 3.16 million, of which 2 million is reserved for the Agro-food Park of Bierzo (León), and the General Directorate of Community Agricultural Policy will have 1.01 million.