This advance, which ends ten consecutive years of decline, marks growth across all islands, with La Palma showing a 7.4% increase, Gran Canaria 6.6%, and Fuerteventura 6.3%.
The municipalities with the highest number of registered facilities are Telde (271), La Laguna (194), and La Orotava (165).
The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food Sovereignty, Narvay Quintero, stated that this increase reverses the 17.2% reduction seen in the previous decade and reaffirmed the goal of creating favorable conditions to consolidate existing projects and attract new initiatives.
The territorial regularization of livestock farms is a priority for the Government of the Canary Islands, aiming to provide legal certainty to facilities that lacked licenses, hindering their modernization or access to aid.
During the current legislative term, 38 farms have been legalized. The minister announced that the regulatory framework for agricultural and complementary uses, which will unify criteria and reduce legal uncertainty, is in its final development phase and will be published after the summer.
The objective is to provide a clearer and more agile regulatory framework that boosts the competitiveness of the livestock sector and promotes generational renewal.
