Lanzarote opens 720,602 euros in aid for the vineyards of La Geria

The Insular Council of Lanzarote has announced the grants for the agrosystems of the La Geria wine-growing area for the 2026 fiscal year, with a budget of 720,602.05 euros. The call is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas number 117, dated Wednesday, September 30, 2026, with reference 1.985.561 and identifier BDNS 931815, opening a period of fifteen business days to submit applications.

The announcement, signed in Arrecife on September 25, 2026, by the CEO Miguel Ángel Jiménez Cabrera, by delegation of signature from the president of the Insular Council of Lanzarote (Decree number 4948, of August 3, 2023), is based on articles 17.3.b and 20.8.a of Law 38/2003, of November 17, General Law on Subsidies. The regulatory bases are those for the granting of subsidies under a non-competitive concurrence regime for the agrosystems of the La Geria wine-growing area, published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas number 103, of August 27, 2025.

The call is charged to the budget application 410 48904 CAC-Subv “Increase in the productivity of La Geria” of the general budget of the Insular Council of Lanzarote and is co-financed by the Government of the Canary Islands (31%) and by the Council of Lanzarote and La Graciosa (69%). The La Geria wine-growing area is protected as a Protected Landscape with code L-10 and coincides with the Special Protection Area for Birds ZEPA ES0000100, according to the information published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas number 111, of September 16, 2026.

Who can apply and for what purpose

Both natural and legal persons who carry out agricultural activity in vine cultivation on plots located in the La Geria protected natural area may be beneficiaries of the aid.

The purpose of the grant is to improve the profitability of the most unique agrosystems and to conserve the island’s wine-growing landscape, characterized by unique cultivation systems. In this call, vine cultivation in any agrosystem is subsidized, and plots with pit cultivation and a slope greater than 20% are rewarded.

Amounts per hectare

• Criterion A: 200 euros per hectare for plots with active SIGPAC use VI, VF, FV, CV, or VO (plots with incidence 117 are excluded) with vineyards in production in any of the agrosystems.
• Criterion B: 500 euros per hectare for plots with crops in pits deeper than 0.5 meters, according to the vineyard characterization study of the protected area carried out by the Granja Agrícola Experimental.
• Criterion C: 300 euros per hectare for plots with a slope greater than 20% according to SIGPAC.
• Criterion A is mandatory to be eligible for the subsidy, and the aid per plot may not exceed 1,000 euros per hectare (A+B+C) under any circumstances.

Deadline and submission of applications

The application period begins the day after the publication of the call in the Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas and ends after fifteen business days.

The full text of the call can be consulted in the National Grants Database, with the identifier 931815.

The call injects 720,602.05 euros into the agricultural sector of Lanzarote during the harvest campaign and in a decisive year for the maintenance of the landscape of La Geria, where cultivation in pits over volcanic ash is a hallmark of the island. The grants, calculated per hectare with a ceiling of 1,000 euros, seek to curb the abandonment of plots and sustain the profitability of winegrowers in the protected area.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas, number 117, Wednesday, September 30, 2026, section I, page 16725 (official reference: 1.985.561).