Spain once again becomes the trading bloc’s main recipient of this type of aid, with 33 per cent of the total
Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has confirmed that the country will receive €413mn of European Union funding to finance agricultural production this year, 5.8 per cent more than in 2025.
The money is granted to finance the operational programmes of fruit and vegetable producer organisations (POs) and their associations and comes as growers face steep rises in production costs. It will directly benefit 407 organisations across 15 autonomous communities, the main ones being Andalusia, Murcia, Valencian Community, Catalonia, Aragon, Extremadura and Navarra.
With 33 per cent of the total funding, Spain is the biggest recipient of this type of aid. It is followed by Italy on 29 per cent and France on 15 per cent.
The money is used to improve production and marketing infrastructure, quality or the environment, fund research and development of innovative production methods and provide training and advice or crisis prevention and risk management, amongst other things.
