The Canary Islands government records 143 new ecological operators in the last biennium.

Acreage and the number of livestock farms have increased in this period.

The Minister of Agriculture of the Government of the Canary Islands, Juan Ramon Hernandez, It is reported that in analyzing registry data Organic Production Operators (ROPE), which manages the Canarian Institute of Food Quality (ICCA), They observed a total of 143 new registrations in the biennium.

Tenerife island still experiencing a greater increase, with the addition of 52 new entrants, and secondly lies La Palma, with 41 new entrants, followed by Gran Canaria 38 and Lanzarote 21. This boom contrasts with a slight loss of operators has occurred in Fuerteventura (2) and El Hierro (9).

Loss of operators in El Hierro corresponds to livestock producers. Two consecutive years of drought directly affected pasture production, which it is the main food resource in organic farming of herbivorous, and forages, essentially dry farming.

As acreage, in absolute data it has been an increased surface for organic production, going from 5.951,43 hectares in 2012 to 6.271,35 in 2014.

Considering the type of crop, increasing area corresponds mainly to growing banana and avocado La Palma, of vine growing in Lanzarote, and vegetables in Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

In relation to livestock, It has increased the number of poultry farms for egg production in Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife, They have built two facilities for the production of pigmeat, goats and sheep in Lanzarote, and the only farm beef cattle is kept on the island of El Hierro.

For milk production is a new farm in Tenerife, which it is the first on this island. It also has an aquaculture producer in Gran Canaria and ten ecological beekeepers in the Canary Islands.

The Department of agriculture, Livestock, Fishing and water, through the Canarian Institute of Food Quality (ICCA), It is the competent authority to perform the functions of control and certification of organic production.

This institution is responsible for verifying that operators enrolled in the Registry of Operators of Organic Production (ROPE) meet established standards in the regulations governing these productions at European level, also dealing with the management of the registration and certification of operator.

Among the actions on organic farming promoted by the regional government the school canteen project is Organic, in which participated 36 centers Islands, which has resulted in the school year 2014-2015 an increase of 5.030 diners who benefit from this proposal.

This is one of the most important actions in the promotion of production and consumption of organic products in the Canary Islands actively seeks to link schools and ecological operators Archipelago, seeking to improve the quality of food in the canteens of schools through the introduction of these foods- fresh, local and seasonal- and promote and enhance the development of organic farming on the islands.