Canary wine and cheeseA total of 13 entities, 11 corresponding to wines and 2 to cheeses.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and waters of the Canary Islands, through the Canarian Institute of Food Quality (ICCA), has granted the Regulatory Councils of the Protected Designations of Origin of Wines and Cheeses of the Archipelago aid worth 459.420,88 EUR.

Of these funds, Cheese PDOs correspond to 60.000 euros and the Wine PDOs are assigned 399.420,88 EUR, informs the counseling.

The director of this autonomous body, Jose Diaz-Flores, has already signed the resolution granting direct subsidies to the management bodies of the PDOs of these products recognized in the archipelago, What add up to a total of 13 entities, 11 corresponding to wines and 2 to cheeses.

The regulatory boards have, attributed by law, the management function of the corresponding Protected Designation of Origin, which includes public functions and other tasks such as representation, defense, warranty, market research and development and promotion.

With these credits, The aim is to partially finance current and operating expenses derived solely from those public functions entrusted to them for the current year..

Also, At the ICCA, the regulatory bases and the advance call for the Rural Development Program subsidies are being prepared (PDR) 2014-2020 so that these bodies can finance certain promotional and information activities carried out in the coming months.