Incentives to prevent the abandonment of mountain farmland

Measure seeks to compensate for the additional costs of production in the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range

What does it consist of?

Farms in the Tramuntana Mountains will receive 2.6 million euros to compensate for the additional costs arising from their location. The measure aims to curb the abandonment of the countryside in areas of high environmental value and to ensure the maintenance of traditional landscape.

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Data

PROJECT TITLE IN THE CALL
Compensatory payments to support mountain farming
LOCATION
Mallorca
Entity submitting the PROJECT
Govern de les Illes Balears
Entity that executes the project
Fons de Garantia Agrària i Pesquera de les Illes Balears (FOGAIBA)
Project code
ITS2023-020
Total project amount
1.300.000 €
ITS granted amount
1.300.000 €
Executed amount
821.091 €
Call year
2023
Budget implementation status
Executed
Purpose
Environment
Budget execution
Executed: 63.16%
Last updated
07.05.2025

The project

Cultivation in mountain areas entails additional costs and more uncertain profitability, factors that have accelerated the progressive abandonment of farming in recent decades. To counteract this trend, compensatory payments are promoted to enable farmers to continue working the land in areas where generational replacement and continuity are particularly threatened.

The project plans to allocate 2.6 million euros to the FOGAIBA budget to support several calls for applications for grants aimed at farmers operating in mountain areas. Due to their location, these farms face greater logistical and production-related difficulties, which makes them particularly vulnerable to the abandonment of all activity.

The grants are part of the CAP Strategic Plan and are designed to partially cover the additional costs and income lost as a result of this situation. Its purpose is twofold: to ensure feasible economic activity and to help preserve the rural landscape, the deterioration of which has ecological, social and cultural consequences.

The focus is on the Tramuntana Mountains, which represent over 28% of Mallorca's surface area and are a fragile ecosystem. These grants aim to maintain the function of crops as natural firebreaks and soil stabilisers. The first calls for applications were launched in early 2023 and are still ongoing.