MaYA’s President, Jeanette Borg, was recently cited in the investigative piece by Amphora Media “ Farmers wait, government agencies and big operators win: Malta’s EU CAP funding misses its target ” , which examines how EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funds are being channelled in Malta. The article presents key data on the €166 million budget allocation for 2023–2027, highlighting what appears to be an uneven and inequitable distribution among stakeholders. The investigat

On 4 February 2026, the first meeting of the EU CAP Network Thematic Group (TG) on Farm Diversification took place in Brussels. On behalf of MaYA, I was among the participants contributing to the discussions on how European farms can strengthen their resilience and sustainability through diversification. The Thematic Group (TG) brought together 40 participants from 21 EU Member States, selected from a pool of 129 applications. Members represented a wide range of stakeholders

In October 2025 I travelled to Copenhagen on behalf of the Malta Youth in Agriculture Foundation to attend the Plant Food Summit . The event was held on 20 and 21 October and organised by the Danish Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries during Denmark’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. Coming from Malta, where farms are small and the local production of protein crops is very limited, the discussions were both relevant and eye opening. Denmark’s clear direction Denm