MaYA has submitted its contribution to the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) consultation on “Generational Renewal in Agriculture”, following a request for input from the Maltese delegation within the CoR NAT Commission coordinated through the Local Councils’ Association. The submission outlines Malta’s key structural challenges affecting young farmers and proposes national and EU-level priorities for a more sustainable agricultural future.

While we represent the Maltese agricultural landscape and farmers in the GreenFit project, we are constantly reminded of how diverse farming truly is - even within our islands. From climate responses to field conditions and the way technology is used - or not used - every farmer carries a unique set of knowledge and a special way of cultivating the land. Our recent GreenFit Focus Group made this very clear. Farmers and stakeholders gathered to reflect openly on climate, digit

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