Malta Youth in Agriculture Foundation
Who Can Apply?
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Registered SFSC advisors
NGOs, cooperatives, SMEs, advisory bodies
Based Malta and Gozo.
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Receive up to €5,500 for:
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Advisory & mentoring
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Workshops & training
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Knowledge-sharing & networking
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Travel for study visits
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Outreach activities
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Call opens: April 2025
Closes: April 2026
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Focus on innovations in:
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One-to-many farmer-consumer sales
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Farmer-to-farmer collaborations
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Co-created farmer-consumer SFSC models​
Up to €5,500 funding to showcase or adapt Short Food Supply Chain (SFSC) advising innovations in Malta.​
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Represent Malta in Europe
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Join 27 EU countries each showcasing one Lighthouse Project... your innovation could spotlight Malta!
OPEN CALL for LIGHTHOUSE PROJECTS
NEED ASSISTANCE?
Contact us at corenet@maya.org.mt
Key National Contact Point (KNCP)
Through the COREnet project, MaYA Foundation is actively contributing to the strengthening of Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) in Malta by supporting knowledge exchange, advisory innovation, and collaboration between local food system actors. Building on our experience in community-based development, we work to connect producers, advisors, and institutions, ensuring that local food systems become more resilient, fair, and sustainable.
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ACTIONS:
Mapping and highlighting good practices in short food supply chains at national level
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Facilitating dialogue and peer learning between advisors, producers, and stakeholders
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Supporting local actors in accessing European knowledge, tools, and networks for SFSC development
For more info please email corenet@maya.org.mt
COREnet links
COREnet is a Horizon Europe–funded project that aims to strengthen short food supply chains across Europe by improving advisory services and fostering collaboration among SFSC advisors. The project builds a Europe-wide network that shares innovative practices, “Golden Cases”, and Lighthouse Projects to enhance the economic, social, and environmental impact of local food systems.
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By connecting local initiatives to a broader European framework, COREnet helps translate practical experience into shared knowledge that can inspire and support short food supply chains in different regional contexts.
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WHAT ARE SFCSs?
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“A short supply chain means ‘a supply chain involving a limited number of economic operators, committed to cooperation, local economic development, and close geographical and social relations between producers, processors and consumers’” (EAFRD, 2013).