Jeanette Borg, President of MaYA, has been featured in an article of Business Now  this week to discuss the EU’s latest Young Farmers proposal. In her commentary, Jeanette emphasises that Malta must address its long-standing internal challenges before it can fully benefit from new EU measures. As she notes: “we cannot talk about installing new young farmers when the foundation is this unstable ”.  Indeed, the article highlights well-known key obstacles that young Maltese farmers face,...

The MaYA Foundation is delighted to celebrate Ryan Portelli, the first-ever Maltese winner of the Young Farmers Award at the EPP’s European Congress of Young Farmers. His recognition follows a nomination by PN MEP Peter Agius; at just 22, Ryan is leading the way in sustainable agriculture through his work on the EU-funded Syneco project , which turns animal waste into clean energy and high-quality fertiliser. At Maya, our mission is to support innovative solutions that protect Malta’s...

On the 3rd of October 2025, the MaYA Agri-Tech Ideathon at DiHubMT brought together farmers, tech minds, students, NGOs, and public sector representatives to imagine a different future for Maltese agriculture. A few weeks later, with time to reflect on the discussions, one thing is clear: the event did far more than generate “nice ideas”. It surfaced concrete directions for how Malta can use digital tools and AI to tackle stubborn problems around land access , market access & digital...