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Cane Vella about the challenges of farming in Malta
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Cane Vella about the challenges of farming in Malta

“The new CAP takes further steps towards a fairer distribution of income support and a greater targeting towards small and medium-sized farms.” (European Commission) The New Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is declared to be greener and fairer. In order to improve farmer’s situations a fairer distribution of CAP income support among farmers is promised by...

Interview with organic farmer Jiří Prachař
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Interview with organic farmer Jiří Prachař

Shall we be concerned by the decline of organic farmers? Are young people interested in this work? Can biodynamic and organic farming become the dominant model? Organic farmer and lecturer Jiří Prachař working in Germany, answers these questions in an interview.  According to the European commissioner for agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski, the EU lost 4 of...

CAP update on our website
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CAP update on our website

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU was initially introduced to increase agricultural production in order to stabilise agricultural markets and farmers’ incomes. In last month’s newsletter we shared a more detailed article about the latest reform of the CAP, as well as its meaning for Malta’s farmers. Follow this link to read the...

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