Addressing the contraints of Maltese agriculture

In order to address the constraints of the local agricultural sector, a new agricultural policy has been drawn up for the Maltese islands. This was, in any case, necessary as part of the reforms that need to be undertaken in order to integrate the...

In order to address the constraints of the local agricultural sector, a new agricultural policy has been drawn up for the Maltese islands. This was, in any case, necessary as part of the reforms that need to be undertaken in order to integrate the Maltese agricultural sector in the EU market.

The main objectives are to ensure an acceptable level of income for farmers and to promote agriculture's multi-functional role. The specific measures to achieve these objectives are the following:

¤ direct income support for farmers (SMPPMA) so that price of local products can also go down after levies are removed;

¤ restructuring support for the processing industry;

¤ five-year safeguard to protect sector in case of difficulties;

¤ Rural Development Plan to provide support other than SMPPMA;

¤ Malta's status as Less-Favoured Area for the purposes of EU's Common Agricultural Policy;

¤ negotiated measures on specific sectors;

¤ compensation mechanism for certain imported agricultural products (supply measures)

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