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Malta Organic Agriculture Movement
MOAM was established by a coalition of Maltese farmers, consumer advocates, students and environmentalist on 3rd November 1999. Following several months of work inside a study group set up by Mrg. Fortunato Mizzi, co-ordinator of the Social Action Movement.
The objectives of the organisation are:
· To promote organic agriculture practices amongst Maltese farmers by training and dissemination of information activities
· To promote knowledge of organic production and interest in the advantages of organic foods products amongst Maltese consumers, food producers, distributors and caterers.
· To promote agricultural policies by a continuing dialogue with the Government of Malta, this will enable Malta to progress rapidly towards a sustainable agriculture system, taking full advantage of our membership as a European Member state, whilst taking full advantages of the financing opportunities offered by the EU.
· To ensure that the Government of Malta policies towards agriculture fully reflect the multi-functionality of agriculture, whether as a source of food, raw material and for income for farmers, as of essential environment services benefiting the entire ecosystem of the Maltese Island.
· To strengthen links with IFOAM, the International Federation of Organic Movements.
· To promote agri-tourism as a complementary livelihood for Maltese farmers and Maltese consumers as a new tourist product for Malta.
· To promote a better well-being for the consumer, where the agricultural produce is produced in harmony with the eco-system.
· To participate in EU funded programmes that would have positive impacts on the Maltese environment, thus contributing to improve the individual well-being.
Moviment Malti Għall-Agrikultura Organika
Il-Moviment twaqqaf fit-3 ta' Novembru 1999 wara xhur ta’ laqgħat bejn diversi għaqdiet tal-Bdiewa, bdiewa, konsumaturi, ambjentalisti, rappreżentanti tal-agri-industrija u ndividwi li għandhom għal qalbhom l-agrikultura u l-ambjent Malti. Dan kien il-frott tax-xogħol li sar minn grupp li twaqqaf bl-inizjattiva ta’ Mons. Fortunato Mizzi, koordinatur tal-Moviment Azzjoni Soċjali (MAS).
Għanijiet:
· li nħeggu lill-bdiewa Maltin biex ifittxu metodi bijologiċi u organiċi għall-produzzjoni tal-prodotti tagħhom li fihom ma jkunx hemm fdalijiet ta’ kimika sintetika.
· billi nipprovdu aktar tagħrif u informazzjoni lill-bdiewa u l-poplu in generali biex infissru l-vantaggi tal-ikel organiku.
· billi ninkuraggixxu l-iżvilupp tal-agrikultura Maltija fit-totalita tagħha sew bħala għejxien għall-bdiewa u l-familji tagħhom, għall-ambjent aħajr u kif ukoll biex tipprovdi sors ta’ ikel u sistema ekologika bilan[jata fil-gżejjer Maltin.
· biex inħejju pjan nazzjonali li jitmexxa fuq il-linji indikati mill-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali tal-Movimenti għall-Agrikultura Organika (IFOAM) li toffri ghajnuna u gwidi lill-għaqdiet internazzjonali fosthom lill-Unjoni Ewropeja.
· biex inkomplu nsaħħu r-rabtiet li għandha mal-IFOAM permezz tal-grupp tal-Mediterran (AgriBio Mediterraneo) li żamm it-Tieni Assembleja ġenerali tiegħu f’Malta bejn il-11 u 14 ta’ Novembru 1999.
· biex inkomplu nahdmu mal-grupp tal-Mediterran AgriBio Mediterraneo halli titkabbar l-agrikultura organika f’dan ir-regjun u biex tkun forza dinamika u centrali tal-ftehim dwar l-agrikultura fil-proċess EwroMediterranju.
· u biex nħajjru lill-bdiewa jidħlu fil-qasam tal-agrituriżmu u b’hekk ikunu qed ikabbru d-dħul tagħhom u fl-istess ħin jiżdied prodott turistiku gdid.
· Biex nipparticipaw fi
programme mnieda mill U.E li jhallu impatti pozittivi fuq l-ambjent Malti u
is-sahha tal-bniedem.