OUR MISSION

Since its foundation in the year 1999, the environmental NGO moved forward to apply the principles of health, ecology, care and fairness in the production of organic agriculture.

After joining the EU, Malta adopted the organic agriculture legislation and MOAM disseminated knowledge on organic agriculture in a decentralized strategy, where volunteers and hired lecturers taught and promoted organic production in various rural localities on the Maltese archipelago.

Besides involved in the training and in the education of organics through various channels, MOAM worked within the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement known as IFOAM to exchange views and opinions of agricultural policies within an international framework.

Moreover, MOAM corroborated and cooperated with the national ministry of agriculture to encourage the local organic production and convincing conventional farmers to convert to organic.

Feedback to other stakeholders of agriculture was given on a regular basis such as having discussions with MCCAA, which is the competent authority responsible from the certification schemes and with other environmental NGOs

Education, training and instructing remain the main pillar of MOAM’s mission to reach out for more active organic producers and various ages of the local population are being targeted.

Various educational instruments will be used to increase the local organic productivity and the main strategy within a holistic approach is to reach first target groups such as vine and olive growers to work on regional basis as to coordinate themselves better as partial fulfilment to reach regional management on a stronger footing.