Waqt it-tmien laqg\u0127a tal-Kunsill Malti g\u0127all-I\u017cvilupp Ekonomiku u So\u010bjali (l-MCESD) fil-Bank \u010aentrali ta\u2019 Malta, wie\u0127ed mill-imsie\u0127ba so\u010bjali importanti tieg\u0127u, l-attenzjoni daret fuq is-su\u0121\u0121ett prijoritarju li ti\u0121i \u017cgurata s-sigurt\u00e0 tal-provvista tal-ikel tal-pajji\u017c. Il-laqg\u0127a, li g\u0127aliha attendew il-Ministeru g\u0127all-Agrikoltura, is-Sajd, u d-Drittijiet tal-Annimali u l-imsie\u0127ba so\u010bjali ewlenin, da\u0127let fid-diskussjonijiet dwar riformi u \u017cviluppi fil-katina tal-provvista tal-ikel.<\/p>\n
Filwaqt li esprima gratitudni g\u0127all-isforzi dedikati tal-imsie\u0127ba so\u010bjali kollha, il-Ministru responsabbli g\u0127all-Agrikoltura, l-Onor. Anton Refalo, enfasizza l-kontribut imprezzabbli u l-appo\u0121\u0121 kollettiv tal-is\u0127ab so\u010bjali biex imexxu s-settur tal-ikel lejn orizzonti \u0121odda. Filwaqt li rrikonoxxa l-importanza unika tas-sigurt\u00e0 tal-ikel, il-Ministru Refalo enfasizza l-\u0127tie\u0121a ta\u2019 riformi komprensivi li jo\u0127olqu ambjent favorevoli, jiggarantixxu provvista tal-ikel sigura, u jippromwovu s-sostenibbilt\u00e0 g\u0127all-benefi\u010b\u010bju tal-\u0121enerazzjonijiet pre\u017centi u futuri.<\/p>\n
Il-kelliema u Ambaxxatri\u010bi tal-Ministeru, is-Sa. Sonya Sammut, tat pre\u017centazzjoni dettaljata lill-imsie\u0127ba so\u010bjali. Il-pre\u017centazzjoni kopriet il-politika u l-qafas legali li jikkon\u010bernaw l-i\u017cviluppi tal-politika tal-ikel, b\u2019fokus spe\u010bifiku fuq is-sigurt\u00e0, is-sostenibbilt\u00e0 tal-ikel, u l-pjan nazzjonali g\u0127all-ikel organiku. Barra minn hekk, tefa’ dawl fuq it-tfassil ta’ Att dwar l-Agrikoltura, li\u0121i li ti\u0121bor fiha l-g\u0127an li tipprovdi \u010barezza dwar il-kompetenzi u li tissimplifika r-regolamenti tas-settur.<\/p>\n
Il-laqg\u0127a rat appo\u0121\u0121 g\u0127ar-riforma proposta mill-imsie\u0127ba so\u010bjali, li pprovdew g\u0127arfien siewi biex itejbu l-effettivit\u00e0 tag\u0127ha. Il-kwistjoni inkwetanti tad-dipendenza kbira tan-nazzjon tag\u0127na fuq l-ikel importat, li jammonta g\u0127al 85%, tressqet fuq quddiem tad-diskussjoni. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0L-imsie\u0127ba so\u010bjali enfasizzaw ukoll li l-pandemija tal-COVID-19 serviet b\u0127ala tfakkira qawwija tal-vulnerabbilt\u00e0 tag\u0127na g\u0127at-tfixkil tal-katina tal-provvista globali, u enfasizzaw l-ur\u0121enza g\u0127ar-riforma tas-settur tal-ikel. Biex jindirizzaw din l-isfida, l-imsie\u0127ba so\u010bjali rrakkomandaw in\u010bentivi biex i\u0127e\u0121\u0121u individwi \u017cg\u0127a\u017cag\u0127 jid\u0127lu fl-industrija. Rakkomandazzjoni notevoli kienet l-implimentazzjoni ta’ skema li tiffa\u010bilita d-d\u0127ul tag\u0127hom fis-settur filwaqt li tag\u0127ti a\u010b\u010bess g\u0127al makkinarju agrikolu effi\u010bjenti fl-ener\u0121ija. Billi t\u0127e\u0121\u0121e\u0121 il-parte\u010bipazzjoni ta\u017c-\u017cg\u0127a\u017cag\u0127 u ttejjeb l-effi\u010bjenza \u0121enerali permezz tal-innovazzjoni u t-teknolo\u0121ija, ir-riforma g\u0127andha l-g\u0127an li ssa\u0127\u0127a\u0127 il-produzzjoni lokali, tnaqqas id-dipendenza fuq l-importazzjonijiet, u tistabbilixxi sistema tal-ikel aktar re\u017ciljenti u sostenibbli li tista\u2019 tkun appo\u0121\u0121ata minn g\u0127a\u017cliet edukati tal-konsumatur.<\/p>\n
L-MCESD jibqa\u2019 impenjat li ja\u0127dem flimkien mal-imsie\u0127ba so\u010bjali tieg\u0127u biex jag\u0127ti prijorit\u00e0 lid-diskussjonijiet dwar kwistjonijiet kru\u010bjali g\u0127all-i\u017cvilupp \u0121enerali tal-pajji\u017c. Id-diskussjoni indirizzat ukoll investimenti kru\u010bjali, inklu\u017ca r-riforma tant me\u0127tie\u0121a tal-art agrikola.<\/p>\n