Since 2000: full time farmers go down by 15% to 1,301 while part-timers go up by 37% to 17,238 - only 88 full timers ...

Since 2000 the amount of land used for agriculture in Malta and Gozo increased by more than 18% but the destruction of the countryside has gone on unabated as garigue land decreased by 36% and unutilized agricultural land went down by 48%.