Editing Allotment (gardening) (section)

===Malta===
[[File:September 5, 2011 (II).jpg|thumb|Allotments at Għammieri, [[Malta]]]] [[Malta]] introduced its first allotment gardens in April 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110420/local/try-your-hand-at-farming.361507|title=Try your hand at farming|publisher=Allied Newspapers|website=timesofmalta.com|date=20 April 2011 |access-date=9 May 2018|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109064334/http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110420/local/try-your-hand-at-farming.361507|archive-date=9 January 2017}}</ref> The objective of the scheme, which was called {{lang|mt|Midd Idejk fil-Biedja}} ('Try Your Hand at Farming'), was to encourage people, especially the young and those living in urban areas, to take up organic farming. The scheme had over 50 allotment plots located at Għammieri, [[Malta]], with each plot measuring 50 square metres in size.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120527/local/Malta-s-blossoming-green-fingers.421431|title=Malta's blossoming green fingers|publisher=Allied Newspapers|website=timesofmalta.com|date=27 May 2012 |access-date=9 May 2018|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109061953/http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120527/local/Malta-s-blossoming-green-fingers.421431|archive-date=9 January 2017}}</ref> All plots were fully irrigated and those who participated in the scheme received continual support and training. Malta's allotment gardens were terminated in 2013, following a change in administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140625/local/-Positive-allotment-project-is-dumped-by-government.524908|title='Positive' allotment project is dumped by government|publisher=Allied Newspapers|website=timesofmalta.com|date=25 June 2014 |access-date=9 May 2018|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109113316/http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140625/local/-Positive-allotment-project-is-dumped-by-government.524908|archive-date=9 January 2017}}</ref> In September, 2019, [[Heritage Malta]], an agency which falls under the Ministry for Culture, started an initiative to re-introduce the concept of allotments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Expression of Interest among the General Public for the Use of Allotments at Abbatija Tad-Dejr Garden, Rabat |url=https://heritagemalta.org/hm28-01-2019-expression-of-interest-among-the-general-public-for-the-use-of-allotments-at-abbatija-tad-dejr-garden-rabat/ |publisher=Heritage Malta |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref> Located just above the [[Abbatija Tad-Dejr]] catacombs in [[Rabat, Malta|Rabat]], the new allotment plots were issued with several restrictions in an effort to protect the sensitivity of the archaeological site.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heritage Malta offers community garden to the public in Rabat |url=https://www.maltachamber.org.mt/en/heritage-malta-offers-a-community-garden-to-the-public-in-rabat |website=The Malta Chamber of Commerce |access-date=22 January 2020 |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201011344/https://www.maltachamber.org.mt/en/heritage-malta-offers-a-community-garden-to-the-public-in-rabat |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Heritage Malta offers community garden to the public in Rabat |url=https://newsbook.com.mt/en/heritage-malta-offers-community-garden-to-the-public-in-rabat/ |website=Newsbook |date=27 September 2019 |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref>