7 Amendments of Sofia RIBEIRO related to 2015/2225(INI)
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recognises the long-term challenges associated with sustainable agriculture and calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a long-term investment plan, with continuity of funding, for basic and applied research; considers that the plan should, in addition, be such as to be applicable to small-scale producers, rural areas, the outermost regions, and mountain regions;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the progress made in applied research in recent years, but calls for greater efforts to involve farmers and other users of agricultural technologies and products. with particular emphasis on those who have smaller farms further away from European decision-making centres; notes that in Member States where public-private partnerships are promoted there has been a greater shift towards applied research and a higher involvement of end-users;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes that throughout much of the EU, centres for education, training and innovation in agriculture have declined or do not adequately cater for transdisciplinary approaches in emerging fields such as agricultural engineering; recognises that in some Member States farmers' qualifications are still limited, making access to, and the application of, new technologies more difficult, and therefore calls on the Commission to draw up a European plan for investment in technical or higher-level agricultural training and education;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Urges the Commission to ensure that, alongside technological and scientific innovations, traditional techniques and farms can continue - wherever justified - to survive, given that these are an immense asset, being a source of cultural, rural, historical, and tourism diversity, and provide a livelihood for numerous European small-scale farmers in a whole variety of regions;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that rural areas, the outermost regions, and in particular agriculture, are most exposed to actual and potential climate change; recognises that agriculture must be allowed to adapt to meet changing circumstances using all available technological solutions;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Notes in particular the high cost, long timescales and commercial uncertainty of bringing new technologies and products to market under current EU regulations; notes that these facts are even more clearly evident in the ORs, rural areas, less favoured areas, and mountain areas;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Urges the Commission to utilise and enhance all the characteristics of the ORs by carrying out pilot projects in the field of technological and scientific innovation aimed at reducing their natural disadvantages and, given their small scale, the difficulty of gaining access to and applying the latest scientific and technological developments;