6 Amendments of Edouard FERRAND related to 2017/2208(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the second pillar of the common agricultural policy is an essentia useful financing instrument for boossupporting economic growth in lagging regions’ rural areas, while at the same time providing the financial incentives needed to address specific territorial needs, which in turn contribute to achieving the three cross- cutting objectives of innovation, the environmental/climate change mitigation and adaptation and growth;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas agriculture provides for a significantly higher share of employment in both low-income and low-growth regions than the average for the EU-28; whereas itthis share is ,notably ,five times higher in low-income regions and 2.6 times higher in low-growth regions;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the agricultural crisis seriously affects many rural areas both in terms of agricultural production and the primary processing industry, so that the development criteria for these areas must be reviewed in the light of data from the past two years and not before, the latter taking no account of the recent dramatic development of a large number of these areas;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of rural development funds in boosting the competitiveness of those regions through tailor-made projects based on bottom-up approaches; acknowledges, therefore, the input of local action groups in developing local strategies, supporting stakeholder networking and the appraisal and approval of individual LEADER projects;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of the possible synergetic effects from ensuring thatsupporting a large share of the total employment in lagging regions is in agriculture, with the prospect of being able to provide a solid basis for traditional quality products and developing tourism activities, specifically agro-tourism;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that boosting support for maintaining and developing agriculture must take into account not only historical data for the areas concerned but also the impact of the agricultural crisis of the past three years, which threatens both the handing-down of a large number of farms and the future of a large number of sectors.