27 Amendments of Maria NOICHL related to 2015/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)

Aa. whereas intensive farming is one of the main sources of discharges of substances such as nitrogen, phosphorous, heavy metals and plant protection products and thus causes long- term damage to groundwater, the soil, the climate and biodiversity;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~global food production must increase by 60-110 % to meet this deman~~this demand can only be met if the food distribution problem is solved on a global basis and the problem of food wastage is addressed;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the EU must reduce food waste in a decisive manner in order to help satisfy the needs of the growing world population;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas industrial agriculture accounts for 70 % of the world’s fresh water use, and water availability is already a major limitation on agricultural production in some regions of the EU and globally;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the use of drinking water in agriculture can be significantly reduced by employing modern irrigation techniques and growing crops suited to the local climate;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas up to 40 % of global crop yields are lost to plant pests and diseases each year and ~~this percentage is expected to increase significantly in the years ahead~~steps must be taken to prevent this figure from increasing any further;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the approvals process, including the criteria for defining active substances, ~~is becoming increasingly challenging for EU agriculture~~requires careful scientific assessment, including of their possible environmental impacts;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers PF to be essential for achieving sustainable agriculture in the EU but recognises the constraints for its widespread adoption, including the reliability and manageability of this technology and its adaptability to smaller and irregular farmland areasTakes the view that in certain cases PF can contribute to sustainable farming in the EU;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on industry, the Commission and the Member States to work in partnership to improve the performance and adaptability of robotic and other PF techniques ~~in order to increase demand and investment by farmers~~;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

~~7. Stresses the need for greater dialogue between genetic banks and end-users in order to build resilience and support for sustainable food production throughout Europe;~~deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recognises the need to use germplasm collections to identify and characterise traits for resource use efficiency, pest and disease resistance and other attributes conferring improved quality and resilience; ~~considers that this requires greater emphasis to be placed on phenotyping, which is a particular bottleneck for many crops;~~

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Stresses that farmers' rights to breed plants autonomously, to store and exchange seeds of different species and varieties must be respected in order to ensure genetic diversity of European agriculture;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

~~Precision breeding~~deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Supports the need for continuous progress in plant and animal breeding to increase not only the range of pest- and disease-resistant traits in crops, but also the range of food raw materials with nutritional and health-beneficial characteristics on the market; recognises the importance of marker-assisted selection (MAS) and SMART breeding, which are now well-integrated into many breeding programmes, but also the potential offered by precision breeding for crop improvement, such as the use of zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) and CRISPR in genome editing, oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis (ODM) and the use of CMS hybrids in protoplast fusion or tissue culture based methods;deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Emphasises that it is crucial not to hamper the application of high-precision breeding techniques – without scientific reason – by subjecting them to unnecessary regulatory oversight;~~deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers it timely for the Commission to publish the final report of the ‘New Techniques’ working group and to use its scientific findings as the basis for clarifying the legal status of the breeding techniques currently under scrutiny;deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Encourages open and transparent dialogue among all stakeholders and the public for the responsible development of high-precision, innovative solutions for breeding programmes;~~deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the 2016 Commission Work Programme REFIT initiatives which commit the EU to carrying out an evaluation of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and Regulation (EC) No 396/2005; stresses, however, that the REFIT process must not lead to lowering of the relevant food safety and environmental protection standards;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Takes the view that low-risk substances should be given provisional approval for use and priority for evaluation by the rapporteur Member States and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to help meet the aims of Directive 2009/128/EC regarding the sustainable use of pesticides, especially for product use on minor and speciality crops;deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Encourages wider use of various alternatives to traditional pesticides, including biopesticides, as a component of the Integrated Pest Management;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Notes that a faster approvals process would increase the availability of low-risk pesticides on the market, stimulate industry research into the development of new low-risk substances and enable farmers to switch more rapidly to sustainable PPPs;deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Recognises that the development of agri-related technologies requires a multitude of skills sets and knowledge that are specialist as well as transdisciplinary in approach – these include, but are not limited to, general plant, animal and environmental science, physiology and engineering;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Regrets the increasing skill shortages in many of these professions and calls on the Member States to work in partnership with industry, research institutions and other relevant stakeholders in the design of their next Rural Development Programmes to identify opportunities to support skills development and knowledge transfer in these areas, including by means of trainings and apprenticeships for young farmers and new entrants;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Considers it essential for the Commission and the Member States to develop projects which ~~focus exclusively on the development of more resource- efficient crop varieties~~provide trailblazing answers in this connection, especially given the increasing scarcity of water availability and certain key components of fertilisers such as phosphate;

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

~~29. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to develop Trans- European Centres for Agricultural Innovation that would deliver much needed progress towards food security and sustainability;~~deleted

2016/02/02
Committee: AGRI