22 Amendments of Maria NOICHL related to 2017/2009(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Whereas, according to estimates, enough food is already being produced worldwide to feed up to ten billion people, which is the anticipated size of the global population in 2050, and that hunger in the world is primarily due to poverty and inequality, particularly because of inadequate access to land and resources, and less due to a shortage of agricultural products;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Whereas halving food waste at producer level, per capita and at retail and consumer level is a sustainable development goal for 2030 and whereas losses of food along the production and supply chain must be reduced; whereas the EU and its Member States have undertaken to attain these goals;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Whereas intensive agriculture, over-reliant on fossil fuels, irrigation and excessive use of chemicals, is responsible for about 25-30% of all greenhouse gas emissions and results in dangerous dependence of farmers on technologies and products for intensive agriculture; whereas this agricultural model is not conducive to the attainment of sustainability objectives;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Whereas meat consumption, which is rising worldwide, is associated with substantial burdens on the environment and whereas a healthier and more sustainable diet thanks to changing patterns of demand would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental damage caused by farming;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Stresses that, on developing countries’ markets, it is necessary to respect their food sovereignty, defined as ‘the right of people to produce, distribute and consume healthy food in and near their territory in an ecologically sustainable manner’;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Is of the opinion that small-scale farming and organic, high nature value (HNV) or tree-based agriculture should be promoted as models particularly effective in delivering sustainability in global food production;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Calls on the Commission to encourage more efficient agronomic practices – such as agroecological and diversification approaches – and improved, sustainable, agricultural resource management in the European Union and third countries, in order to reduce the input costs of agricultural production and nutrient wastage, enhance knowledge and innovation transfer, foster resource efficiency, and increase the diversity of crops and sustainability in farming systems;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Stresses that small-scale farming in third countries must be helped to increase yields more, in a sustainable manner; notes that this can only be done by reducing inequality, bringing about gender equality and improving the livelihoods of the poorest people;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Stresses that European agriculture wastes large quantities of water and that in many places the resource is under pressure; calls on the Commission, in this context, to draw up a European action plan against water wastage in European farming;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Observes that the strong demand for protein-rich feed in Europe increases land pressure in third countries and results in much deforestation and in concentration of ownership; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to devise sustainability criteria for imports of protein-rich feed;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 k (new)
Paragraph 1 k (new)
1k. Observes that European farming is one of the main causes of water pollution due to the run-off and use of plant protection products and fertilisers; calls for the future reform of the Common Agricultural Policy to result in greater support for production methods which are conducive to the availability and sustainable management of water;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 l (new)
Paragraph 1 l (new)
1l. Stresses that the future reform of the Common Agricultural Policy must halt the on-going degradation of farmland by diversifying crops and by means of sustainable cultivation methods;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 m (new)
Paragraph 1 m (new)
1m. Bearing in mind that, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, 60% more food needs to be produced, observes that this amount should wherever possible be produced in the countries where additional food is needed;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 n (new)
Paragraph 1 n (new)
1n. Notes that promoting seed research and the further development of traditional, location-based seed types and promoting diversity of species and varieties directly in the hands of producers, as a public asset, are guarantors of a sustainable agriculture which adapts to climate change;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that women working in farming in developing countries could increase farm yields by 20-30% if they had the same access to resources as men; stresses that this level of yield could reduce the number of people who go hungry around the world by 12-17%;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Observes that genetically modified crops present risks to the environment, increase concentration within the seed market and, because of the extension of patent protection, render farmers dependent; stresses that essential properties of resistant crops are found primarily in traditional varieties; notes that genetically modified seed is therefore not compatible with sustainable farming;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission to take steps to develop objectively measurable economic, ecological and social criteria for European farming, on the basis of current model projects such as the Response-Inducing Sustainability Evaluation (RISE) method;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the contribution that the livestock sector makes to the EU economy, and notes itsthe potential of land-based, integrated farming to contribute to a better functioning agricultural ecosystem and a climate-friendly farming industry;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regards further progress in precision farming, digitalisation, plant and animal breeding and integrated pest management as essential, because increased efficiency will help to reduce the impact of farming on the environment.
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that, in future, agricultural production in the European Union should be geared to forms of production which accord with the sustainability objectives of Agenda 2030, with particular reference to reducing pollution and the use of water, improving soil quality and halting biodiversity loss and deforestation;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission, in view of the numerous challenges facing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), to conduct a review of the CAP’s sustainability in order to verify the compatibility of European farming with Agenda 2030;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that agriculture still needs to significantly increase its contribution to the EU’s biodiversity strategy for 2020 if, as measured against the EU reference scenario of 2010, a measurable improvement in the conservation status of species and habitats which are dependent on farming or affected by it, and in the ecosystem services provided, is to be achieved, in order to promote more sustainable farming;