14 Amendments of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2018/2094(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas according to the FAO the global demand for food will rise by 70% by 2050 and that the change in diets will put more pressure on the natural resources, the European agriculture needs to produce more food with less ressources;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. Whereas ensuring food security for Europe’s citizens, providing consumers with healthy and high-quality food at reasonable prices, and safeguarding farm incomes have been the core objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) since its inception and these need remain key objectives of the EU in the future;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that agricultural and rural development policies have great potential in providing public goods; highlights that agriculture is not only responsible for the provision of raw materials and products for the food and other industries but has also a strong influence on the environment and the countryside; considers therefore that the EU environmental quality highly depends on resource management and applied management at farm level;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls that generational renewal is a challenge faced by farmers in many Member States and that the EU must therefore address this issue through a comprehensive approach, including top- ups in Pillar I and targeted measures in Pillar II, as well as by means of new financial instruments and national measures, in order to incentivise famers to pass on their farming operations, thereby contributing to build Europe's future;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that climate change is affecting both agricultural productivity and rural livelihoods and that agricultural sector is one of the main source of GHG emissions, producing up to 20% of total global emissions; reminds that agriculture and forestry could contribute to carbon storage and, through investments, could develop and implement more resource saving and climate friendly production technologies;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Draws attention to declining farm incomes in the EU, caused by rising production costs and price volatility, which impact negatively on farmers’ ability to maintain production; highlights the costs that European farmers have to bear in meeting the highest food safety, environmental, animal welfare and labour standards in the world; stresses that farmers must be compensated through CAP for providing public goods to society;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights the richness of European foods and tastes and its culinary varieties, therefore stresses the need to preserve its regional and local traditional products and flavours through CAP instruments like rural developments support programmes;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that around 10 million persons are employed by the European agricultural sector and points out that only 6% of European farmers are younger than 35, and at the same time that no fewer than 4.5 million farmers will retire in the next 10 years; calls for keeping existing measures beneficial to young farmers such as installation premiums and for new measures such as subsidised interest rates on loans. Calls also for the removal of all administrative constraints preventing young people from taking up farming;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights the need to preserve the diversity of agriculture in the EU, acknowledges that local markets supplied by fresh and locally produced agricultural goods are environmentally sustainable and provide support for established farming communities; Calls for better promotion of short supply chains;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the CAP’s added value in terms of fostering rural development which is vital to prevent population exodus from the countryside;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines that the CAP is not simply about farming and farmers but is also about helping and developing the wider rural communities in which they operate; notes that the EU should strengthen its rural development policy, which focuses on a wide range of issues, from support for start-ups in rural areas and access to broadband to specific environmental or societal challenges faced by the rural population;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses that the incentives for sustainable energy crops currently being planned should not in any way compromise food security for the public;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Underlines the importance of rural development, including the LEADER initiative, in supporting multi-functional agriculture and in fostering additional entrepreneurial activities and opportunities, in order to generate income from agri-tourism, and to secure community-supported agriculture and the provision of social services in rural areas;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls on the Member States to facilitate exchanges of best practices between European farmers, in order to enhance cooperation and to strengthen the European identity.