Activities of Stefan ECK related to 2017/2116(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a European strategy for the promotion of protein crops – encouraging the production of protein and leguminous plants in the European agriculture sector PDF (511 KB) DOC (74 KB)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas over 50 percent of the world's crops are used to feed animals and not people;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the livestock sector is the world’s largest user of agricultural land, through grazing and the use of feed crops and has huge impact on climate change, land and water management and biodiversity in the EU and in third countries;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the production of animal feed is one of the key drivers of land use change; whereas the EU livestock production based on imported feed is indirectly responsible for deforestation in third countries, especially in South America;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas addressing the global challenge of deforestation and forest degradation has become even more important in the light of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the Paris Agreement on climate change;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas in 2017 the Commission has to decide whether to take up deforestation, for which soya is one of the largest driver, on its 2018 work plan;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas soybean meal is the largest source of protein feed in the world with the current annual world production of around 350 million tonnes with continuous growing trend; whereas approximately 75percent of soybean globally is used for animal feed and only around 6 percent of soybean is consumed directly by humans;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the EU livestock sector is heavily dependent on soya imports from third countries, especially from South America; whereas the EU produces less than 1 million tonnes of soya a year, and imports around 35 million tonnes; whereas demand for soya within the EU uses an area of almost 15 million ha, 13 million ha of which is in South America;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas Brazil is currently world’s second biggest producer and exporter of soya, and the biggest supplier of soya in the EU market; whereas the cultivated soya in Brazil is almost exclusively genetically modified;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas the indigenous population in Brazil faces land grabbing, violence and death due to the soya boom;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas the EU already regulates illegal timber, illegal fisheries and conflict minerals and therefore the possibility of regulating forest risk commodities such as soya should be strongly considered;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas a protein plan and the reform of the CAP need to deal with the nitrogen surplus, as the adoption of nutrient management plans and environmental farm plans have to play a key role in this reduction;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that competition in food, animal feed and biofuel production in terms of land use has a direct impact on food security in the EU;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Criticises the over-reliance on grain-based animal feed in intensive farming which has negative consequences for the environment and animal health and welfare; stresses the need to consider the natural eating habits of livestock animals in livestock farming;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the devastating environmental and health consequences caused by the extensive use of soya such as the nitrate pollution of the ground water;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to provide incentives for the local food and feed production and consumption in the EU; urges the Commission to support the cultivation of domestic protein plants such as broad beans and lupines;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses that the current intensive livestock farming model in the EU is heavily dependent on feed imports from third countries; calls therefore for a shift towards sustainable model of farming based on local grass feed and mixed crop- livestock systems;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the necessity to reduce the amount of animals kept per hectare in Europe in order to be able to produce a large amount of the feed needed within Europe;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Regrets the decision of DG Trade to support an increase of beef imports from Mercosur countries, while studies and recent scandals have shown this in violation of EU commitments on zero deforestation and human rights;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Urges the Commission to meet its climate and zero deforestation targets and therefore decrease soya imports;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to support farmers in changing the feed system towards GM-free and therefore soya free alternatives, which already exist in Europe;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls for a legally binding labelling obligation for animal products, which were produced with the use of genetically modified soya;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges for the policies to support reduction in production and consumption of meat and dairy products in the EU in order to make EU agriculture sustainable and self-sufficient in food and feed production and not dependent on the imports of feed for livestock farming;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Urges the Commission to use the CAP reform for providing incentives for closed loop systems such as agroecology and help farmers move away from feeding imported soya and switch to grass-based systems;