Activities of Jørn DOHRMANN related to 2015/2227(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on enhancing innovation and economic development in future European farm management PDF (339 KB) DOC (138 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that this challenge requires a conducive EU policy framework, one that is grounded in clear scientific and evidence-based decision-making and recognises both the strategic importance of agriculture and the practical realities of food production;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that with appropriate economic incentives, the simplification of CAP measures, fairer income distribution in the supply chain and transparent market conditions including country of origin labelling, farmers would be better equipped to implement greening measures and/or organic farming, thereby, farmers would be better equipped to deliver the necessary increase in food production and contributinge to the conservation of biodiversity;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that the enhancement of innovation and economic development in farm management must be achievable for large, medium and small-scale farmers; believes that better links between the agricultural sector and research and innovation should be facilitated in order to share and implement methods of best practice on the ground;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the significance of improving rural broadband networks as a contributory factor to enhancing innovation and economic development in farm management, particularly for medium to small-scale farmers;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges Member States to invest more in research and innovation programmes and to develop new technologies, including precision farming, to help make agriculture attractive to young people; recognises the important contribution to be made by agricultural colleges and universities to support the development of skills for a new generation of farmers;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is strongly convinced that economic development and sustainable production are not mutually exclusive and are achievable mainly through innovation; stresses the need to support innovation in technology and governance by providing regulatory coherence, clarity and room for entrepreneurship, and urges the Commission to ensure that innovation is explicitly taken into account in forthcoming reviews and reforms of relevant legislation; highlights the fact that European agriculture is able to produce high-quality and high-added value products together with profitable, knowledge-based solutions in order to feed a growing and more demanding world population; welcomes the Commission initiative on the assessment of the contribution of the 2012 Bioeconomy Strategy to the circular economy because a shift from fossil based to bio based products is essential to promote the transition of the economy from a fossil based linear economy to a circular economy based on renewable materials;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages innovative solutions in animal housing systems that can contribute to a higher level of animal welfare and consequently lead to higher levels of animal health, by reducing the need for veterinary medicinal products, including antimicrobials; stresses that the application of antimicrobials should be prudent and responsible and would be improved by improving the entire production chain with more efficient and faster diagnostic tools that rely on data, better real-time monitoring, targeted precautionary measures and new ways of dispensing in order to combat antimicrobial resistance; and at the same time have focus on animal housing systems that optimize the utilisation of livestock manure for production of renewable energy and improved fertilizers through anaerobic digestion in biogas plants etcetera thus maximising the income;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises the importance of understanding and improving the production systems with focus on developing crops, crop rotation systems, management systems and landscape values;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Encourages the implementation of high-precision low-emission techniques for storage, transportation and land spreading of manure which would lead to a significant improvement of the plant uptake of nutrients from the manure thus reducing the need for mineral fertilizers and reducing the risk of contamination of Waters;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Points out, that better land application techniques are one of the key factors to reduce the total ammonia emission and, consequently, each country should ensure, that low-emission slurry application techniques are used with band spreading (using trailing shoes or trailing hose), injection or acidification;