Activities of Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER related to 2022/2183(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU; whereas a sustainable livelihood for primary producers, whose income is still lagging behind, is central to the sustainable management of the current crises on the agricultural markets and lasting achievement of the Green Deal targets;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and reduce and diversify its dependence on imports from outside the EU; stresses that short and regional supply chains should be improved in a sustainable manner; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the sustainable production of food and feed, feed and bio-based material;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that, in the implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy as it pertains to agriculture, high-biodiversity landscape features include not only entirely non-productive landscape features but also, in particular (for example in the context of eco- schemes or agri-environmental measures), land managed in a way that promotes biodiversity, since this land makes a significant contribution to biodiversity conservation while also contributing to food security;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Points out that farm income in the EU is still less than half the gross wages and salaries in the EU economy and, therefore, in view of inflationary trends, economic stability should be moved up the agenda;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the urgent need to bring EU trade policy in line with European standards for sustainable food and competitiveness; notes that the EU plays a key role in the global trade in agricultural and food products and that it is fundamental that EU trade policy is also in line with European sustainability goals, so that it does not prove counterproductive;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes and supports the comments made by the Agriculture Commissioner, who has said that the current CAP budget of less than 0.4% of EU GDP is insufficient to deliver food security and should therefore be raised considerably with the next multiannual financial framework for the CAP budget at the latest; calls for the agricultural crisis reserve to be endowed with additional resources on top of the existing CAP funds and for the crisis reserve, if used, to be replenished by means other than budgetary discipline, as this would mean giving farmers EU funds to manage the crisis with one hand while taking them back (direct payments) with the other;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that digital technologies and precision crop management can provide forward-looking solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, the use of pesticides and fertilisers or water consumption for agriculture; points out that these technologies often involve high initial investment costs and that suitable solutions are therefore needed to make them affordable for family farms too; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use of digital innovation to modernise EU agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that, while that space data and AI technologies can be a source of much valuable information for agriculture, it can still only be put to very limited use, as in most cases it is not freely available or is too complex to be processed by farms or local authorities; calls for increased use and availability of such data and technologies to help farmers through the green and digital transitions, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the blanket ban on the use of pesticides in sensitive areas being mooted by the Commission, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many farmers and severely limit their output. and food security in individual product groups;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE2, in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers for now, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; _________________ 2 RENURE: REcovered Nitrogen from manURE
Amendment 506 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that a contribution to food and energy security can be made by sustainable and high-yield farming and forestry that preserves natural resources such as soil, water and forests and takes advantage of the opportunities offered by bioenergy and the bioeconomy;