8 Amendments of Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA related to 2010/2112(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas price volatility in agriculture is structuralpermanent in nature, as prices respond disproportionately to small variations in the level of production, very frequently as a result of speculation,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas natural disasters can severely undermine global food productionglobal food production may be gravely affected by shortage of natural resources, pests that attack crops, veterinary diseases and natural disasters, as illustrated in 2010 by the prolonged drought and fires in Russia and the massive floods in Pakistan,
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Highlights, furthermore, other costs which European farmers have to shoulder as a result of meeting high food safety, environmental and labour standards, and asks that the CAP duly compensate producers so as to prevent the abandonment of agricultural activity in the EU;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes, however, that global stocks of food are much more limited than in the past, having fallen to a record low of 12 weeks’ worth of global food reserves during the food crisis of 2007; points out that world food production is increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather events linked to climate change, which can cause sudden and unpredictable food shortages; draws attention likewise to the major impact which pests affecting crops and animal diseases could have on food supplies;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Calls for the CAP to provide adequate remuneration for farmers, guaranteeing them fair levels of income, so that they will be able to provide a stable supply of food to Europe’s population and of other goods and services in the area of food safety and the environment, above all;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the role that must be played by young farmers in the future CAP; points out that only 7% 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; favours measurestrengthening measures beneficial to young farmers such as installation premiums, subsidised interest rates on loans and other incentives which have been implemented by Member States through their rural development budgets; reaffirms the substance of its budget amendment on the exchange programme for young people and wishes to see this implemented as a pilot project; calls also for the removal of all administrative constraints preventing young people from taking up farming;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes that traditional agricultural practices, including small-scale farming and organic farming, and sustainable modern farms, can make a valuable contribution to food security, because they often represent the most effective way of utilising land through methods specifically developed in individual regions over lengthy periods of time;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses the need for fairness in the CAP, which should ensure a balanced distribution of support to farmers from all Member States, greater territorial cohesion, and the phasing-out of export subsidies, in full parallelism with the phasing out of all forms of export subsidies by the EU's trading partners and the imposition of disciplines on all export measures with equivalent effect;