Activities of Csaba Sándor TABAJDI related to 2009/2157(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU agriculture and climate change (short presentation)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that EU agriculture and forestry management can contribute to the Union’s global warming mitigation objectives by finding ways to limit and reduce its GHG emissions, promoting carbon storage in the soil and, in the case of forests, in biomass, and developing the production of sustainable renewable energies; emphasises that, to this end, it is essential to foster the development of a different kind of agriculture and existing agricultural methods, which are better able to reconcile economic, social and environmental imperatives, including preventing a reduction in the agricultural land area, with the natural potential of each ecosystem;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
- the development of afforestation, reforestation, agroforestry, hedges, wooded areas on farmland, permanent or temporary grassland pasture systems and reforestation;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 2 a (new)
- increasing the forested area by planting new forests;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 2 b (new)
Paragraph 3 – indent 2 b (new)
- the introduction of farming methods which will increase the carbon storage period in existing forests;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. modern techniques of feeding, animal keeping and manure treatment and use, which will significantly reduce methane emissions;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. the use of biomass energy integrated into food production, which will contribute to reducing carbon emissions in addition to making use of by-products and waste;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. the planting of woody and herbaceous energy crops (cultures) in floodplains, areas which are wet or sandy and areas less suitable for agriculture, with the aim of increasing CO2 absorption and carbon sequestration;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for increased research into plant varieties and plant variety breeding in order to enable the plant breeding sector to be prepared for the effects of climate change (temperature rise, drought) by requiring that a suitable quantity of good- quality raw materials, and therefore a secure food supply, is maintained;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the speeding up of research and development work on the optimal, economic exploitation and utilisation of biomass found on farms (farm and forest waste), biogas from livestock farming and other sustainable agrofuels, provided that the latter do not jeopardise food securitand timber/wood- processing plants (farm and forest waste) in the field of targeted biomass production and processing, biogas from livestock farming and other sustainable agrofuels (by creating the conditions for positive energy and mass balance), provided that the latter do not jeopardise food security; calls for increased research into the development of the relevant technology;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that the Union must reinvest in the rural and forestry management development policy in order to help disseminate new practices and foster the development of sustainable agriculture elsewhere in the world;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – introduction
Paragraph 13 – introduction
13. Takes the view that the CAP must offer financial incentives for EU farmers to implement the necessary agronomic and forestry management adaptation measures in each region, including:
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
Paragraph 13 – indent 1
- optimising water resource management, holding back down-flowing water (more efficient irrigation systems, hillside reservoirs, etc.);
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 4
Paragraph 13 – indent 4
- planting rows of trees, hedges or wooded areas on the edges of farmland to retain water, limit runoff, act as windbreaks and provide shelter for crop auxiliaries such as pollinating insects;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 13 – indent 5 a (new)
- increasing the forested area;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 5 b (new)
Paragraph 13 – indent 5 b (new)
- restoring damaged areas;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 6
Paragraph 13 – indent 6
- maintaining forests which can adapt to climate change and managing forests in such a way as to limit the risk of fire;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to award more planting subsidies for vineyards and orchards, as such areas are capable of capturing more carbon dioxide and storing it in the form of biomass and do not require such intensive, frequent mechanical cultivation as crops on arable land, thereby causing a considerable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Emphasises that it may be necessary to re-think the water management, including river regulation, of former floodplain areas with unfavourable growing conditions which were subsequently drained, revitalise suitable floodplain areas and replant former floodplain forests;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls on the Commission to promote the afforestation of arable land which is traditionally at risk of inland inundations by means of special funding;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that post-2013 CAP policy must continue to develop a ‘third pillar’ system to deal separately with, and give prominence to, biodiversity, developing and maintaining carbon-neutral good agricultural practice (GAP) alongside GAP itself, boosting research into agriculture, food safety, renewable energy sources and climate change, and increasing support for irrigation and water management systems;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Also cCalls on the Commission also to give thought to new support systems that promote carbon fixing in farm soil and biomasshelp maintain a high carbon content in the soil and promote carbon fixing in farm soil and, by planting new forests, in forest biomass and timber products, and the use of agricultural and forest biomass; calls on the Commission to promote the development and introduction of sustainable, CO2- and greenhouse gas- neutral agricultural practice and to develop a hectare-based support system;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers it essential to strengthen risk and crisis management instruments and adapt them to increasing market volatility and growing climatic risks, and to introduce a genuine European policy on preventing and responding toresponding to the effects of natural disasters;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises, given the scale of the climate challenge and the necessary investment by the farming and forestry management community in more sustainable modes of production, the need to retain a strong CAP with a commensurate budget beyond 2013 and to increase the resources allocated to agricultural research, in which farmers must also be involved;