9 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2011/0402(CNS)
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) securing sufficient supplies of safe and high quality food and other bio-based products, by developing productive and resource-efficient primary production systems (including nutrient, energy, carbon, water and soil use efficiency) and by making agricultural bio-waste an asset used at its full potential, reducing food waste along the whole food supply-chain from primary production to final consumption point, fostering related ecosystem services, along side competitive and low carbon supply chains;
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.2 – title
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.2 – title
1.4.2. Biotechnology-based industrialproducts and processes
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.2
Annex I – Part II – point 1 – point 1.4 – point 1.4.2
The objective is twofold: on the one hand, enabling the European industry (e.g. chemical, health, mining, energy, pulp and paper, textile, starch, crop production and food processing) to develop new products and processes meeting agricultural, industrial and societal demands; and competitive and enhanced biotechnology- based alternatives to replace established ones; on the other hand, harnessing the potential of biotechnology for detecting, monitoring, preventing and removing pollution. It includes R&I on enzymatic and metabolic pathways, bio- processes design, advanced fermentation, up- and down-stream processing, gaining insight on the dynamics of microbial communities. It will also encompass the development of prototypes for assessing the techno- economic feasibility of the developed products and processes.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – title
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – title
2.1. Sustainable and competitive agriculture and forestry
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1
Appropriate knowledge, knowledge transfers, tools, services and innovations are necessary to support more productive, resource-efficient and resilient agriculture and forestry systems that supply sufficient food, feed, biomass and other raw- materials and deliver ecosystems services while at the same time supporting the development of thriving rural livelihoods and rural innovative SMEs. Research and innovation will provide options for integrating agronomic, climatic and environmental goals into more sustainable production, thus: increasing productivity and resource efficiency of agriculture; reducing soil erosion and agricultural greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions; reducing leaching of nutrients from cultivated lands into terrestrial and aquatic environments; decreasing dependence from international plant derived protein imports to Europe; increasing the level of biodiversity in primary production systems.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – title
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – title
2.1.1. Increasing production efficiency and coping with and mitigating climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – paragraph 1
Activities will enhance productivity as well as the adaptive capacity of plants, animals and production systems to cope with rapidly changing environmental/climatic conditions and increasingly scarce natural resources. The resulting innovations and their transfer to all economic actors involved will help to move towards a low energy, low emission and low waste economy, along the entire food and feed supply chain. In addition to contributing to food security, new opportunities will be created for the use of biomass, bio-waste and agricultural and forestry residues and by-products from agriculture and forestry for a wide range of non-food applications (in particular energy and chemistry).
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I– Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – paragraph 2
Annex I– Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – paragraph 2
Multi-disciplinary approaches and inter- sector synergies will be sought to improve the performance of plants, animals, micro- organisms, while ensuring efficient resource use (water, soil, nutrients, energy) and the ecological integrity of rural areas. Emphasis will be placed on integrated and diverse production systems and innovative agronomic practices, including the use of precision technologies and ecological intensification approaches to benefit both conventional and organicall types of agriculture. Genetic improvement of plants and animals for adaptation and productivity traits will call for all appropriated conventional and modern breeding approaches and for a better use of genetic resources. Due attention will be given to on-farm soil management for increasing soil fertility as a basis for crop and animal productivity and sustainable yields increase. Animal and plant health will be promoted and integrated disease/pest control measures will be further developed. Strategies for the eradication of animal diseases including zoonoses will be tackled along with research on antimicrobial resistance. Studying the effects of practices on animal welfare will help meet societal concerns. The above listed areas will be underpinned by more fundamental research to address relevant biological questions as well as to support the development and implementation of Union policies.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2
Annex I – Part III – point 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2
Agriculture and forestry are unique systems delivering commercial products but also wider societal public goods (including cultural and recreational value) and important ecological services such as functional and in-situ biodiversity, pollination, water regulation, landscape, erosion reduction and carbon sequestration / GHG mitigation. Research activities will support the provisions of these public goods and services, through the delivery of management solutions, decision-support tools and the assessment of their non- market value. Specific i, the development of indicators to assist the appropriate measurement of the results achieved though climate change mitigation activities undertaken by farmers, and the assessment of their non- market value. A system for calculating the financial value of specific public goods and services provided by farmers must also be developed, since increasingly targeted 'greening' measures will play a more prominent role in agricultural policy in coming years. Issues to be dealt with include the identification of farming/forest systems and landscape patterns likely to achieve these goaloptimise the provision of public goods and services. Shifts in the active management of agricultural systems - including the use of technologies and change of practices, in particular soil nutrients management - will increase GHG mitigation and the adaptive capacity of the agriculture sector to the adverse effects of climate change.