Activities of Albert DESS related to 2011/2114(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Farm input supply chain - Imbalances in the food supply chain (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas improved sewage systems on farms and in rural areas, as well as composting of slurry have an important potential as nutrient and energy sources, subject to thorough investigation of their possible usage, adequate treatment of potentially harmful substances and strict controlsfermentation of slurry is desirable in terms of plant cultivation and the environment;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a substantial part of the next research framework programme to be earmarked for applied R&D in the efficient use and management of farm-inputs management in order to reduce input costs and improve agronomic practices, including involvement and improved training and capacity building for farmers and better collaboration between public and private science organisations and farmers organisations;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission and the Member States to make sure that public support measures for biomass and agro-fuels – including biogas – do not contribute to unsustainable competition for resources between food and energy production, which must be organised sustainably, and do not provoke further increases in input costs and land rent;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Repeats its call to include crop rotation and crop diversity (within a range of specified crops, including legumes in particular) in an EU-wide list of ‘greening’ measures to be rewarded within the CAP, given the positive effect the former have on climate change mitigation, soil and water quality and farmers’ finances (with significantly reduced use of fertilisers, soil improvers, plant protection products and pesticides which will reduce input costs for farmers);
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage – subject to thorough investigation of their possible usage, adequate treatment of potentially harmful substances and strict controls – the recycling of nutrients from waste streams, especially liquid manure, organic waste and local sewage systems, which can help reduce input costs for fertilisers and which recapture nitrogen and phosphate(especially phosphate and nitrogen) from waste streams and, in particular, recycling waste as part of a cascade process after using it to produce thermal energy;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls in particular on the Commission to propose, in the withdrawal of restrictcontext of the forthcoming revisions on the use of farm saved seed as laid down in Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights, in the context of the forthcoming revision of this regulation;f Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights, that the obligations laid down in Article 14(1) and (2) thereof, which are an indispensable means of funding progress in the field of agricultural production, are also practicable, as it is only on this basis that the predominance of small- and medium-scale farming in the European agricultural sector can be maintained,
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls, in the light of the upcoming Rio+20 global conference, for a new EU initiative on the conservation, sustainable use and quality marketing of agro- biodiversity, in order to reduce seed purchase costs and increase added value from farming;