7 Amendments of Rebecca HARMS related to 2008/2153(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that there is link between high food prices and rising energy prices for end consumers, in particular for fuel, and asks the Commission to investigate this interdependence further;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the agricultural sector, which generates a significant share of total CO2 emissions, needs with an impact on climate change, needs to take efforts to reduce energy consumption throughout the food chain and to improved energy efficiency;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that expansion of biagrofuels and bioenergy production could impact positively on the agricultural and food processing sector whichnegatively on food security and lead to increased pressures and imbalances in the food and agriculture industries; therefore suggests that the Commission, before agreeing to support such projects, carries out an obligatory food security assessment on all agrofuels projects; considers that bioenergy based on waste products, and investments in energy saving, could have a positive impact on local energy security and farming practices, as farming is suffering from higher prices for inputs such as fertilisers, pesticides, and diesel, as well as transport and processing costs;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to monitor closely the effects of increased bioenergy production in the EU and in third countries as regards changes in land use, food commodity prices and access to foodstuff, and impacts on local communities; furthermore, asks the Commission to adequately evaluate (and include in the greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation methodology) the emissions from direct and indirect land use change due to increased demand for land for the production of energy crops;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States to promote research and development of the next generations of biofuels, in particular the use of high- yield energy crops with no negative effects on land useto introduce qualified market access instruments in order to ensure protection against social and ecological dumping and to prevent unsustainably produced agricultural commodities from third countries for food feed or fuel production from entering the EU market;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that there is a need for further agricultural research, to increase agriculturalsustainable farm productivity, and calls on the Member States to fully exploit the opportunities offered in this respect by the FP7.