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9 Amendments of Daciana Octavia SÂRBU related to 2017/2088(INI)

Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas young women taking over the responsibility of management of a farming business represent only a small part of young farmers, but are however not a homogenous group and thus have different needs while starting this career;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas despite the EU support measures, there are still challenges to be faced related to the young farmers installation and the generational renewal in European agricultural sector;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. ERecalls that knowledge transfer to actors responsible for the implementation of environmental policies remains a key challenge which must be urgently addressed with the necessary technical and financial support; emphasises that young farmers must be trained and skilled to enable them to find and implement the ever-more complex solutions required to face current and future environmental challenges, including the use of the latest technological developments in farming;
2018/02/01
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas new entrants tend to operate smaller farms and therefore struggle to access inputs at competitive prices and to produce the quantities to achieve economies of scale;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the need for a better promotion of the Young Farmers Scheme by the Member States and calls for an enhanced cooperation between national, regional and local authorities in order to disseminate the information on the support tools for young farmers;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and on Member States to facilitate the access to capital for young farmers, including access to low rate credits, to financial instruments and risk management tools;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that access to land is the largest barrier to new entrants to farming in Europe and is limited by the low supply of land for sale or rent in many regions, as well as by the competition from other farmers, investors and residential users; considers that the land access problem is exacerbated by the current direct payment structure, which requires minimal active use of the land and allocates subsidies largely on the basis of land ownership; believes that the existing farmers are incentivised to retain land access in order to retain subsidy access instead of ensuring the best use of the land; recommends increasing sustainably and in an ecologically responsible way the activity levels required to receive payments and to target subsidy payments towards the achievement of particular outcomes (e.g. production of specific environmental or social goods);
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. notes the difference in the situation between generation renewal within the family and new entrants; believes that vocational training and courses must be adapted to those who plan to take over the family business or to those who plan to start a new business, according to their needs;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. stresses that young women should be encouraged to take on the responsibility of management in agriculture and should be given adequate support in terms of access to land, credit and further knowledge of rules and regulations;
2018/01/26
Committee: AGRI