Activities of Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU related to 2010/2111(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU protein deficit (short presentation)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in some Member States substantial areas of farmland remain fallow year on year, with their productive potential going to waste,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas these imports represent the equivalent of 20 million hectares cultivated outside the EU, or more than 10% of the EU’s arable land, which in some countries has led to unsustainable farming on sensitive grassland and deforestation of rainforest areas, with negative effects such as soil erosion and the depletion of water resources and biodiversity,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the high degree of imports of protein crops for animal feed has made the entire EU livestock sector extremely vulnerable to price volatility and trade distortions, reflecting the consequences of increasingly liberalised agricultural markets,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward measures to promote an increase, in the livestock sector, of the number of animals with biological material of high value and productive potential, and the dissemination of good practices in the introduction of optimum feeding patterns, with a view to guaranteeing an appropriate yield of the protein crops used for animal feeds;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward incentive-based measures to promote the entry into production of fallow land, which could contribute significantly to reducing the protein deficit in the EU;