Activities of Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU related to 2011/2107(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU research and innovation funding (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that agriculture will need to respond to specific challenges in the coming decades: catering for the food needs of a growing population, with more resource-efficient and environmentally sustainable practices in response to growing scarcities (water, energy, soil depletion, etc.), taking into account the need to mitigate, and adapt to, climate change (drought, flooding, higher salinity); considers that these challenges mean that in the future agriculture will be ever more affected by developments such as significantly falling numbers of farmers and reduced diversity of crops;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for more research to enhance the smart use of biological (animal and plant production and health and their inputs, biomass availability, forestry management, waste) and physical (land use, soil integrity, water availability, climate change) resources; believes that the European Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development can play a key role in developing research and training in the agricultural field; insists on maintaining this fund at no less than its present level of financing;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the research and innovation should focus on, in particular, crop productivity, as well as on growth- inhibiting factors stemming from the changing climate, including the possible proliferation of plant and animal diseases. The advancement of knowledge in the sustainable management, production and use of biological resources (microbial, plant and animal) will provide the basis for safer, more eco-efficient and competitive products and services for agriculture and related industries; stresses the importance of new technologies for boosting agricultural production, and points out that the EU needs to take advantage of all available innovations if it is to remain competitive on the world market;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes with concern the falling growth rhythm of agricultural production, against a backdrop of slower progress in research and innovation in agriculture;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recognises the crucial role of research and innovation, both for the objective of reducing CO2 emissions in agriculture and for developing renewable energies and increasing the efficiency of bioenergy production with a view to reducing the effects on the agri-food sector;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it crucial that the investment in science should be coupled with investment in the skills of people. Education, training and advisory services are essential components driving knowledge-based growth of rural businesses. It is therefore necessary to focus advisory and training services on the drive for innovation at every level (product innovation, process innovation and management innovation); stresses, above all, the need to support young farmers in developing the skills needed for the administration and management of agricultural enterprises;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that agriculture is a cross- disciplinary activity and is best served by multidisciplinary research. Agricultural activity combines the research achievements of several research fields, e.g. technology and life sciences, and depends largely on public policies; believes, further, that it is essential to prioritise transfers of knowledge and experience among European farmers by financing study visit programmes for young farmers;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Believes that research and technological innovation need to aim at achieving balanced forms of supporting all participants in the agri-food production chain;