Activities of Jan HUITEMA related to 2020/2260(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 677 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Underlines that no single farming model can fulfil the various requirements for sustainable production as all models have their specific strengths and weaknesses with regard to the different pillars of sustainability, particularly climate and environmental performance including land-use; calls for a multi- model approach that focuses on exploiting the strengths of different farming models and further improving their weaknesses;
Amendment 681 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls on the Commission to set up a comprehensive governance framework that invites the participation of all stakeholder groups in the further development and implementation of the Strategy and its subsequent measures;
Amendment 843 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls the importance of the One Health approach and of fighting antimicrobial resistance; welcomes the Commission’s initiative to tackle the irresponsible use of antibiotics; believes that the proper implementation of the Veterinary Medicines Regulation will further reduce the use of antibiotics use efficiently; calls on the Commission and Member States to focus on further measures of enabling and incentivising innovative solutions, particularly in prevention tools and alternative therapies and vaccines; stresses that progress made must be taken into account when considering reduction targets and insists that reductions can only be considered to a level that guarantees the availability of antibiotics, if needed to ensure animal health;
Amendment 871 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Acknowledges the substantial efforts made to reduce the use of antimicrobials for treating animals as highlighted in the 2019 European Court of Auditors report on AMR, further enhanced by the new EU Regulations on Veterinary Medicinal Products and Medicated Feed, contributing to the global effort to reduce antibiotic resistance; underlines that the EU must ensure the treatment of animals with antimicrobials remains possible when needed, in order to ensure that animal health and welfare is protected at all times;
Amendment 958 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that operators in the agricultural sector and the food chain should ensure the optimised utilisation and recycling of non-renewable resources in order to protect land, biodiversity and water; considers that the circular economy and bio-economy offer great potential for the transition towards a climate-neutral European economy through for example, advanced bio- refineries that produce bio-fertilisers, protein feed, bioenergy, renewable energy and biochemicals;
Amendment 1046 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that the diversity of European farming traditions and practices ensures and incentivises sustainable agricultural production in Europe; furthermore finds that this diversity of traditions and practices is and should remain a key component in the Union's and Member States' efforts to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and to advance climate-friendly production methods;
Amendment 1060 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that EU initiatives within the farm to fork strategy should support a further development of food produced with a low environmental impact per unit in terms of e.g. the use of fertilisers, pesticides, biodiversity loss, antimicrobials and GHG-emissions;
Amendment 1079 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative Highlights the enormous potential of agriculture and forestry to contribute to carbon sequestration and thus achieving climate neutrality; welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils under a new carbon farming initiative; invites the Commission to present several options including carbon market approaches; stresses, that all practices that reduce the climate-impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate ff farming should be taken into account in a robust accoundting orframework and be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1847 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights that better animal welfare practices used in farming, improve animal health; looks forward to the results of the REFIT of the EU animal welfare legislation and calls on the Commission to further advance animal welfare protection and labelling rules;
Amendment 1848 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Welcomes the ongoing work in the special Committee for Animal Transports in the European Parliament; notes that an updated regulatory framework on driving and rest time rules will improve animal welfare during transports;
Amendment 2021 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. RHighlights that food waste has enormous environmental consequences, exacerbates climate change and represents a waste of limited resources such as land, energy and water; therefore reiterates its call to take the measures required to achieve a Union food waste reduction target of 30 % by 2025 and 50 % by 2030 compared to the 2014 baseline; underlines that binding targets are needed to achieve this;
Amendment 2046 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses that, in order to reduce waste at the production stage, innovative techniques and technologies should be used to minimise losses in the fields and convert those crops and products, that do not meet market standards, into processed goods;
Amendment 2048 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Notes that digitalisation allows for better access to data and demand forecasts, and thereby helps developing advanced production programmes for farmers, enabling them to tailor their production to demand, better coordinate with other sectors of the food supply chain, and minimise waste; stresses that given the challenging nature of reducing food waste, effective use of food waste, including in the bio economy, should be promoted;
Amendment 2051 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Amendment 2052 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Considers that the involvement of local stakeholders is paramount in order to reach the Union's food waste reduction targets; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure adequate financing for research, innovation, engagement of stakeholders and information campaigns through the creation of National Food Waste Funds;