9 Amendments of Martin HÄUSLING related to 2015/2227(INI)
Amendment 8 #
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2. Recognises that the major challenge will be to ensure an adequate food supplyaccess to quality food by also preventing farmers and people in rural areas from being deprived of their local agricultural capacities while at the same time preserving the environment and valuable resources for future generations;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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3. Stresses the need to tackle food waste, since each year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted or lost; this applies to food being wasted on the field, in processing, transport and in the points of marketing as well as with consumers. Legal conditions and measures have to be put in place to make sure that food that does not reach its intended consumers is not destroyed but rather used. This could be by composting and thereby closing nutrient cycles in the best case or by making sure it is processed (e.g. use of food that is beyond ‘best before’ date);
Amendment 37 #
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4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, with the aim of increasing efficiency and productivisecuring the right to quality food to everyone, equitable access to resources and food sovereignty while ensuring food safety, the protection of human and animal health and a reduction in pollution and greenhouse gas emissionsustainable use of natural resources;
Amendment 50 #
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5. Insists that farm management practices should ensure the protection of water and soil quality and minimispromote biodiversity loss;
Amendment 52 #
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5. Insists that farm management practices should ensure the protection of water and soil quality and minimispromote biodiversity loss;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
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7. Believes that innovationresearch and innovation in agroecology is a key factor in supporting the agri-food sector, stimulating the creation of more and better jobs, and reversing the phenomena of land abandonment and land grabbing as well as an ageing rural population; regional value chains rather than EU-export orientation of agricultural products is important to strengthen farms and rural areas in the European Union as well as countries elsewhere;
Amendment 91 #
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8. Urges the European Commission and Member States to invest more in research and innovation programmes and to develop new technologies, including precision farmingfocused on agroecology and to support innovative sustainable techniques as well as to draw on traditional knowledge, to help make agriculture attractive to young people;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
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9. Underlines the importance of enhanced efforts in adapting current agriculture and water management practices toapplying sustainable farming practices to adapt to and mitigate climate change.
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
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9. Underlines the importance of enhanced efforts in adapting current agriculture and applying sustainable farming and water management practices to adapt to and mitigate climate change.