BETA

7 Amendments of Herbert DORFMANN related to 2011/2114(INI)

Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas improved sewage systems on farms and in rural areas, as well as composting of slurry have an important potential as nutrient and energy sources, subject to thorough investigation of their possible usage, adequate treatment of potentially harmful substances and strict controlsfermentation of slurry is desirable in terms of plant cultivation and the environment;
2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas integrating certain energy crops into crop rotation systems and extensive livestock production could also significantly help to reduce input costs, NO2 losses to the atmosphere and nutrient leaching;deleted
2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas farm saved seeds can offer significant economic and environmental benefits, including cost reductions for farmers and less commodity dependence, thereby responding to specific agronomic conditions in farms; whereas improved infrastructure in this field can significantly reduce animal feed and seed production costs in the long term;deleted
2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Repeats its call to include crop rotation and crop diversity in an EU-wide list of ‘greening’ measures to be rewarded within the CAPCalls for incentives to be provided under the CAP for EU Member States to promote crop rotation and crop diversity, given their positive effect the former have on climate change mitigation, soil and water quality and farmers’ finances (with significantly reduced use of fertilisers, soil improvers, plant protection products and pesticides which will reduce input costs for farmers)put use;
2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls in particular on the Commission to propose, in the withdrawal of restrictcontext of the forthcoming revisions on the use of farm saved seed as laid down in Article 14(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights, in the context of the forthcoming revision of this regulation;f Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights, that the obligations laid down in Article 14(1) and (2) thereof, which are an indispensable means of funding progress in the field of agricultural production, are also practicable, as it is only on this basis that the predominance of small- and medium-scale farming in the European agricultural sector can be maintained,
2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls, in the light of the upcoming Rio+20 global conference, for a new EU initiative on the conservation, sustainable use and quality marketing of agro- biodiversity, in order to reduce seed purchase costs and increase added value from farming;
2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study into the impact land lease and increased costs for land purchase and lease are having on farming sectors in the EU Member States and to determine whether monitoring of access to land and new legislation in this field is necessary in order to avoid further disconnection between land prices, land lease and agricultural use value;
2011/10/18
Committee: AGRI