6 Amendments of Giovanni LA VIA related to 2010/2111(INI)
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas, in terms of agricultural biodiversity, the extended use of protein crops that are adapted to European climatic conditions, such as beans, soya, peas, lentils, lupins, chick peas, alfalfa/lucerne, Phacelia spp, Lotus corniculatus and sainfoin, will substantially stabilise and enhance diversity within the production system, thereby strengthening plant health and making sustainable use of locally adapted crop varieties, many of which currently cannot be marketed or exchanged under European seed marketing legislation,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas, besides using native protein crops, the quality of non-imported compound feed can also be improved through the use of potato starch and by- products of oilseeds such as soya, sunflower and rapeseed,
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that its legislative proposals for CAP reform include adequate new measures and instruments which integrate protein crop production into improved crop rotation systems so as to overcome the current protein deficit, improve farmers’ revenues and address the key challenges agriculture is facing, such as climate change, the loss of biodiversity and soil fertility and the protection and sustainable management of water resources;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to revise the definition of good agricultural practices, including the use of mandatory crop rotation with domestic protein crops as a precautionary measure against crop disease and price volatility in the animal production sector and in recognition of the fact that local and proximity farming are of greater benefit to the environment;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to adopt suitable measures creating market conditions that favour local production as compared to imported products, and that meet the requirements of the feedstuffs industry, including the introduction of models for GMO-free short supply chains and certified production;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to introduce a framework programme for decentralised agricultural research as part of research on agriculture and rural development and on- farm training programmes on improving the breeding of locally adapted protein plants with a view making this an innovative area in the various Member States;