Activities of Elisabeth KÖSTINGER related to 2011/2114(INI)
Plenary speeches (3)
Farm input supply chain - Imbalances in the food supply chain (debate)
Farm input supply chain - Imbalances in the food supply chain (debate)
Farm input supply chain - Imbalances in the food supply chain (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas total input costs for EU farmers climbed on average by almost 40 % between 2000 and 2010, while farmgate prices increased on average by less than 25 %, according to Eurostat; whereas the increase in input costs within that decade reached 60 % for energy and lubricants, almost 80 % for synthetic fertilisers and soil improvers, over 30 % for animal feed, around 36 % for machinery and other equipment, almost 30 % for seeds and planting stock and nearly 13 % for plant protection products and pesticides;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, especially in the livestock sector, costs are also rising due to increasing phytosanitary, animal welfare, environmental protection, hygiene and food security requirements;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the market concentration of farm input suppliers is very high, with six companies controlling nearly 75 % of the agrochemicals market and three companies controlling over 45 % of the seeds market; whereas this concentration contributes to maintaining high seed prices and has a substantial negative impact on crop diversity; whereas there is high market concentration not only upstream, but also in the food (retail) trade, which places farming under additional cost pressure;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas long-term investments in bettermore efficient input and resource management (energy, soil and nutrients, water) are needed to respond to the new economic and environmental challenges, including within the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy; whereas farmers should have sufficient returns on their investment so that they are enabled to adopt more resource-efficient, sustainable and innovative farming systems;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
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 controlcompost and slurry are important nutrient and energy sources;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas there is considerable potential in farming for saving energy and costs through improved energy efficiency andwhich could be further improved through local renewable energy production (especially wind, solar, biogamass, biogas, biofuels, use of waste products, etc.);
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas crop rotation should be included in ‘greening’ measures as part of CAP reform with regard to itscan make a significant contribution to climate change mitigation and has the potential for reducing the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
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;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas unsuitable storage and transport conditions cause significant quantities of agricultural commodities to be spoilt and forced to be disposed of and to be no longer available as food or feed (FAO, Global Food Losses And Food Waste, 2011);
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on national and European competition authorities to address robustly the dominant position of agribusiness tradtraders, food retailers and input companies, and to consider proposals for anti-trust legislation;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote, through legislative measures, investments in energy saving and renewable energy production on-farm or in local partnership projects (wind, solar, biomass, biogas, geothermic etc.) with a special focus on using waste and by- products on a local level;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
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;