9 Amendments of Elisabeth KÖSTINGER related to 2015/2279(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas it is essential to secure agricultural andmultifunctional agricultural production in these regions, which, in addition to food production, and maintainlso affords access to other sources of income and thus possesses added value infor these regions;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a response must be found to the challenges posed by the abandonment of farmland and the associated growth of scrub and trees, or desertification, and lack of generational renewal in mountain areas;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas farming in mountain areas is very important for the hydrogeological stability not only of mountain areas but also of plains below them;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that despite the sector-specific measures that have been taken, there does not yet exist a fully-fledged EU approach to mountain regions aimed at improving the coordination of the policies concerned; proposes in this regard that efforts be made to adopt a common definition ofherent approach to defining mountain regions;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) should form an integral part of the smart specialisation and multifunctional development strategies of regions with mountain areas; calls therefore on the Commission, Member States and the regions to strengthen synergies between different funds and measures for mountain areas in preparing, examining and adopting operational programmes;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that measures under the second pillar of the CAP must ensure the sustainability and diversification of agricultural production in mountain areas by supporting the emergence of projects that create added value, innovation projects, agricultural investment projects and multifunctional farm development projects and projects to maintain processing enterprises; stresses in this context the importance of tourism in many mountain areas and the associated scope for supplementary income for farmers; stresses that these funds should be used as tools to boost the competitiveness of the regional agricultural sector and / or as a means of allowing the economic diversification of farms;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the essential character of measures to support generational renewal and the establishment of active young farmers, in particular by organising access to multidisciplinary training enabling them to carry out various activities simultaneously and successively over the yeartraining and further training above the level of the individual holding, enabling them to develop income combinations;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the particular economic, social and ecological role of forestry in mountain areas, and observes that sustainable forestry is vital for the preservation of healthy and stable mountain forests; calls in this connection for cohesion policy to focus more on forestry, which is a very important economic factor and guarantor of jobs in mountain areas;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Observes that women have an important role to play in preserving the proper functioning of rural areas, particularly in peripheral regions and mountain areas; considers, therefore, that European cohesion policy should focus more on improving the situation of women farmers and women in mountain areas, and in this context should provide more support, in particular, for women's potential as self-employed persons in direct marketing, tourism, craft trades and projects which are to be regarded as providing genuine job opportunities, such as green care;