8 Amendments of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2009/2157(INI)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms that EU agriculture can contribute to the Union’s global warming mitigation objectives by finding ways to limit and reduce its GHG emissions, promoting carbon storage in the soil and developing the production of sustainable renewable energies; emphasises that, to this end, it is essential to foster the development of a different kind of agriculture better provide agriculture with the technical and operational means that will enable it to reconcilespond to economic, social and environmental imperatives withchallenges, taking account of the natural potential of each ecosystem; considers it crucial that this contribution be made in a balanced manner so as not to jeopardise farmers’ incomes and the supply of food to European consumers;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that organic farming and integrated pest management practices are among the ecologically effective systems needing further development; emphasises, however, the need to find ways to facilitate a transiroduction are one alternative for more ecological agricultural production; emphasises, however, the need to find ways to enable conventional farming, which occupies the bulk of European farmland, to make a significant contribution to morthe sustainable agriculture in the case of the other systems used on most farmlandmanagement of the environment;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – introductory sentence
Paragraph 3 – introductory sentence
3. Calls, in particular, for the future CAPfunding to be provided for the EU to encourage – through the provision of information, training and incentives – practices that limit GHG emissions and/or fix carbon, including:
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, as well as being more environmentally friendly, such farming practices the farming practices listed above also have a positive impact in terms of improved biodiversity and soil quality, water retention and efforts to combat erosion and pollution;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – introductory sentence
Paragraph 13 – introductory sentence
13. Takes the view that the CAPEU must offer financial incentives, within a reasonable timeframe, for EU farmers to implement the necessary agronomic adaptation measures in each region, including:
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises that the CAP will have to meet growing public demand forcontribute to a more sustainable agricultural policy, while bearing in mind that global warming may jeopardise world food production capacity, including in Europe;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that the ‘new challenges’ of climate change, water management, renewable energies and biodiversity were not fully taken on board, particularly at the time of the CAP Health Check, and that they should be addressed through all the CAP instruments, not just the ‘second- pillar’ subsidies; should be the subject of a report, to be submitted by the Commission, on the recent application of these instruments, so that possible amendments to this chapter of the Health Check can be considered at a future stage;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that climate change is forcing the Union to reinvent its development model; consequently calls on the Commission, in its future communication on CAP reform after 2013, to consider turning the CAP into an agricultural, food and environmental policy with fairer, more sustainable farmer support systems that enjoy greater legitimacy in the eyes of the public and which also restore meaning tohelp enhance the role and status of the farming profession;