Awaiting committee decision
2015/2227(INI) Enhancing innovation and economic development in future European farm management
Next event: Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2016/02/23
Lead committee dossier: AGRI/8/04374
Legal Basis RoP 052
Next event: Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading 2016/02/23
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | AGRI | HUITEMA Jan (ALDE) | PETIR Marijana (EPP), DENANOT Jean-Paul (S&D), DOHRMANN Jørn (ECR), SENRA RODRÍGUEZ Lidia (GUE/NGL), SEBASTIÀ Jordi (Verts/ALE) |
| Opinion | ENVI | ZOFFOLI Damiano (S&D) |
Legal Basis RoP 052
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2016/02/23
Vote scheduled in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2015/09/10
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
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2015/2227(INI)
2015/11/30
ENVI
105 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights that the global population is growing and is estimated to reach 9.6 billion by 2050, putting increasing pressure on the supply of food and natural resources; notes that this can also have repercussions for European farmers;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recognises that the major challenge will be to ensure an adequate food supply while
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the importance of
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the importance of enhanced efforts in adapting current agriculture
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the importance of
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the importance of enhanced efforts in adapting current agriculture and water management practices to climate change and the need to reverse this trend; stresses the key role that farmers can play in these efforts, especially when supported structurally.
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 – indent 1 (new) - Calls on the European Union to develop and explore integrated strategies to reduce the use of antibiotics to protect human and animal health and animal welfare notably by looking into alternative treatments (e.g. adapted housing systems, feeding, use of herbs).
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls upon the Commission and Member States to invest on technologies to increase water and energy efficiency, to reduce the dependence on fossil fuel, to include agriculture in the circular economy and to enhance animal welfare.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points to the importance of supporting innovations in the agricultural sector aimed at rationalising the consumption of energy, water, and other natural resources, and at linking agriculture to other economic sectors by encompassing it within existing resource and product flows or devising new flows coming under the circular economy concept;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Tackling factory farming, one of the greatest sustainability concerns of our time, presents a unique opportunity to resolve some of the world’s most pressing economic, environmental and ethical challenges;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recognises that consumers across EU demand a better food quality and safety while reducing the environmental impact of agriculture and farming;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Believes that this challenge requires a conducive EU policy framework, one that is grounded in clear scientific and evidence-based decision-making and recognises both the strategic importance of agriculture and the practical realities of food production;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Further emphasises that sustainability is also economically beneficial and that sustainable farm management can be a strong foundation for economic viability;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Recognises that meat and dairy overconsumption might cause health problems and their massive production is highly energy intensive, resources consuming and has a considerable impact on GHGs emission;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Stresses the need to launch educational campaign on healthy diets and habits to prevent food induced diseases;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to tackle food waste, since each year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted or lost; proposes that existing legislation be improved so as to incorporate rules providing for mandatory reuse of properly sorted food waste and that the spread of sustainable food recycling practices be encouraged;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to tackle food waste, since each year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted or lost; considers that, to reduce the present waste, greater cooperation is needed and farmers, producers, and distributors should enter into long-term food industry agreements making for better planning and forecasting of consumer demand;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that the world’s utilised agricultural area now stands at less than 2000 m2 per person and that that area needs to produce enough food of sufficient quality to keep everyone in the world fed throughout the year;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to tackle food waste, since each year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted or lost, and also notes that there are 800 million people suffering from chronic hunger and nearly 2 billion who are obese or overweight;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to tackle food waste, since each year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted or lost; this applies to food being wasted on the field, in processing, transport and in the points of marketing as well as with consumers. Legal conditions and measures have to be put in place to make sure that food that does not reach its intended consumers is not destroyed but rather used. This could be by composting and thereby closing nutrient cycles in the best case or by making sure it is processed (e.g. use of food that is beyond ‘best before’ date);
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to tackle food waste, since each year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted or lost, and the need to address the wasteful use of cereals as animal feed in intensive production systems - which is an inefficient and environmentally damaging use of land and resources - instead of using these crops to feed people directly;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to tackle food waste, since each year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted or lost, a quantity that could be used to reduce the problem of undernutrition and help the poor and needy; also points out that for every tonne of food waste avoided, approximately 4.2 tonnes of CO2 could be saved, which would have a significant impact on the environment;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to tackle food waste by defining the term clearly so as to allow effective action to be taken throughout the food chain (producers, processors, distributors and consumers), since each year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted or lost;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the need to tackle food waste,
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new) Points to the need to promote food education programmes within the family and at school so as to encourage a proper diet from childhood;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new) Draws Member States’ attention to the fact that the various, sometimes excessive consumer taxes on foodstuffs make it more difficult to obtain food, result in further abuses, and have a significant impact on the environment; takes the view that efforts should be made to reduce these taxes;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers it essential to enable unsold food still fit for consumption to be donated to charities;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to promote the conclusion in Member States of agreements under which food retailers would distribute unsold food that is still fit for consumption to charitable organisations;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recognises that the major challenge will be to ensure
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Points to the importance of a legal framework consistent with the circular economy principle, whereby clear guidelines could be drawn up for by- products, as distinct from waste, to be used for energy purposes, for example, and farming waste could be recycled without affecting land use;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, with the aim of increasing efficiency and productivity while ensuring a proper income for farmers, food safety, the protection of human and animal health and a reduction in pollution
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, with the aim of safeguarding the right to food and increasing efficiency and productivity while ensuring food safety, the protection of human and animal health and a reduction in pollution and greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, with the aim of increasing efficiency and productivity while ensuring fair access to resources, food sovereignty, food safety, the protection of human and animal health and a reduction in pollution and greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, with the aim of increasing efficiency and productivity while ensuring food safety, the protection of human and animal health and a reduction in pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, thus mitigating the effects of climate change;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, with the aim of increasing the efficiency of production and distribution systems and productivity while ensuring food safety, the protection of human health and animal
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, with the aim of increasing efficiency
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, with the aim of increasing efficiency and productivity while ensuring food safety
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable and humane agricultural practices, with the aim of increasing efficiency and productivity while ensuring food safety, the protection of human and animal health and welfare and a reduction in pollution and greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recognises that the major challenge will be to ensure a
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, with the aim of increasing efficiency and productivity while ensuring food safety, the achievement of the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2020, the protection of human and animal health, and a reduction in pollution and greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses, therefore, the importance of innovation in supporting farmers in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, with the aim of
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new) Underlines that farm management is key to ensure food security (at local, regional, national and world level), to help reduce climate change and to make a sustainable use of natural resources; and that it plays a crucial role in looking after the countryside across the EU territory and keeping the rural economies alive; environmentally sustainable farming, which uses natural resources prudently and respects animal welfare, is essential for our food production and for our quality of life – today, tomorrow and for future generations;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. A broad cultural shift is needed or, in other words, a food and farming revolution that provides healthy, affordable food for all produced from farming systems that promote our welfare and that of farm animals, support rural livelihoods and relieve poverty, protect the planet and its precious natural resources;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that some breeding technologies like marker assisted selection (MAS) can play an important role in selecting varieties with improved taste, better resistance to biotic and abiotic stressing factors that can help further wide spread of organic farming as well as restoring endangered local varieties and species;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that farm management practices should ensure the protection of water and soil quality and
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that good farm management practices should ensure the protection of air, water and soil quality and minimise biodiversity loss;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that farm management practices should minimise biodiversity loss, ensure the protection of water
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that farm management practices should ensure the protection of water and soil quality and minimise biodiversity loss; the same objective should also be achieved by GMO-free crop production and cloning-free livestock production;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that farm management practices should ensure the protection of water
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recognises that the major challenge will be to ensure an adequate food supply while at the same time preserving the environment and valuable resources for future generations; accordingly considers it essential that all Member States and the EU sign the Charter of Milan, the legacy of Expo 2015, and disseminate and observe the Charter principles;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that farm management practices should ensure the protection of water and soil quality and
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that farm management practices should ensure the protection of water and soil quality
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that farm management practices should ensure the protection of water and soil quality and
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Insists that farm management practices should ensure the protection of
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes that EU policies over the years have helped to influence the market, shifting it towards large-scale agricultural and food production in which reference prices are often imposed by the large retail chains, which receive most of the economic value of the final prices, resulting in: - a loss of income and increased unemployment; - a decline in food production, turning the EU from an exporter of its own surpluses into a net importer; - an increased risk of hydrogeological instability due to land abandonment; - a loss of arable land; - a loss of biodiversity; - animal welfare implications;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Highlights the key role played by organic and biodynamic farming in preserving natural resources , preventing environmental pollution and directly and indirectly preserving biodiversity;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Notes that the EU policy of heavily incentivising non-food crops at the expense of food crops poses serious problems, in terms not only of environmental sustainability but also of ethics;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that with appropriate economic incentives, fairer income distribution in the food supply chain and transparent market conditions including country of origin labelling, farmers would be
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recognises that the major challenge will be to ensure an adequate wholesome food supply while at the same time preserving the environment and valuable resources for future generations;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that with appropriate economic incentives, fairer income distribution in the supply chain and transparent market conditions including country of origin labelling and protected designations of origin, farmers would be better equipped to
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that with appropriate economic incentives, the simplification of CAP measures, fairer income distribution in the supply chain and transparent market conditions
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that with appropriate economic incentives, fairer income distribution in the supply chain and transparent market conditions including country of origin labelling, farmers would be better equipped to
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new) Is concerned about the set-up and structure of agricultural subsidies resulting in distortions within the EU market which can lead to inadvertent consequences such as overproduction and the dumping of products on weaker regional markets; stresses that this problem must be urgently addressed;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new) (1) Notes that badly targeted subsidies can lead to oversupply in the markets and lower incentives and the urgency to innovate; this problem therefore has not only an economic dimension in unfairly affecting competition, but also a structural one in slowing down innovative and sustainable development of the farming sector;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underlines the need for an integration of production and processing, by promoting producers groups and encouraging short supply chains which might help in reducing the carbon footprint of the food supplying chain while providing local, fresher and healthier products for consumers;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recognises the important role of family farms in rural life, in preserving the culture and tradition of European nations, and in producing food, and therefore advocates innovative concepts for the future common agricultural policy based on sustainable production of high- quality food;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Points out that livestock husbandry practices that protect animals’ health and wellbeing are inherent to modern sustainable farm management models; acknowledges that animal welfare should be further improved and that coherent animal welfare standards across the EU are critical to the definition of good animal husbandry;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recognises that the major challenge will be to ensure a
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Is concerned that the mid-term review of the EU’s Biodiversity strategy for 2020 stressed that there has been no significant overall progress in the contribution of agriculture to maintaining and enhancing biodiversity and as result calls on the Commission and Member States to take this into account during the mid-term review of the CAP and for Member States to promote innovative policies which encourage farmers to avoid damaging and depleting natural resources;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underlines the importance of ensuring the competitiveness of European agricultural sector, cutting red tape and reducing bureaucracy, thus enabling them to compete on the market without subsidies;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Emphasises that by raising livestock on pasture, farmers enable their animals to move freely, engage in instinctive behaviours, consume a natural diet, and avoid the stress and illness associated with confinement;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls upon the Commission and Member States to discourage industrial intensive farming because of its huge environmental impact;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Urges the European Union to invest more public funds in the strategic sector of organic farming by developing farming techniques to increase soil microbial activity and biodiversity - including the use of composting techniques and of companion planting and cover crops; the collective purchase and use of machinery and the development of machines adapted to the needs of organic farming; the selection of locally appropriate robust varieties; the identification of new sources or organic fertilisers and the protection of plants against insects naturally;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that competitiveness and innovation
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that innovation is a key factor in supporting the agri-food sector and keeping it competitive, stimulating the creation of more and better jobs, and reversing the phenomena of land abandonment and an ageing rural population, in addition to improving social and economic conditions for farmers, farm workers and local communities;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that innovation is a key factor in supporting the agri-food sector, stimulating the creation of more and better jobs, thus helping to attract young people to the farming sector whilst at the same time preserving the traditional knowledge of farmers and animal breeders and reversing the phenomen
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that innovation is a key factor in supporting the agri-food sector, stimulating the creation of
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recognises that the major challenge will be to ensure an adequate
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that innovation is a key factor in supporting the sustainability and growth of the agri-food sector, stimulating the creation of more and better jobs,
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new) (1) Asks the European Commission to put forward proposals for dissemination, training and education programmes on greener and animal-welfare compatible farming systems;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new) (2) Underlines that bringing farmers and consumers closer together through local food networks, often characterised by personal, direct contact between the producer and the customer, offers values such as food being fresh and locally produced with less impact on environment, and represents an opportunity to increase the farmer’s income; the positive role played by short supply covers a range of direct selling (from selling on the farm, at farmers’ markets, or via the internet);
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that EU policies should keep in step with innovation; points out that the biostimulant sector, which can help improve the quality and quantity of agricultural production and help conserve soil after cultivation, has not yet been harmonised at EU level;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers it essential in this regard to ensure that appropriate internet connections are provided in remote areas;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers that the enhancement of innovation and economic development in farm management must be achievable for large, medium and small-scale farmers; believes that better links between the agricultural sector and research and innovation should be facilitated in order to share and implement methods of best practice on the ground;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Stresses the significance of improving rural broadband networks as a contributory factor to enhancing innovation and economic development in farm management, particularly for medium to small-scale farmers;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to invest more in research and innovation programmes and to develop new technologies, including precision farming and biotechnologies, to help make agriculture attractive to young people;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to invest more in research and innovation programmes and to develop new technologies, including precision farming and farming activities linked to smart farming systems, to help make agriculture attractive to young people;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recognises that the major challenge will be to ensure a
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to invest more in research and innovation programmes
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Urges the European Commission and Member States to invest more in research and innovation programmes
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to invest more in research and innovation programmes and to develop new technologies, including precision farming, to help make agriculture attractive to young people; recognises the important contribution to be made by agricultural colleges and universities to support the development of skills for a new generation of farmers;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to invest
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Urges Member States to invest more in research and innovation programmes and to develop new technologies, including precision farming, to help make agriculture attractive to young people; stresses, in this connection, the importance of high-speed internet in rural areas, where it plays an essential role in improving farming practices, owing to the increased data handling capacity it offers;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Urges the Member States, in addition, to invest in protecting traditional knowledge in the agricultural sector and to promote exchanges between different generations of farmers and between communities in different countries;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Urges Member States to launch programs to encourage farmers to invest on species differentiation, to grow local varieties and to abandon monocultures;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls upon the Commission and Member State to invest on the improvement of the varieties of endemic plant species which could be suitable for animal feeding in order to reduce the dependence on the import of animal feed often made up of genetically engineered plants;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Underlines the importance of enhanced efforts in adapting current agriculture and water management practices to climate change
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