5 Amendments of Brian HAYES related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls the African Union – European Union Summit 2017 Declaration “Investing in Youth for Accelerated Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development” - AU- EU/Decl.1(V);
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Recognises that growth in food production is not matching growth in global population as the global population is expected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050. In order to meet the demands of providing food for this larger, more urban and richer population, food production will have to increase by 70%. New solutions need to be found to satisfy these demands without having any new land to use and without unsustainable ecological consequences;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recognises the critical role space based technologies, such as the EU space and satellite programmes managed by the European GNSS Agency (GSA), ( Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus),can play in the attainment of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by offering affordable solutions to move towards precision agriculture, thereby eliminating waste, saving time, reducing fatigue and optimising the use of equipment;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the European Commission to explore space science, technology and applications tools and the global partnership for the SDGs as a mechanism to help in the monitoring of crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries, aquaculture, and in supporting farmers, fisherfolk, foresters and policymakers in efforts to employ diverse methods of achieving sustainable food production and to respond to related challenges;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission to consider the applications of space based technologies to support global agricultural development through the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Global Partnerships.