1 Amendments of Stanislav POLČÁK related to 2015/2227(INI)
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the uptake of precision agriculture that provides new whole-farm management approaches, such as GPS/GNSS-technology driven machinery which, in combination with Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPASs, or drones) , can work arable land to the nearest centimetre; agrees that these techniques could significantly reduce both the use of plant protection products and fertiliser and water use, and combat soil erosion; calls on the Commission to remove the barriers to adopting precision farming, in particular those linked to complex and fragmented ICT systems and investment level issues; encourages Member States to support these practices, in particular by using the opportunities under the new rural development rules under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013; calls on the Commission to take account, in future revisions of the common agricultural policy, of the use of precision farming be farmers in the context of the greening of direct payments, and to exempt farmers implementing a system of precision farming from the obligation to fulfil ecological interest requirements;