Activities of Elena GENTILE related to 2017/2088(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of CAP young farmers’ tools in the EU after the 2013 reform
Amendments (8)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that it is crucial for the EU farming sector to provide significant support to a new generation of environmentally conscious young farmers in tackling the many challenges ahead, such as climate change, preserving natural resources (soil, water and air), increasing biodiversity and promoting sustainable agricultural production along the entire production chain, by developing production techniques that increase the quality of products and their health and nutraceutical properties;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that current common agricultural policy (CAP) instruments for young farmers should be improved in the futureenhanced in order to meet the real needs of young farmers, by introducing new instruments such as mutual funds or the profit- leverage effect of insurance, that are able to protect farmers' incomes from the price volatility of foodstuffs; notes that these tools must be targeted to young farmers’ specific needs, includingfirst and foremost, access to land, and to their economic and social needs, and should aim to promote projects with the highest added value for farmers, fostering a clear distinction between new entrants and young farmers;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that generational renewal is key to maintaining vibrant rural areas across Europe that foster jobs and sustainable business activity; notes that this requires access to infrastructure and services, including healthcare, social services, education, transport and high- speed broadband, whilst ensuring the continuity of agricultural products and preserving the natural and cultural local landscape and the consolidation of local communities; notes that this requires access to infrastructure and services, including healthcare, social services, education, transport, high-speed broadband, access to credit under sustainable conditions, appropriate tax breaks geared to the purchase or rental of land, reduced red tape, the establishment or strengthening of agencies - where they already exist - to supply targeted services to young farmers in line with their requirements, and new digital technologies;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that greater and stronger organisation of farmers, through the establishment of cooperatives and formation of producer organisations (POs) in sectors regulated at EU level by the COM, may help farming become more profitable and help protect farmers' income, particularly that of young farmers, by accompanying production choices and making the most of the features of rural areas; adds that a structural reform of POs, to make them stronger, more responsible and more efficient, and greater aggregation, can make an effective contribution, first and foremost, to protecting and increasing the sector's profitability over time;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that young farmers must be trained and skilled to enable them, through quality training courses - with a special focus on skills that are lacking the most - which should be ongoing also in subsequent years, to enable them to grow professionally and to find the ever-more complex solutions required to face current and future economic and environmental challenges, including the use of the latest technological developments in farming;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of coherence between local, national and EU measures for young farmers; calls on Member States to facilitate generational renewal, including through inheritance and taxation laws, rules on access to land, particularly public land, through transparent procedures, territorial planning and farm succession strategies; notes that the current CAP payments system contributes to higher land rental costs and purchase prices and does not adequately protect young farmers from agricultural price volatility, to which they are more exposed for clear reasons relating to their size and the financial instruments available to them;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that any successful strategy for generational renewal and supporting young farmers should take a holistic approach, facilitating young farmers’ access to land, financeshould be based on a holistic approach and be designed to create new job opportunities for young people, ensure the continuity of farm production, the performance of the territory and the consolidation of communities, whilst at the same time facilitating young farmers’ access to land, through transparent procedures and fair contracts, concessional financing - targeting young new entrants, particularly for small farms - exemptions from social security contributions for young farmers for their first few years of business, promoting exchanges between young farmers from different countries, along the lines of Erasmus, advisory services and training; stresses that this should make farming, which is vital for humanity, an attractive occupation to young farmers and wider society.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers it important to foster the extension of networks of researchers, academics, managers and young European farmers who are interested in identifying new models of economic development to find innovative solutions to the social and market needs that are emerging from the new rural business world;