12 Amendments of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2017/2116(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas because of the outbreak of the BSE crisis a European ban was rightly imposed on the use of animal meal in feed (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001) but this has had the effect of sharply increasing imports of soya from Latin America;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the nitrogen needed to feed plants and manufacture vegetable proteins is today mainly, with the exception of leguminous crops, which fix nitrogen from the air, can be provided, up to a statutory limit, by animal manure, and above that limit must be provided by synthetic nitrogenous fertilisers, which are costly to produce and generate pollution of both water and air;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the interest of farmers in nitrogen-fixing and protein-rich crops has increased significantly because in that way they can meet requirements under the greening policy, and whereas this interest will encourage plant breeders to resume or increase their activities related to these crops;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas research has shown that feed manufacturers often add more protein to food than is considered necessary and whereas efficiency gains can be made by means of more precise determination of the protein content required by the target species;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends focusing on all protein resources and thus on crops, insects and algae that can be used both in human food and possibly in farm animal feed;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it necessary to look in particular at the potential of leguminous crops, whether grain or forage legumes, as this family of plants presents many agricultural, economic and environmental benefits (being the only one to fix nitrogen from the air); stresses that leguminous crops leave behind a good soil structure for the next crop thanks to their legacy of nitrogen, which can increase yields by between 10 and 20 %;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers it desirable to minimise harvest losses and residual streams and increase nutritional value by improving harvesting and storage conditions (drying, wrapping, etc.) and exploiting them better;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that in order to enhance protein production it is necessary tocan be enhanced by rotateing crops (over a minimum of three years) and increaseing mixing of varieties and crops in the pulse (clover/rape, triticale/peas etc.) and forage (leguminous grasses, meslins, etc.) production sectors;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for research work to begin on: selection of new varieties and species; crop mixing; improvement of the yields, protein contentincreasing tolerance of plant diseases, protein content, ensiling of crops, the germination biology of weeds as a function of weed control, feed conversion and digestibility of animal feed (sprouted seeds, etc.); and biostimulants;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recommends greater use of precision agriculture in order to adjust plant nitrogen supplements and animal feed rations as accurately as possible so as to limit wastage and some types of pollution, and also recommends making more use of mechanical weed control systems;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that this plan calls for the mobilisation and coordination of several EU policies: the CAP, climate policy, research policy, the neighbourhood policy and trade policy;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by cooperating more closely with our neighbourhood, in particular with Ukraine, which has opted for Europe and which produces soya that could be brought into the EU via the Danube; observes that farmers in Ukraine are permitted to grow GMO soya;