Activities of Krzysztof JURGIEL related to 2022/2183(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on ensuring food security and long-term resilience of the EU agriculture
Amendments (14)
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estimates that international food and feed prices have continued to rise significantly above their already high levels;to levels unprecedented since the FAO began carrying out price analyses; and whereas, in order to identify and prevent food speculationexcessive fluctuation in food prices, operators need to become more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, while 63% of low-income people worldwide are employed in agriculture and the overwhelming majority of them work on small farms, many people are at risk of food shortages and hunger; whereas, in particular, the availability of food varies due to climate, seasonality and limited production1; _________________ 1 https://www.ifad.org/en/covid19
Amendment 132 #
G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; whereas the cumulative effect of implementing Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas generational renewal is one of the biggest challenges for the existence of a resilient agricultural sector in the EU; whereas, in particular, young farmers in particular are innovative and, if properly motivated and empowered, are willing to make investments that may increase the sustainability of agriculture;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and reduce its dependence on imports of agricultural products and inputs from outside the EU; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU agricultural production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute toith the aim of improving food security;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with production planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the European Green Deal could be a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly defined or assessed, on EU farms and food security; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive EU protein strategy that, on the one hand, focuses on domesticthe production of protein crops in EU Member States in order to fully exploit itsUnion production potential and reduce dependence on imports from third countries and, on the other, further safeguards the income fromof farmers applying the principles of sustainable production;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new cultivation techniques in order to increase yieldsagricultural crop production and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that new cultivation targets can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovationand that innovative measures need to be implemented in order to develop sustainable agriculture;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that digital technologies and precision crop management can provide forward-lookingbe solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, reducing the use of pesticides and fertilisers or reducing water consumption for agriculture; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use, as well as increasing the competitiveness of the agri-food sector; calls on the Commission to focus on support (including from measures other than the CAP), dissemination and implementation of digital innovations to modernisedevelop EU agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that, while that spacatellite data and AI technologies can be a source of much valuable information for agriculture, it can still only be put to very limited use, as in most cases it is not freely available or is too complex to be processed by farms or local authorities; calls for increased use of such data and technologies to help farmers through the green and digital transitions, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Open data The development and sharing of open data in the European Union should be pursued, which would result in the creation of a European data space, a single data market that enables the free flow of data in agriculture and that will make it possible to carry out precise sectoral analyses.
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EU to recognise the strategic importance of logistics centres as an integral and complementary part of primary agricultural production, without which farmers and transport companies would be unable to ensure consistentsystematically ensure supply in line with the needs of consumers; calls for investment in infrastructure for the more sustainable transport of fresh farm products;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the blanket ban on the use of pesticides in sensitive areas being mooted by the Commission, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many farmers and severely limit their outputagricultural production.