21 Amendments of Martin HOJSÍK related to 2022/2183(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion in Ukraine exposed structural problems of EU food supply chains, while at the same time the primary production is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss; considering that the cost of non-action hugely outweighs costs related to transitioning to a resilient food system, the EU needs to further cut emissions, scale up nature-based solutions and move away from fossil-based fertilisers;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas healthy soils are prerequisite to ensure food security and long-term agricultural sustainability, but several threats to soil have been identified in the EU, such as: climate change, sealing, compaction erosion, floods and landslides, droughts, hydrogeological instability, loss of soil organic matter, fires, storms, salinisation, contamination, loss of soil biodiversity, acidification and desertification;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas enhancing the resilience of the food systems to sustain food security requires a multi-dimensional, holistic and integrated approach, in order to lower the pressure on natural resources. This includes action aimed at reducing pollution and chemical inputs, closing nutrient cycles, fostering biodiversity, sustainable use of fresh and marine waters and soil health, reversing pollinator decline, as well as effective adaptation to climate change that maintains vital ecosystem services;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the just transition to agro- ecological and organic farming; encourages the transformation of the food production sector via the use of techniques, behaviours and practices that restore the soils and enhance ecosystem services such as regenerative farming as means to increase fertility, soil health, water availability, yields and ultimately nutrition and food safety; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero- pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for an ambitious Soil Health Law aiming at restoration of soil and its microbiota, providing for accumulation of organic carbon lost among others due to an excess of nutrients, erosion and salinization, in order to enhance the plants natural defence system from abiotic and biotic stresses;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that any delays for the Soil Health Law foreseen for 2Q 2023 at the latest would be detrimental, as the lack of comprehensive EU legislative framework for soil protection leads to irreversible loss of soil in the Europe;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines the dependence of the agricultural production on pollinators; regrets therefore that a guidance documents to assess the risk of plant protection products and of the biocides on pollinators are still missing; calls on the Commission and Member States to pay due attention to the successful European citizens initiative "Save Bees and Farmers" calling for phasing out of synthetic pesticides in EU agriculture by 80% by 2030, starting with the most hazardous, to become free of synthetic pesticides by 2035 and restore natural ecosystems in agricultural areas;1a __________________ 1a https://europa.eu/citizens- initiative/initiatives/details/2019/000016_e n
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights the positive effects of extensive farms and diverse landscapes and habitats on prevention of pest damage, restoration of biodiversity, stability of crop production and stimulation of agricultural productivity in the long run;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Underlines that agri- environmental-climate practices such as agroecology, agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, organic farming, precision and carbon farming have the potential to address climate, biodiversity, environmental, economic and social challenges; highlights the capacity of these practices to limit soil degradation and increase carbon sequestration; stresses that while ensuring sustainable production of goods and provisions of ecosystem services, these practices have the capacity to reduce the costs of food production by reducing the use of pesticides, fertilisers, antimicrobials and consumption of gas; highlights also the capabilities of these practices to prompt healthier, quality food production, premium for farmers, stability and diversification of income and long-term sustainable, resilient and future-proof production oriented on small and medium-size farmers;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Emphasises the need for providing farmers with adequate support schemes to ensure a just transition and finance adaptation and mitigation measures as well as regeneration of degraded farmlands that will help farmers restore depleted soils and the ecosystem, improving food production and farmers’ livelihoods; calls on Member States to promote financial support under the CAP's ecoschemes to facilitate the transition;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Supports an introduction of payments for ecosystem services of agro- ecological practices;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Underlines the need for flexibility in the short-term providing support and exceptional and temporary measures in times of crisis to avoid distortion on the market;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Stresses the need for adoption of integrated and systems-oriented solutions to alleviate trade-offs between mitigation and adaptation measures that will reinforce long-term resilience;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Calls for targeted support schemes for education and awareness of farmers along with specialized training programmes in alternative agricultural practices designated for farmers to speed up the transformation to more sustainable and resilient food production methods;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. agrees that in order to achieve the goals of pesticides reduction and in order to reduce the dependence on imports, availability of organic alternatives is needed on the market in the short term; underlines that in the medium and long- term, the progressive reduction will eliminate negative effects on the health of people, animals and ecosystems and the stability dimension of food security, while preventing further environmental degradation;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. calls for the EU’s Integrated Nutrient Management Plan to address excessive nutrient loss in all its complexity by reducing inputs and by proper implementation and enforcement of current legislation, while achieving self- sufficiency and advancement in alternatives to chemical fertilizers;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the Commission to assess options to comprise the costs of externalities of production into food products and to promote and ensure access and affordability of healthy and sustainable diets;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that large-scale intensive biofuel production negatively affects food security, biodiversity, soil health and market stability; denounces, moreover, the focus on short- term policy measures for example, on fertilisers;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CHighlights the need to assess the whole supply chain in terms of resilience and transparency in order to strengthen primary producers' as well as consumers' position in the value chain; reiterates the strategic importance of local production and short supply chains; calls for a strategy to regionalise the supply chain of the most important commodities and to ensure the supply of local and sustainable plant and meat proteins;
Amendment 187 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is concerned that a fifth of the food produced in the EU is wasted, stresses that food waste must be reduced at every stage of the supply chain, including at a farm level, welcomes, therefore, the upcoming revision of the Waste Framework Directive and calls for a binding EU-wide food waste reduction target of 50 % by 2030 based on a common methodology, and setting of EU measures that would prevent more waste such as the harmonisation of date labelling, more consumer education and the prohibition of the destruction of unsold food;