4 Amendments of Alyn SMITH related to 2008/2219(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that, within the context of soil conservation strategy, the 'good agricultural and environmental condition' principles established under the CAP should lay greater emphasis on measures to check and improve the operability of existing drainage systems, combining traditional agricultural and forestry hydraulic systems with action to restore the operability of the hydrographic network and reservoir systemand ecological sustainability of existing drainage systems by drawing up ecologically sustainable water management plans geared to local conditions and advising farmers in drought-threatened areas on the successful cultivation of water-saving crops suited to local conditions;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Acknowledges the important role which plant genetic resources can play in helping land management adjust to changing climatic conditions; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to draw up programmes to foster the conservation and further development of plant genetic resources by farmers and gardeners and by small- and medium-sized nurseries;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the Union should strengthen and improve feed and food autonomy and self-sufficiency, including by ensuring better protection for agricultural soils and their productivity; and, in particular, by fostering the sustainable use of grassland for stock farming (by means of free-range meat programmes, premiums to reward grazing practices consistent with nature conservation, etc.) in order to achieve a greater degree of feed autonomy; takes the view that, with a view to contributing to food security and sustainability throughout the world, agricultural policy must seek to strike a balance between plant production, animal production and energy production in the EU farming industry;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls, with reference to on the Member States to use the second pillar of the CAP in order to award premiums for farming activities relating to the maintenance of fields, permanent grazing land and wooded areas, for it to be made possible for the issue of green certificates to be tied and, in this way, to contribute to the production of public goods (carbon dioxide storage, biodiversity, soil conservation); calls on the Commission to treat the maintenance of grassland as a priority;