9 Amendments of Herbert DORFMANN related to 2013/2099(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the main problem still remains how we will be able to feed the global population as the cultivable land area steadily declines while opportunities to increase the area under cultivation are extremely limited, since in mostany parts of the world it is thought to be quite unrealistic to bring new agricultural land into use, inter alia out of a concern to preserve biodiversity;.
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses how important it is to develop new varieties which can cope with the conditions we expect to encounter in the future, for example increased precipitation and new plant diseases; notes that, at the same time, it is important to preserve and develop the existing genetic diversity in Europe;.
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that, as opportunities to take new land into use for farming are very limited, it is vital to facilitate the process of developing new varieties of crops characterised by higher productivity and high quality and that it is also important to develop crops which already exist;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that, in order to meet these needs, it is of decisive importance that there should be opportunities to developuse various plant-breeding techniques in keeping with the times; notes that it takes at least 10 years to develop a new variety of wheat, rape or any other crop, and that it is therefore absolutely crucial to be open to the technologies available;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that, in an attempt to halt the worrying trend towards reduced genetic variety in agriculture and plant-breeding, collections of seed and plant material are being gathered at various gene banks around the world; notes in particular that there is a gene bank on Svalbard with genetic material from all over the world and that this is a very important and ambitious project to safeguard future genetic diversity for the future;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Deplores the fact that it is both too costly and too time-consuming to develop new varieties;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses its concern that, as things stand, the global plant-breedingseed market is dominated by just a few large multinational undertakings which invest only in a limited number of varietspecies, with the aim of promoting the use of their own chemicals;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Observes that, as the market is dominated by a few undertakings which invest only in relatively few varietspecies, we will ultimately be left with a smaller range of varieties; observes that existing varieties are disappearing while no new ones are becoming available, which in turn has the effect of making it impossible to attain the goal of genetic diversityspecies;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that Europe needs a range of diverse actors in the plant-breeding industry and that it should become possible for more smaller undertakings and research centres to carry out research projects and operate in the plant-breeding industry; considers that, under the present circumstances, the smaller actors are too small to be able to compete with large global undertakings;