AGRI-ENVI - Public Hearing on Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development - “Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds”, in association with the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Martin SCHULZ - EP President, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Evelyne GEBHARDT and  M. THEN from No patents on Seeds Hand over a letter to Martin SCHULZ EP-President

CEJA - Sowing the Seeds to harvest in Future: Supporting Young People into Farming

Greens / EFA Conference: Seeds for a sustainable future

Climate change package.

2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP). This infoclip illustrates examples of modern agriculture in three different farms in Belgium, Poland and Spain. A Familly farm in Villers-le-Bouillet, Belgium, cultivating the land and raising livestock, a family farm cultivating grain in Minaya, in the region of Guadajara, Spain and a familly farm in Poland close to Tarnow, specialised in Soja.

Infoclip: 60 years of the CAP - modern agriculture examples (Belgium, Poland, Spain)

Members of the AGRI Committee hear from Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski how the situation on the EU agricultural markets has been developing following the invasion of Russia to Ukraine. It is expected that the war in Ukraine will have a significant impact on the European agricultural markets due to long-term cuts in imports. Russia and Ukraine account for over 30% of world trade in wheat, 32% for barley, 17% for corn and over 50% for sunflower oils, seeds and meals.

The impact of the war in Ukraine on EU agriculture: statement by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), AGRI Chair and extracts from the exchange of views with Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture

Parliament reiterated its call for barrier-free access to plant breeding material. Members want to ensure that farmers across the EU can innovate in order to find solutions to the climate crisis and new plant diseases. Rich multinationals should not be allowed to patent natural life, creating monopolies and driving up food prices.

No patents on naturally-obtained plants and seeds

This infoclip illustrates farmers working in a wheat field, a vineyard, orchards and in pepper cultivation. The peppers harvested are sorted by colour and packed in plastic to be sent to the organic markets or supermarkets. This infoclip shows also an organic cheese shop, a shelf with essential oils and organic cosmetic products in a store. A client is buying nuts, seeds and any other dried fruits in a self service store.

Infoclip: Organic food

This infoclip provides illustrative images of a wide range of agricultural activities in various EU member states. In northern Italy, a farm produces organic rice in a nature area and the goal is to let the nature do its job. This biodiversity brings lots of different kind of birds, plants, insect, and fishes. The farm also built an organic digester to create their own biogas used as fertilizers in the fields. In Sweden, a farm produces fertilizers and bio fuel for tractors and trucks. In Ireland, a farmer produces winter barley, wheat and oats. He uses new technologies to manage the spreading of fertilizers in his fields. In Czech Republic, a farm produces hops on about 42 hectares. In Spain, the research center Cicytex provides services of high added value to companies in the sector of Agro-Food Technology. The Community of irrigators Genil –Cabra have participated in an EU-funded Research programme on sustainable use of irrigation water in the Mediterranean region.

Infoclip: Modern Agriculture - Crops

To boost the use of organic and more environment-friendly fertilisers by European farmers, MEPs vote on revised internal market access rules, which would also help to reduce the dependence on imported phosphates, during the EP plenary session (23-26 October) in Strasbourg. Limits for cadmium, a heavy metal which could pose health and environmental risks, will also be introduced. The results are: 298 in favour, 234 against and 135 abstentions. Mihai ŢURCANU (EPP, RO), Rapporteur, expresses himself after the vote.

CE marked fertilising products: extracts from the vote and illustrative footage

During the plenary session (13 - 16 March 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the report by Karin KADENBACH (S&amp;D, AT) concerning the Draft plans to tighten up official food inspections, from farm to fork, . The legislation, already informally agreed by MEPs and the Council, aims to improve food traceability, combat fraud and restore consumer trust in the integrity of the food chain. Statements by Karin KADENBACH (S&amp;D, AT), Rapporteur, Pilar AYUSO (EPP, ES), Daciana Octavia SARBU (S&amp;D, RO), Julie GIRLING (ECR, UK)and Jasenko SELIMOVIC (ALDE, SE).

Food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products: extracts from the debate

It's destination Castile-La-Mancha to gauge how far Parliament's recent veto of a controversial Commission seed proposal is resonating with local farmers and seed companies.

SOS: Save our seeds

While MEPs shun the Commission's draft seed regulation, Europe has a new weapon in its fight against money laundering and takes strong action in Crimea.

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Infoclip: 60 years of the CAP - modern agriculture examples (Belgium, Poland, Spain)

The impact of the war in Ukraine on EU agriculture: statement by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), AGRI Chair and extracts from the exchange of views with Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture

No patents on naturally-obtained plants and seeds

Infoclip: Organic food

Infoclip: Modern Agriculture - Crops

CE marked fertilising products: extracts from the vote and illustrative footage

Food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products: extracts from the debate

SOS: Save our seeds

Crimea crisis / Money laundering / Seed regulation

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AGRI-ENVI - Public Hearing on Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds

Evelyne GEBHARDT and M. THEN from No patents on Seeds Hand over a letter to Martin SCHULZ EP-President

CEJA - Sowing the Seeds to harvest in Future: Supporting Young People into Farming

Greens / EFA Conference: Seeds for a sustainable future

Climate change package.

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AGRI-ENVI - Public Hearing on Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds

AGRI-ENVI - Public Hearing on Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds

AGRI-ENVI - Public Hearing on Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds

AGRI-ENVI - Public Hearing on Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds

AGRI-ENVI - Public Hearing on Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds

AGRI-ENVI - Public Hearing on Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds