Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-01-19-Speech-4-313-000"
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"en.20120119.24.4-313-000"2
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"This report describes the predominance of three companies in the seeds market, which contributes to keeping prices high and has a negative impact on crop diversity. It therefore requests that farmers continue to be able to use seeds produced on their own farms; this possibility is currently under threat. The report calls for incentives encouraging farmers to organise themselves collectively, in order to increase their bargaining power, improve their resource management and reduce their vulnerability to price volatility. It recommends the monitoring of access to land, especially for young farmers, which is compromised by the excessive cost of leases. It also proposes measures for energy saving and a reduction in the use of fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides and soil improvers, and local production of crops for animal feed. In short, the report seeks to reduce production costs by proposing measures that break with the concentration of powerful agro-industry in the agricultural market. I voted for the report because I agree with the direction that it is taking, but I believe that it is only one step, and that more measures are needed to ensure a fairer farm input supply chain in social, economic and environmental terms."@en1
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