Konverentsile tagasi vaadates


ÜPP tuleviku konverents sai läbi ja sellele järgnenud nädal ka. Tõsi, sellesse mahtus veel Tallinnas toimunud rahvusvaheline mahepõllumajanduse organisatsiooni IFOAM Euroopa kongress. Nõnda olimegi koos mahetootjatega Tallinnas toimunud Euroopa Liidu põllumajandus- ja kalandusministrite mitteametliku kohtumise kahelt poolt pihtide vahele võtnud, andes mõista, et põllumajandus vajab pööret säästva arengu suunas. Tõsi, kummagi ürituse esindajaid põllumajandusministritega kohtuma ei lubatud, kuigi sinna pääsesid peavoolupõllumeeste organisatsiooni COPA/COGEGA esindajad.



Nagu konverentsi pressiteatest näha, saatsid konverentsi ettekandjad ja osalejad põllumajandus-kalandusnõukogule ning teistele Euroopa Liidu otsustajatele avaliku kirja, milles rõhutavad vajadust muutuste järele tänases põllumajanduspoliitikas: vajadus üle minna tänaselt toetusõigustel põhinevalt lähenemiselt avaliku hüve eest makstava õiglase tasu põhimõttele. Tähelepanuväärne on see, et kirjaga olid nõus mitte üksnes kõik keskkonnaorganisatsioone esindanud kõnelejad (sugugi mitte alati ei ole keskkonnaühendused kõigis põllumajandust puudutavates küsimustes ühel meelel), vaid ka mitmed põllumajandussektorit esindanud ettekannete tegijad – tõsi, mitte kõik. Samuti ühines kirjaga mitmeid osalejaid, samuti nii keskkonna kui põllumajanduse poolelt.

Kiri sai saadetud põllumajandus-kalandusnõukogu osalejatele enne nende koosoleku algust, kuid mingit ametlikku vastukaja me seni saanud ei ole. Loodame, et kodanike avalik kiri siiski päris vastuseta ei jää. Loomulikult tuleb saata kiri ka Euroopa Komisjoni ja Euroopa Parlamendi asjaomastele esindajatele.

Kiri kirjaks, üks konverents ega üks kiri ÜPP rongi suunda veel ei muuda. Loomulikult peavad kõik, keda huvitab põllumajanduse üleminek säästvale teele, veel tublisti pingutama. Aga õnneks on järgmise reformini veel veidi aega ka.

Autor: Aleksei Lotman

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PRESS RELEASE: European Union’s agricultural policy needs a significant change

Image
Environmental and agricultural organisations, farmers, scientists, officials and other participants attended a conference on 1st and 2nd of September in Tallinn and Matsalu to discuss the future of the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP). Despite their versatile background, most speakers found that the CAP requires significant changes. Multiple participants signed an open letter addressed to the Agriculture and Fisheries Council of the European Union and other relevant EU decision-makers with their proposals how to repair the policy. Speakers at the conference stressed the importance of agriculture in providing food and various public goods. At the same time negative sides of the present-day agriculture like impact on water, problems with pesticides, biodiversity loss, hardship faced by family farms and land grabbing were discussed. Positive examples of dealing with these problems were also presented. The overall conclusion shared by most speakers, however, was that CAP does secur...
Read more

A piece of somewhat better news. Version 2.0.

Image
I have written a post with a similar name  and this is indeed something linked both in substance and in form. The two stories form an interesting pair of mosaic mirror images, where some aspects are almost identical and some more or less precisely opposite. Several chemicals, including many biocides and pesticides can disrupt the endocrine system. Such effects have been documented long ago and are now considered a major hazard. European Parliament held a vote on the subject of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the beginning of October. The Commission had, after long delay finally adopted a delegated regulation on EDCs – something that the European Court of Justice had demanded it to do long ago. The delegated regulation, however, fell short of what is necessary to protect our health and environment from the hazards of EDCs, and as such was not in accord with the delegated powers given to the Commission by the existing regulations on pesticides and bio...
Read more

Conference in Estonia: "CAP 2020. Towards sustainable agriculture"

Image
We are pleased to invite you to attend the conference "CAP 2020. Towards sustainable agriculture" - an international event dedicated to the future of EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). What? The conference is focused on the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its reform. Is CAP sustainable? What do we expect from CAP after 2020? How can the next CAP support a living land? What kind of CAP would keep family farms alive? What kind of CAP would ensure the development of organicproduction? Farmers, farmers organisations, NGOs and public sector representatives from all over the Europe will share their views and hopes on today and for future common agricultural policy. The aim is to have open discussions on CAP reform and to reach more balanced and environmentally sustainable agriculture. The event has two parts: On the 1st of September 2017 there is a conference in Tallinn. On the 2nd of September 2017 there is a seminar and farm visits in different parts...
Read more