6 Amendments of Pedro SILVA PEREIRA related to 2015/2277(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that several CCFs focus on the development of special economic areas with the goal of maximising investments through initiatives ranging from road or energy infrastructure to tax, customs or land tenure regimes; stresses the need also to improve and ensure focus on access to water , scaling up Nutrition-Education and sharing best practice strategies;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that agricultural investment policies tend to encourage large-scale land acquisitions and focus on export-oriented agriculture that is usually unrelated to local economies; accordingly, questions the ability of mega-PPPs to contribute to poverty reduction and food security; recalls that the FAO Tenure Guidelines recommend to secure access to land to allow families to produce food for household consumption and to increase household income; stresses the need to base large-scale land based investment in Africa on these guidelines, ensuring smallholder and local communities' access to land, promoting local SME investment and ensuring that PPPs contribute to food security and to reducing poverty and inequality;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the EU Member States to strive to transform NAFSN into a genuine tool for sustainable development and into an instrument of support for family farming and local economies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), recalling that family farmers and smallholders produce about 80 % of the world’s food and provide over 60 % of employment in SSA;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the inclusion in all CCFs of the 2012 Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT); calls for the effective implementation and systematic assessment of compliance with the VGGT and with the SDG framework within the review process for the CCFs;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Supports a robust and innovative monitoring mechanism within the CFS; calls on the EU to build a strong position, in consultation with Civil Society organizations, in order to contribute to the global monitoring event during the 43rd CFS session in October 2016, in order to ensure a comprehensive and thorough assessment of the use and application of the Tenure Guidelines;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges African governments to invest in local food systems in order to boost rural economies and, ensure decent jobs, equitable social safety nets and labour rights, as well as guarantee local people’'s rights of access to and control over resources;