Activities of Dominique BILDE related to 2021/2208(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on addressing food security in developing countries
Amendments (11)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the severity and magnitude of food crises has risen since 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflicts and climate change, with 161 million people severely food insecure in 2021 and in need of urgent food assistance12; _________________ 12 Global Report on Food Crises 2021, September update.
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas healthy diets were unaffordable for around 3 billion people in the world in 2020 and whereas obesity is increasing sharply in all regions a result of the high cost of healthy food and wage inequalities, and whereas obesity is increasing sharply in all regions and, in particular, is a public health issue in Africa, especially in urban areas13; _________________ 13 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2021.
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, according to the World Bank, ‘in 2021, approximately 27 million West Africans needed immediate food assistance due to a combination of drought, poverty, high cereal prices, environmental degradation, displacement, poor trade integration, and conflict’1a; _________________ 1a https://www.banquemondiale.org/en/news /press-release/2021/11/18/addressing- food-insecurity-and-boosting-the- resilience-of-food-systems-in-west- africa#:~:text=En%202021%2C%20envir on%2027%20millions,int%C3%A9gration %20commerciale%20et%20des%20conflit s. ‘In 2021, approximately 27 million West Africans needed immediate food assistance due to a combination of drought, poverty, high cereal prices, environmental degradation, displacement, poor trade integration, and conflict.’
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas maternal malnutrition also has long-term effects on unborn children, and whereas, according to UNICEF, low birth weight affects more than 20 million newborns every year1b; _________________ 1b https://www.unicef.org/nutrition/maternal #:~:text=During%20pregnancy%2C%20p oor%20diets%20lacking,and%20develop mental%20delays%20for%20children. ‘UNICEF estimates that low birth weight affects more than 20 million newborns every year.’
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas chronic poverty and high and persistent levels of inequality are the underlying causes of food insecurity and malnutrition, and whereas the lack of adaptation of farming systems in certain developing countries and the least advanced countries makes food self- sufficiency impossible;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the number of people in need of urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance is on the rise; whereas the major drivers of this are conflict, climate variability and climate extremes, environmental degradation, economic shocks, global population growth and failed governanceand the resulting population displacements within countries and outside them, climate variability and climate extremes, environmental degradation, overexploitation of certain resources, especially fishery resources, economic shocks, global population growth, weak or inadequate governance, and a lack of targeted investment in family farming and agroecology15; _________________ 15Global Report on Food Crises 2021.
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas at least 60% of Africa’s economically active population works in and lives from agriculture yet the African continent continues to be dependent on food imports; whereas urgent measures are therefore needed to boost local agriculture, especially family farming, distribution channels adapted to local consumption and generational renewal in the farming sector1c; _________________ 1c https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the- ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_203469/lang-- en/index.htm ‘Over 60 per cent of Africa’s economically active population works in and lives from agriculture’.
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas nutrition is an important investment as good nutrition during the first thousand days of a child’s life is critical to achieving full physical, intellectual and human potential; whereas good nutrition is therefore the cornerstone of prosperity for societies; whereas malnutrition in pregnant women can have long-term effects on the health of unborn children;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas women play key roles in feeding the world as mothers, farmers, caregivers and producers, and, in general, through their contribution to household resources, but have unequal access to food, resources, services and assets;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas addressing food and nutrition security requires not only moreadequate, targeting funding but also decisive, relevant and targeted political focus and efforts;