12 Amendments of Frances FITZGERALD related to 2022/2183(INI)
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the impact of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis and conflicts on food security in developing countries; draws attention to the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which are exacerbating global food insecurity; reiterates that Ukraine is a major source of wheat, with Ukraine traditionally providing 40% of total wheat supplies to the World Food Programme1a; calls on the European Commission to continue to support the movement of food out of Ukraine; emphasises the importance of the Black Sea Grain Initiative; stresses the importance of building resilient, including conflict resilient, food and agricultural systems, and calls on the European Commission to support such efforts; stresses the need to ensure that food reaches the most vulnerable; _________________ 1a https://www.theguardian.com/global- development/2022/jun/17/united-nations- wfp-hell-on-earth-ukraine-war-russia
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the fact that one in three people worldwide still do not have access to adequate food; deplores the fact that in 2022, according to the World Food Programme, acute food insecurity is affecting a record 349 million people; stresses that it is children and women who are the most vulnerable to food insecurity; is deeply concerned that 2.3 billion people in the world were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021; notes that 924 million people (11.7% of the global population) faced food insecurity at severe levels, an increase of 207 million in 2 years1a; further notes that many of these people are employed in agriculture; stresses that it is children and women who are the most vulnerable to food insecurity; _________________ 1a Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/un- report-global-hunger-SOFI-2022-FAO/en
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the fact that one in three people worldwide still do not have access to adequate food; deplores the fact that in 2022, according to the World Food Programme, acute food insecurity is affecting a record 349 million people; stresses that it is children and women who are the most vulnerable to food insecurity due to prevalent gender inequality and discrimination in the countries concerned;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of ensuring coherence among all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food securityand honouring the principle of policy coherence for development enshrined in Article 208 TFEU according to which ‘the Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’ in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security; stresses that it is important to minimise the possible contradictions and build synergies with development cooperation policy to the benefit of developing countries and to increase the effectiveness thereof;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to take appropriate action to combat the urgent issue of climate change which impacts upon food security and to increase climate-funding to developing countries to facilitate climate adaption; emphasises the need to enhance cooperation with other multilateral development banks, such as the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank to facilitate climate adaption; emphasises the importance of putting in place mechanisms to measure, monitor and evaluate climate change adaptation, and in particular its impact on food security;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the European Investment Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to work with small-scale farmers including through: -Improving access to credit for smaller- scale farmers and the agricultural sector, particularly for women farmers; -Promoting ownership and control of resources, including for women; -Encouraging access to insurance;
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Amendment 161 #
7. Calls on the EU and its Member States, in particular through Team Europe, to help to build solutions with local actors and to support initiatives tailored to local realities in order to accompany partner countries towards food autonomy, through the development of local agricultural production capacities and the transition to sustainable and resilient agri-food systems.; highlights the importance of a reinforced humanitarian approach;
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Re-emphasises that inclusive economic growth within agriculture is central to ensuring the long-term viability of this sector globally, including through the creation of economically viable jobs in the agriculture sector;
Amendment 174 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the European Commission, in particular through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument, to finance policies for the development of productive and protective infrastructure, in an environment specific way, including through hillside stabilisation, land reclamation, reforestation, irrigation and watershed management; further calls on the European Commission to support and fund education efforts around this issue;