Activities of Colm MARKEY related to 2021/2208(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on addressing food security in developing countries
Amendments (15)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that strategic investments in sustainable agriculture practices can play a key role in ensuring more resilient and sustainable agri-food systems. Ensuring that investments are directed at sustainable practices can aid in the transition towards sustainable and integrated food systems that allow for a continuous supply of safe, affordable, nutritious and environmentally sustainable food;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that agriculture and food security, nutrition security, sustainability, self- sufficiency and international and intraregional trade are the foundation blockstones for broader economic development, and insists that agricultural development must support self-sufficient agricultural production systems and food sovereignty in developing countriesthat national governments, supported by the international community, should provide an appropriate level of support for agricultural development in order to feed an estimated world population of 10 billion people by 2050;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the UN Food Systems Summit in September 2021 highlighted the need to promote policies for sustainable food systems, at national and international level, and proposed that the EU should play a central role in cooperation with indigenous communities in these efforts in line with its own Farm to Fork strategy;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points outEmphasises the need for clear guidelines on how to achieve policy coherence for development at EU level while also addressing potentially conflicting policy objectivegreater coherence in development policy at EU level and increased consistency between EU development and trade policies to support the global transition to sustainable food systems;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the importance of the strategic linkages between Africa and Europe, building on the progress made in the AU-EU Rural Transformation agenda, as evidenced by the conclusions of the 4th AU-EU Agriculture Ministerial meeting in June 2021, and seek to ensure that the AU-EU partnership to develop the African agri-food sector and rural economy is adequately reflected in the conclusions of the 2022 AU-EU Summit;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that trade policies should be combined with structural reforms that foster agricultural productivity. Highlights that according to the AU-EU Agriculture Ministerial Summit in June 2021, reducing tariffs alone is not sufficient to enhance intraregional trade and that issues such as trade logistics, non-tariff barriers and inadequate business and regulatory environment must also be addressed;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recognises the need for a food systems approach which acknowledges the integrated mature of food, environmental and health policy, with the three elements of economic, environmental and social sustainability at its core;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Recognises the need to encourage a spirit of cooperation that combines local projects and knowledge with finance, technological advancements and knowledge transfer systems through a vocational training model such as discussion groups and peer to peer learning;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that in excess of 45 million children under the age of 5 suffer from wasting, defined as low weight-for-height, due to acute malnutrition in early life; Calls for priority to be given to this global problem in future EU policy measures;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that the farm to fork strategy is the EU’s most ambitious policy framework to promote a more sustainable and resilient EU food system and must promote equivalence in global food production to support a global and just transition to sustainable food systems;
Amendment 51 #
5a. Stresses that women, young people and small farmers must play central part of the agricultural systems of developing countries and must play a key role in the policy agenda;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines the importance of supporting and promoting knowledge sharing and peer learning, such as farmer-farmer and business-business, in the areas of production, processing and marketing;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Highlights the need to work with and respect indigenous knowledge and understanding of the natural environment;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that digital technologies and smart and precision farming offer significant opportunities for the development of sustainable agri-food systems and for driving fair and inclusive economic growth in rural areas of developing countries;