6 Amendments of Gay MITCHELL related to 2010/2100(INI)
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees that EU assistance programmes should focus onassist sustainable small-scale food production and that priority should be given to ‘ecologically-efficient’ approaches that strengthen biodiversity, princrease agricultural output in developing countries, which can be achieventd the degradation of fertile land, promote agro-ecological and low- external-input (LEI) practices, and excludes GMOs;rough better access for smallholder’s farmers to loans and microcredit for investment.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CRecalls for the recognition of the coimportancept of food sovereignty, defined as the capacity of a country or a region to democratically implement its own agricultural and food policies, priorities and strategies;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission to focus on under-nutrition, particularly maternal and infant under-nutrition, and to integrate sound and multi-sectoral nutrition strategies into its development policy
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that commodity derivatives are different from other financial derivatives and that access to this market should be restricted and the market better regulated;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Welcomes the efforts of the G20 in tackling price volatility and food security
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Urges the Commission to focus on development concerns in the ongoing EPA negotiations and to grant more flexibility to developing countries as to trade rules; demands that the Commission takes a strong pro-development position in WTO negotiations and works towards the completion of the Doha Round; calls on the Commission to apply a human rights- based approach to international trade negotiations and to apply human rights impact assessments to agreements with third countriereiterates the importance of human rights within international trade negotiations;