13 Amendments of Liam AYLWARD related to 2010/2100(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges in particular in relation to sustainable small- scale food production, the right to food, improving rural livelihoods and strengthening the role of women; considers, however, that the world food crisis represents not only aa growing humanitarian disasterchallenge on an unprecedented scale butand also a major threat to peace and security worldwide, and that, even though credit should be given to the Commission's commitment to seeking out solutions that could lift a billion people out of extreme poverty, the EU and Member States must, as a matter of urgency, raise their awareness at once with a view to makingmake new investments in agriculture and rural development, guaranteeing sufficient levels of world stocks, removing their own barduce the debt of the countriers to trade, and reducing the debt of the countries most affectedmost affected and strengthen assistance mechanisms for vulnerable population groups;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers it essential that development policies are inter-sectoral and incorporate agricultural policies and strategies at regional and local levels in order to optimise agri-inputs, a sustainable agri-food chain and ensure food security;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that agricultural development must be grounded in the right to nourishment and the right to produce fooe in the EU and developing countries must be well supported, the right to food is protected and the production of nutritional, safe and high quality food is strengthened; insists that the EU must recognise and defend the developing countries' right to food sovereignecurity;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that since less-favoured communities tend to derive their subsistence from agriculture, the development of non-industrial forms ofsustainable agriculture is a necessarily ay condition for realising the Millennium Development Goals 1; believes that subsistence agriculture can offer a response to the challenge of food self-sufficiency, by means of strengthening the vital role played by women, notablycurity, via on-the-spot processing and the widespread use of loans and microcredits, and involving small producers' cooperatives as key players in the definition of effective agricultural and commercial policies;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it essential that the role of smallholder farmers, particularly the vital role played by women must be strengthened and equitable access for women to land, resources, loans and microcredit must be supported in national, development and agricultural policies;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the EU should support regional commercial agreements promoting local products and enable economic development that prioritises local food production and local food processing capacity;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that support needs to be given at local and regional levels to scaling up known and cost-effective nutritional actions and formulating nutritional policies which address the various dimensions of under-nutrition, in particular maternal and infant under- nutrition;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Believes that price volatility results from the increased unregulated liberalisation of trade in agricultural products, and that it is necessary to create regulatory mechansafety nets against extreme price volatility should be available as a rapid reaction crismis that canool to ensure a degree of market stability and a more transparent food chain, thus responding to the need to guarantee producers a decent standard of living; increased market transparency is also required to ensure a fair return for farmers and a viable agricultural sector that will deliver food security;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Considers it essential to establish more sustainable and less energy-hungry efficient forms of production at world level particularly in relation to the challenges posed by the growing global population, increasing food demands and pressure on natural resources;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 7
7. Believes it is not desirable to over- emphasise non-foodthere needs to be a balanced approach taken to the uses of land and agricultural products (e.g. biofuels), to avoid a situation of competition between food supplies and the current fashion for renewable energy productionresources for renewables and that the increased demand for renewables must not affect food supply;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the land should be accessible to all and that it is necessary to protectstrengthen the land rights of small farmers in order to avoid a new agricultural colonialism in the form of land takeovers, as is now happening to an alarming extent in certain regions of the world, especially Africa;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that a support strategy for developing countries to ensure food security and reduce poverty must include a plan for education and training, oriented towards job creation, which will enable young people to study agricultural sciencefocus on the sharing of traditional knowledge and best practice and will enable young people to study agricultural science and ensure innovation and knowledge are available to farmers with a view to developing better- quality, less costly and sustainable forms of production, thus containing the drift from the countryside and reducing poverty;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 10
10. Insists on the need to reinforce research on a basis of public funding and to transmit know-how in the field of sustainable agricultureand innovation in agriculture and to transmit best practice and local knowledge in the field of sustainable agriculture, promoting activities which strengthen the position of smallholder farmers in optimising agri-outputs, adapting to the challenges posed by climate change and the increased demand on resources;