6 Amendments of Gabriele ZIMMER related to 2008/0149(COD)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The measures adopted with this facility should help developing countries to boost agricultural productivity in the next seasons, to respond rapidly to immediate needs of the countries and their population and to take initial steps needed to prevent as far as possible further food insecurity situations, and also contribute to mitigating the effects of the high food prices globally, to the benefit of the poorest people but also of the European consumers and farmers. For this reason, the specific financing facility should primarily make use of local and regional resources with a view to stimulating and preserving domestic markets, particularly by using local or regionally produced seed and mineral and organic fertilisers and by involving national staff from both governments and NGOs in implementing the measures. This would guarantee the sustainability of the activation measures and help reduce or combat food shortages in the long term.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (a)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (a)
(a) measures to improve access to agricultural inputs and services, including fertilizers and seeds;, including preferential measures to activate and involve local, regional and supra-regional producers in the developing countries assisted.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (aa) (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (aa) (new)
(aa) measures to expand local production of agricultural inputs and services.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (c) (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (c) (new)
(c) measures to promote regional trade in, and transport of, locally produced foods.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (d) (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph (d) (new)
(d) measures to increase the producers' share of higher food prices and reduce the share taken by middlemen, including assistance in forming agricultural cooperatives.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 (new)
The following local, regional and international organisations shall be eligible for funding: organisations that appear on the DCI list, as well as local and regional grassroots organisations, such as farmers' associations und agricultural cooperatives/producer groups.