28 Amendments of Marc TARABELLA related to 2015/2277(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that over-reliance on imported food should be replaced by establishing resilient domestic food production, given that climates and markets are increasingly volatile, and that emphasis has shifted from increasing the production of agricultural commodities to enabling countries to feed themselves and improve their overall food sovereignty;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that historically smallholder agriculture has always played a fundamental role in initiating the process of economic and social development of countries by esuring food security for entire populations, avoiding spending of foreign currency reserves on food imports and providing jobs for the bulk of the population; observes that foreign private investment and trade liberalisation policies can have distorting impacts on the agricultural sectors of developing economies;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the need to shift to sustainable farming, moving away from extractive monocultures that increase input dependency and land degradation, including susceptibility to the effects of climate change, and are being increasingly phased out in NAFSN donor countries;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recognises a unique value of smallholder family farming which produces 60-70% of the world's food and provides approximately 60% of employment in rural Africa;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the NAFSN’s commitment to food security, but is concerned that the means used are based on outdated models of agricultural developmentdeprive African States of tax revenue which would enable them to increase public investment in agriculture, which is vital to efforts to combat food and nutrition insecurity;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the dangers of excessive deregulation of land ownership and the seed sector in participating countries which are likely to lead to an overdependence by smallholders on seeds and plant protection products manufactured by foreign companies;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Deplores the overreliance on the production of agricultural commodities, in particular agrofuel feedstocks, in initiatives financed by the NAFSN since production of these commodities can have detrimental impacts on food security and the food sovereignty of participating countries;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
- implement the FAO 2004 Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realisation of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security and make them binding on all actors concerned; apply the FAO 2014 Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems, and ensure compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; undertake annual evaluations of Country Cooperation Framework (CCF) implementation to check whether commitments have been fulfilled,
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)
- develop policies that support sustainable agriculture, including by moving towards more diverse farming systems managed according to the principles of agroecology, including agroforestry,
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)
- step up the creation of multi-actor platforms (small farmers' organisations, the communities concerned, representatives of organised civil society) and ensure that local actors are fully involved in implementing the programme; step up the creation of multi-actor platforms (small farmers' organisations, the communities concerned, representatives of organised civil society) and ensure that local actors are fully involved in implementing the programme;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 a (new)
- fully implement FAO 2012 Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security,
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 a (new)
- ensure that small farmers have clearly defined rights of access to land and that they benefit fully from development;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 b (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 b (new)
- properly consult pastoralists while considering investments financed by NAFSN in order to avoid land conflicts and to optimise the use of communal land,
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 b (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 b (new)
- bring about the necessary conditions to ensure that markets remunerate family farmers and small farmers better;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 4
Paragraph 6 – indent 4
- give farmers the option of avoiding input dependency and support farmers’ seed systemon all kinds of agricultural inputs and, to this end, support informal systems for seed produced by farmers in order to maintain and improve agro- biodiversity through local seed banks, exchanges and continuous development of local seed varieties, specifically providing flexibility on seed catalogues, which should be purely indicative, so as not to exclude from the market farmers’ varieties, ; recalls in this context that the seed made available to farmers is very expensive seed, developed by commercial companies seeking profits and new markets;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)
- develop local and regional short food supply chains which are most effective in combating hunger and rural poverty,
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 5
Paragraph 6 – indent 5
- encourage a wide variety of food crops, preferably based on 'indigenous' plants, including fruit and vegetables, to improve nutrition,
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 6
Paragraph 6 – indent 6
- design policies which empower women in agriculture, and ensure their rights, particularly with regards to access to land, credit and resources,
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 a (new)
- ensure that their governments retain their rights to protect their agricultural and food markets through appropriate tariff and tax regimes, which are particularly necessary to tackle financial speculation and tax dodging;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 a (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 a (new)
- ensure that assessments, including impact assessments, of all projects are performed by independent bodies;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 b (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 b (new)
- consider agricultural development in a comprehensive manner, including such fundamental aspects as training, development of storage and communications infrastructure, access to fertilisers, promotion of agroecological approaches, including agroforestry,
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 b (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 b (new)
- establish systems to ensure transparency and accountability in all initiatives;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 c (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 c (new)
- avoid making their food production systems overdependent on fossil fuels in order to limit price volatility and to mitigate the effects of climate change,
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 c (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 c (new)
- introduce indicators to measure impact on food security, nutrition and poverty, and indicators which can be used to assess the progress made by each country in the context of the NAFSN;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 d (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent 7 d (new)
- not expand the NAFSN to further countries until such time as the impact of its implementation has been assessed.
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 7 – indent 1 a (new)
- ensure that the selection of participating countries is truly based on the needs of their local populations related to tackling hunger and malnutrition rather than on their business attractiveness,
Amendment 143 #
- support and champion local African enterprises and stakeholders as beneficiaries of the NAFSN initiatives;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on participating governments and investors to enter into a dialogue with civil society on the NAFSN and to ensure the representation of relevant civil society organisations in the NAFSN decision making bodies.