7 Amendments of George BECALI related to 2011/2175(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas every year in Europe a growing amount of healthy, edible food – some estimates say up to 50% – is lost along the entire food supply chain, in some cases all the way up to the consumer, and becomes waste,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes food security to be a basic human right that is achieved through the availability, accessibility, use and temporal stability of healthy, sufficient, adequate and nutritious food;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Council, Commission and Member States to encourage ways of improving the efficiency of the food supply chain and addressing as a matter of urgency the problem of food waste along the entire supply and consumption chain; urges them to prioritise both of these aspects within the European policy agenda;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it vital to reduce food waste along the entire food chain, from the field to the fork; stresses the need to adopt a coordinated strategy followed by practical action at European and national level in order to improve the efficiency of the food supply chain;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Wishes to point out that agriculture, by its very nature, can play a fundamental and pioneering role in combating food waste; therefore urges the Commission to include ambitious measures to this effect in its next legislative proposals on agriculture, trade and distribution of foodstuffs; hopes for joint action by way of investment in research, science, technology, education, advice and innovation in agriculture with a view to reducing food waste and educating and encouraging consumers to behave more responsibly and deliberately to prevent food waste;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission and the Member States to promote awareness-raising campaigns to inform the public about the causes and effects of food waste and ways of reducing it, fostering a scientific and civic culture guided by the principles of sustainability and solidarity; calls for the introduction of food education courses, particularly in secondary schools and colleges, so as to encourage better behaviour; stresses the important role played by the media, local authorities and municipal enterprises in providing information and support to citizens on preventing and reducing food waste;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the initiatives already taken in various Member States aimed at recovering, locally, unsold agricultural products and foodstuffs in order to redistribute them to groups of citizens who lack purchasing powerbelow the minimum income threshold; points out in this regard the valuable contribution made, on the one hand, by volunteers in sorting and distributing such products and, on the other, by professional companies that are developing anti-waste systems and measures;