Activities of Salvatore CARONNA related to 2011/2175(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Avoiding food wastage (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT on how to avoid food wastage: strategies for a more efficient food chain in the EU PDF (224 KB) DOC (150 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas less food waste would mean more efficient land use, better water resource management, and positive repercussions for the whole agricultural sector worldwide, as well as boosting the fight against undernourishment in the developing world,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, according to recent studies, for every kilogram of food produced 4.5 kg of CO2 are released into the atmosphere; whereas in Europe the approximately 89 M/t of food wasted produce 170 M/t CO2 eq./yr, broken down thus: food industry 59 M/t CO2 eq./yr, domestic consumption 78 M/t CO2 eq./yr, other 33 M/t CO2 eq./yr; whereas the production of the 30% of food which ends up not being consumed accounts for an additional 50% of use of water resources for irrigation, while producing a kilogram of beef requires 5-10 tonnes of water;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the threat to food security is accompanied by mirror-image rich-world scourges such as obesity, cardiovascular illnesses and cancers arising from a diet overrich in fats and proteins, the result being that the world's overfed population numbers as many as the underfed and malnourished,
Amendment 23 #
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, adequate and nutritious food; stresses that world food production is conditioned by a number of factors, including the finite nature of natural resources vis-à-vis the rising global population and the limited access to food of the most vulnerable strata;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, when drawing up development policies, to support measures aimed at reducing waste along the entire food supply chain in developing countries where production methods, post- harvest management, processing and packaging infrastructure and processes are problematic and inadequate; believes, further, that improving the efficiency of the food supply chain can help the countries concerned achieve food self- sufficiency;