17 Amendments of Giommaria UGGIAS related to 2010/2112(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that food security is essential to the European Union and that continuous efforts are needed to guarantee it at Community and world level, given that according to FAO data, an increase in the world population of between 7 and 9.1 billion will necessitate a 70% increase in food supply by 2050;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the rights of all the Member States to food sovereignty and food security isare essential to the European Union and that continuous efforts are needed to guarantee it at Community and world levelensure that those rights are guaranteed;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expresses deep concern at the volatility of food prices; believes that instruments that make it possible to speculate on food products should be banned;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that food security and food safety are two complementary concepts and stresses that respecting food sovereignty constitutes an important contribution to guarantee food security which goes always hand in hand with the safeguarding of high standards of food safety;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is deeply concerned at the effects of the recent economic and financial crisis, which, despite shrinking financial resources in all economic sectors, with severe repercussions for the food chain; should not result in reduced vigilance over the safety of food products; calls on the Commission to strengthen existing programmes to guarantee food safety in the Member States;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that food products must be affordable for consumers, condemns the agreements undermining competition and the unfair practices entered into by large- scale retailers and calls for measures to be taken to end such practices and ensurcurb speculation so as to guarantee transparency in the way in which final consumer prices for food products are formed;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need to halt and reverse the decline in the diversity of cultivated plant species and varieties and the erosion of the genetic basis on which human and animal nutrition depends; urges that action be taken to promote the effective use of traditional agricultural varieties specific to certain regions, combating the export-led standardisation of agricultural production and intensive models of agriculture that result from current agricultural and trade policies, of which the CAP is an example, and encouraging sustainable small and medium scale production linked to local and regional markets and consumption;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned that 2008, the year of the global food crisis, was also the greatest wheat-producing year in world history; emphasizes the role played by large institutional investors, such as hedge funds and investment banks in influencing commodities price indexes, and calls for bolder European action to restrict speculation, particularly with regards to food commodity derivatives;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Commends the initiative taken by the World Bank at the 2010 United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to increase its support for the agricultural sector, so as to boost incomes, employment and food security particularly in low- income areas;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the conclusions of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), performed under the aegis of the World Bank, which underline that modern biotechnologies are not the best adapted to the needs of food-producing agriculture and that the most effective way of improving food security, reducing poverty and enabling a majority of regions to regain self- sufficiency in food is to take into account local knowledge and promote the development of organic farming;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Given the expected increase in global food demand and the consequent pressure on natural resources, stresses the need to balance the requirements of food security with those of biodiversity conservation; notes that measures to address the urgent nature of environmental problems such as soil degradation, biodiversity loss, etc. arewhich is essential for maintaining the EU’s long- term agricultural productivity and food security;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that seed oligopolies have devastating effects on the sustainability of small-scale farming, fostering dependency on a limited number of corporations for the purchasing of seeds and specialized fertilizers;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the widespread action taken by thousands of farmers, environmental groups, scientists and citizens for the in- situ conservation and propagation of local genetic material; recalls further that the diversity of seeds adapted to local conditions is a necessary prerequisite for food security, especially in the face of climate change;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Asks for the introduction of specific support for urban agriculture as this will entail multiple benefits for food security, employment, environmental education, recreation and the urban climate;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that the common agricultural policy (CAP) after 2013 should properly reward EU farmers for their efforts in securing high-quality food supply while ensuring an efficient and sustainable use of natural resources;