2022/2183(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Notes with deep concern that the war in Ukraine had led to significant input cost increases; recalls that climate- friendly agriculture entails i.e. to reducing dependence on fossil fuel energy, including the use of chemical pesticides and fertilisers; in this respect, recalls the Farm to Fork Strategy’s intention to reduce farmers’ dependency on external outputs, thereby ensuring long-term food security while preserving ecosystem services; recalls equally that biodiversity and its associated services – pollination, predators of pests, increased resilience of agroecosystems to erosion, droughts and flooding, soil formation and carbon sinking – are essential to provide sustainable food production; urges the EU and its Member States to remain fully committed to its international engagement on climate and biodiversity, the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy, which shall serve as a template for EU investments in the remit of development finance, with the view to harness resilience and food self-sufficiency of developing countries;

Amendment 102 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Points out that developing countries, particularly low-income countries, are the most vulnerable to rising global food and agricultural prices, which threaten the affordability of food and increase the debt burden; calls on the Commission and Member States to work on the FAO proposal aimed at establishing a Food Import Financing Facility to help those low-income countries that are the most dependent on food imports to access global food markets;

Amendment 103 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Acknowledges that debt relief is essential to enable net food importing low-income countries to pay spiralling import bills and to put social protection systems in place; calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently evaluate, in coordination with their international partners and relevant international institutions, all the means available to avoid any default in the balance of payments of food importer countries, including direct funding and restructuring of their debt; reiterates the importance of prioritising grant-based financing as the default option, especially for Least Developed Countries (LDCs);

Amendment 104 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Underlines that a high dependency on food imports highly exposes populations to global market volatilities, especially the persons who spend an important share of their income on daily food needs;

Amendment 105 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Is deeply concerned about the high dependence of developing countries on food imports, especially from the European Union, particularly when these imports are made up of subsidised products whose low price represents harmful competition for local small-scale agriculture;

Amendment 106 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls for partners with large food stockpiles, as well as on the private sector, to make food available without distorting the markets, including by supporting the World Food Programme´s purchase strategy;

Amendment 107 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the importance of ensuring coherence among all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security; notes with concern that poor implementation of PCD resulted in several circumstances to undermining food security, as in the case of EU fat-filled milk powder exports in West Africa, which jeopardised their local production, or EU massive imports of fishmeal and fish oil produced in West Africa; highlights that fighting food insecurity entails i.e. to rebuild domestic food production; urges the EU to conduct an agricultural and trade policy consistent with the global right to food and to assess, on a regular basis, the compliance of the CAP and trade policy with Policy Coherence for Development;

Amendment 108 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the importance of ensuring coherence among all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security; points out that trade, agricultural and fisheries policies have a relevant impact on global food security and, therefore, their effects on developing countries need to be properly assessed and mitigated; insists that ensuring Policy Coherence for Development in the field of food security is essential for safeguarding basic human rights and preventing major geopolitical risks, such as conflicts, forced massive population displacements and humanitarian crises;

Amendment 109 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the importance of ensuring coherence among all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security; points out that tackling food insecurity, by modernising agriculture in Africa, supporting local producers and improving food production and distribution capacity, cannot occur at the expense of the environment in our partner countries, or of the coherence of EU development policies aimed at combatting deforestation, overfishing or overexploitation of resources;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. having regard to the report of the Committee on Development (DEVE) on Policy Coherence for Development (2021/2164(INI)),

Amendment 110 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the objective of policy coherence for development, in accordance with Article 208 TFEU, and the importance of ensuring coherence among all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security;

Amendment 111 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the importance of ensuring coherence among all EU policies ~~in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security~~and honouring the principle of policy coherence for development enshrined in Article 208 TFEU according to which ‘the Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’ in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security; stresses that it is important to minimise the possible contradictions and build synergies with development cooperation policy to the benefit of developing countries and to increase the effectiveness thereof;

Amendment 112 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the importance of ensuring cPolicy Coherence ~~among all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security~~of Development with view to food security in particular in agricultural policy and trade, in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security; reminds that ensuring food security in the EU should in no way harm EU’s commitment to develop agricultural markets and value chains in partner countries as anchored in the European Consensus on Development;

Amendment 113 #

Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the importance of ensuring supply sources as well as coherence among all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of ~~the~~ EU’s commitment to global food security;

Amendment 114 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to adopt a more systematic approach to defining and assessing the impact of EU policies in relation to the Policy Coherence for Development objectives; calls on the Commission, in particular, to assess the impact of EU policies by using the monitoring indicators of Sustainable Development Goal 2 to eradicate hunger by 2030;

Amendment 115 #

3h. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious proposal for an EU Sustainable Food System Framework law establishing a clear and measurable path towards food system sustainability in the EU; ensuring coherence among all existing and future food-related policies, including the EU’s external and trade policies, according to the PCD principle; shifting consumption towards sustainable and healthy diets, including support for a higher consumption of legumes, vegetable and fruits; promoting favourable food environments with increased affordability and availability of sustainable and healthy food, while ensuring that prices paid for sustainable production and incomes earned by farmers are fair; strengthening the responsibility and engagement of large food businesses in the transition towards sustainability;

Amendment 116 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 i (new)

3i. Emphasises the latest United Nations State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report’s findings that agricultural subsidies often target the production of staple foods, dairy and other animal source foods, while fruits and vegetables are relatively less supported; notes that a repurposing of EU farm subsidies to incentivise more the production of foods contributing to healthy sustainable diets would have an impact on the affordability of such diets, hence on food security;

Amendment 117 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Points out that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is essential to secure food sovereignty in the EU; stresses, however, that the CAP has to be coherent with other EU policies, including development policy; notes that despite some improvements in PCD, such as the large abolishment of export subsidies and coupled subsidy payments, CAP direct payments to EU farmers continue to account for up to 50% of total farm income in the EU, which keeps providing incentives for export-oriented production that can have negative effects for the development of strong and sustainable agrifood systems in many developing countries; regrets, in this regard, that EU spending in agricultural development in African countries is small in relation to the needs for innovation and increase of production capacity, which is essential to ensure food security and food sovereignty in African countries; calls on the Commission and Member States to provide more support to African agricultural development, including through close collaboration with local and regional authorities in partner countries, and to evaluate how CAP negative effects on Africa and other regions of the Global South can be further minimized;

Amendment 118 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Denounces the double standard policy of the EU towards pesticides, namely the practice of exporting banned toxic chemicals and pesticides to poorer nations that lack the capacity to control the risks, in full contradiction with PCD; recalls that in 2017, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, and the Special Rapporteur on Toxics, Baskut Tuncak, published a report stressing that excessive use of pesticides are very dangerous to human health, to the environment and it is misleading to claim that they are vital to ensuring food security; recalls equally that “Farm to Fork” strategy aims to gradually ban hazardous pesticides from agriculture and promote alternative practises; urges the EU and its Member States to lead by example, and, in line with international commitments, ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced for export;

Amendment 119 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a new Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products, including EU wide targets to reduce by 50% the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 2030 and by 50% the use of the most hazardous pesticides, in line with the EU’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies; highlights that this proposal should establish a long-term (post-2030) vision and clear pathways out of chemical pesticide dependency of European agriculture; notes that reducing the EU pesticide dependency is a driver of food security and self- sufficiency;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)

-1e. having regard to the DEVE report on Policy Coherence for Development (2021/2164(INI)),

Amendment 120 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. In the light of the Green Deal and Farm to Fork, urges the EU to promoting the global phasing out of highly hazardous pesticides and ensuring that hazardous pesticides banned in the EU are not produced for export, as well as preventing residues of banned pesticides being tolerated in food on the EU market;

Amendment 121 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Draws attention to the fact that EU legislation does not prohibit the export of pesticides banned in the EU to third countries, allowing companies to make profits by selling these chemicals to non- EU countries; points out that such a ban is an essential condition for building sustainable agrifood systems in partner countries; calls on the Commission to stand firm in its commitment under the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability to prevent hazardous pesticides banned in the European Union from being produced for being exported, as well as to ensure that no banned pesticides are allowed as residues in food placed on the EU internal market;

Amendment 122 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Believes that, in the current circumstances, it is necessary to avoid introducing restrictions and prohibitions on the export of food, since open and well-functioning global supply chains and logistics are essential for global food security;

Amendment 123 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

5a. Calls on the Commission to review EU trade relations to make food systems robust, sustainable and fair in a comprehensive and holistic manner across all trade agreement provisions; calls on the Commission to strengthen the enforcement mechanism of the trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters and use it as a tool to foster more diverse and sustainable food systems, and to ensure that all the provisions of the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) contribute to the objectives and standards enshrined in the TSD chapters regarding food security and food sovereignty; points out, in this regards, to the provisions of the EU-New Zealand FTA and calls on the Commission to review the impact of the EU trade policy on the agrifood systems of developing countries according to these standards;

Amendment 124 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Stresses the importance of ensuring reciprocity in international trade, and calls on the Commission to speed up the adoption of mirror clauses in trade negotiations and trade agreements signed by the EU, particularly in relation to agriculture and agricultural products; underlines the fact that reciprocity guarantees high environmental, social and health standards in developing countries and prevents double standards;

Amendment 125 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Stresses that food dependency aggravates indebtedness of developing countries, thereby jeopardising the achievement of food security, as countries may seek to ramp up exports of cash crops to generate high levels of foreign exchange to service debts, rather than shifting towards growing staples for domestic consumption or diversifying their agriculture – which result in reinforcing their reliance on staple food imports in the longer term;

Amendment 126 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Welcomes the interinstitutional agreement reached on the proposal for a regulation aimed at prohibiting the making available on the Union market of imported products associated with deforestation, and calls for the prompt implementation of the regulation;

Amendment 127 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Stresses that trade liberalization could have an impact on deforestation, climate change and biodiversity loss as well as on food production and access to food; believes that EU trade and investment policy towards developing countries should be based on a commercial policy that favours the defence of forests and biodiversity, the development of local agriculture and local producers and farmers, to promote a full food sovereignty and to reduce the phenomenon of land grabbing and deforestation for agricultural export use;

Amendment 128 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls on the EU to ensure public procurement privileging local agroecological production, food safety rules appropriate to small-scale production, protection of domestic markets against low price imports as well as consumer education and social protection to enhance consumption of nutritious local food;

Amendment 129 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the EU to ensure public procurement privileging local agroecological production, food safety rules appropriate to small-scale production and territorial markets protection of domestic markets against low price imports as well as consumer education and social protection to enhance consumption of nutritious local foods;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 f (new)

-1f. having regard to the Commission communication of 22 June 2022 on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115(COM(2022)305),

Amendment 130 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Is deeply concerned that the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with countries of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) have boosted a large volume of EU dairy exports to Western African countries, especially milk powder, which hinder local production, aggravate unemployment, contribute to food insecurity and consolidate rural malaise;

Amendment 131 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Stresses that biofuel production should not jeopardise food security, particularly in developing countries; notes, however, that biofuel production can be useful when implementing agro- ecological and energy transitions;

Amendment 132 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5e. Stresses that biofuel production has an impact on food security, since it can divert agricultural commodities such as grains, soybeans, rapeseed oil, corn and sugarcane from food production, thus further contributing to rising food prices; calls on the EU to prioritize food production over crop-based biofuel production in line with the cascading principle;

Amendment 133 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Urges the EU and its Member States to ensure food is prioritised over crop-based biofuels, especially in a context of the inflation of food prices; stresses equally the need to accelerating the shift towards healthier diets with less animal products in Europe and other high-income countries, to reduce the global ecological footprint of meat consumption, while addressing food security;

Amendment 134 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the commitment by the EU and its Member States to allocate EUR 7.7 billion for global food security over the period 2021-2024; stresses, however, the need for European aid to reach the most vulnerable populations as quickly as possible and to adapt to the context of multidimensional crises, particularly in forgotten food-insecure areas such as Madagascar, Myanmar and Ethiopia; underlines the fact that the effectiveness of humanitarian aid and support for the food self-sufficiency of partner countries, while being important EU objectives, cannot be constrained by ideology, particularly with regard to those states which do not have diplomatic relations with the European Union or its Member States;

Amendment 135 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the commitment by the EU and its Member States to allocate nearly EUR ~~7.7~~8 billion in humanitarian aid and development aid for global food security over the period 2021-2024, including a further EUR 600 million to help the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries deal with the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; stresses, however, the need for European aid to reach the most vulnerable populations as quickly as possible and to adapt to the context of multidimensional crises; calls on the Commission to report to the European Parliament, every year until 2024, on the goals, measures and results of that commitment;

Amendment 136 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the commitment by the EU and its Member States to allocate EUR 7.7 billion for global food security over the period 2021-2024; stresses, however, that food insecurity is a growing problem that needs more attention as well in terms of development cooperation and Global Gateway initiatives as in terms of humanitarian aid; underlines the need for European aid to reach the most vulnerable populations as quickly as possible and to adapt to the context of multidimensional crises;

Amendment 137 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the commitment by the EU and its Member States to allocate EUR 7.7 billion for global food security over the period 2021-2024; stresses, however, the need for European aid to reach the most vulnerable populations as quickly as possible and to adapt to the context of multidimensional crises; in this regard, recalls the need to enhance the ability of countries to build and sustain social protection systems, as it will provide the greatest and most lasting benefits; on this line, supports the establishment of a new financing mechanism, in the form of a Global Fund for Social Protection;

Amendment 138 #

Ádám KÓSA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 139 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 g (new)

-1g. having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled “A Farm to Fork Strategy - for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system” (COM(2020)381),

Amendment 140 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Underlines that our current food systems exacerbate socio-economic and gender inequalities that are preventing access to a healthy nutrition;

Amendment 141 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines the fact that, in 2022, the Commission has already allocated over EUR 900 million to humanitarian food assistance, i.e. 60% more than in 2021 and nearly 80% more than in 2020; calls on the European Union and its Member States to increase their humanitarian support in the most vulnerable countries and regions, particularly the 19 ‘hunger hotspots’ identified by FAO and WFP which continue to suffer from a lack of humanitarian financing;

Amendment 142 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the European Union to ensure continuity between humanitarian aid and measures supported by development aid in order to tackle the deep-rooted causes of food insecurity in developing countries;

Amendment 143 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that a significant proportion of the 30% envelope of the NDICI – Global Europe funds assigned to combatting climate change is allocated to projects which improve resilience to climate disasters and adaptation of agriculture to climate change;

Amendment 144 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to take appropriate action to combat the urgent issue of climate change which impacts upon food security and to increase climate-funding to developing countries to facilitate climate adaption; emphasises the need to enhance cooperation with other multilateral development banks, such as the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank to facilitate climate adaption; emphasises the importance of putting in place mechanisms to measure, monitor and evaluate climate change adaptation, and in particular its impact on food security;

Amendment 145 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Notes that 1/3 of the world's food is produced by smaller-scale farmers, who receive only 1.7% of climate funding globally1a; stresses that land, forest and water resources are increasingly compromised due to climate change; Emphasises that women are more impacted by the effects of climate change, and women are less likely to be included in decisions about responding to climate change and experience additional barriers in seeking access to effective remedies for tackling climate change; Calls on Member States to co-operate with small- scale farmers in developing countries to support them in shifting to sustainable farming practices by: -Promoting knowledge transfer and best practise, including on the sustainable transformation of agri-value chains and food systems, through local farming organisations, rural and agricultural co- operatives and agri-businesses; -Promoting access to food market information to facilitate increased trade, including prioritising women's farmer groups in the value-add chain; -Advancing policy coherence across global agriculture, food and trade policies using existing models such as the EU-AU partnership for agriculture and rural transformation; _________________ 1a 'Examining the Climate Financing Gap for Small-Scale Agriculture', International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), https://www.ifad.org/en/web/knowledge/- /publication/examining-the-climate- finance-gap-for-small-scale-agriculture

Amendment 146 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls that evidence shows that investments in the smallholder sector and regional structures yield the best returns in terms of poverty reduction and growth, consequently highlighting the need to focus the efforts on enhancing incomes of smallholder farmers, and especially women smallholder, and to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities;

Amendment 147 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls on Team Europe to fund programmes that take the needs of farmers’ seed systems or informal seed systems into account and support seed banks or seed libraries that allow collecting, conserving and sharing of native seeds, landraces and farmers’ varieties with farmers and gardeners and furthermore, to fund measures such as training focussing on multi-cropping, integrated land use planning, water conservation and protection of the natural resource base;

Amendment 148 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Reminds that harvest loss prevention could significantly contribute to food security; calls on Team Europe to support preventive measures from low cost storage solutions such as hermetic bags and training in post harvest handling to Global Gateway infrastructure programmes, such as market infrastructure, cooling systems and roads, but also online farmers markets, in order to enhance in particular smallholder farmer’s resilience;

Amendment 149 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the European Commission, in particular through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument, to collaborate with small-scale farmers in developing countries to assist them in shifting to sustainable farming practices, including by: -Boosting access to education and training, particularly on sustainable farming practices; -Increasing supplies of critical farming inputs such as seeds, fertilisers, crop protection, irrigation, and farming equipment; -Increasing support for programmes focused on climate adaptation to facilitate climate-smart, climate-resilient agriculture; -Working with vulnerable pastoralist and agro pastoralist communities to enable these communities to build climate resilience;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 h (new)

-1h. having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 entitled “The European Green Deal” (COM(2019)640),

Amendment 150 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls on the European Investment Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to work with small-scale farmers including through: -Improving access to credit for smaller- scale farmers and the agricultural sector, particularly for women farmers; -Promoting ownership and control of resources, including for women; -Encouraging access to insurance;

Amendment 151 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Calls on the Commission, Member States and European development financing institutions to create synergies between the NDICI – Global Europe instrument and the new Global Gateway strategy, using the Team Europe approach, in order to coordinate investments in food security in partner countries;

Amendment 152 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Notes with concern that overreliance on global value chains has created massive vulnerabilities, as a high number of low-income countries rely on just a handful of large agricultural producer countries to feed their people; stresses that short supply chains hold major potential to address current food system failures; recalls that family farmers and smallholders, who provide more than 70% of the food supply in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, have demonstrated their ability to provide diversified products and to increase food production sustainably; yet there has been long-standing underinvestment in small- scale farming, including from donors;

Amendment 153 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Notes that women make up 43% of the global agricultural labour force, and yet face significant discrimination when it comes to land and livestock ownership, equal pay, participation in decision- making entities and access to credit and financial services1a; Stresses that the gender gap in food insecurity globally has widened in recent years - in 2021 the gap reached 4.3%, with 31.9% of women in the world being moderately or severely food insecure compared to 27.6% of men1b; Recognises the potential critical role played by small and medium scale farmers, particularly women farmers, in ensuring food security as population growth accelerates; Calls on the European Commission to work with the European External Action Service to support the advancement of women farmers, to increase food security globally by: -Promoting access to legal status including through birth registration, inheritance rights for women and girls for property and access to land; -Supporting women's organisations and networks within developing countries; _________________ 1a Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, https://www.fao.org/reduce-rural- poverty/our-work/women-in- agriculture/en/#:~:text=Women%20make %20up%2043%20percent,to%20credit%2 0and%20financial%20services. 1b Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, 'The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022', https://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/202 2/en/

Amendment 154 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Urges the European Commission, in the mid-term review process of the NDICI – Global Europe instrument, to closely examine the amounts and projects associated with food security in partner countries and to fully assess the effectiveness of the measures supported; points out that the mid-term review report should be published by the end of 2023;

Amendment 155 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6f. Welcomes the launch of several multilateral food security initiatives, such as the Food and Agriculture Resilience Mission (FARM) launched on 24 March 2022; calls, however, on the European Commission and Member States to play a leading role in coordinating the various initiatives to ensure an effective international commitment to global food security;

Amendment 156 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)

6g. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to support the establishment of an international food crisis preparedness and response mechanism, under the aegis of FAO and WFP, with the aim of identifying risks and vulnerabilities, particularly in critical food infrastructure and supply chains, and improving coordination of responses in the event of a crisis; calls also for the role of the Global Network Against Food Crises to be strengthened;

Amendment 157 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EU and its Member States~~, in particular through Team Europe, to help to buil~~ to help to build practical and targeted solutions with local actors and to support initiatives tailored to local realities in order to accompany partner countries towards food autonomy, through the development of local agricultural production capacities and the transition to sustainable and resilient agri-food systems.; points out that the failure to adapt the agricultural systems of some developing countries is preventing food self- sufficiency, which should be one of the key objectives of EU development policy, particularly through electrification, education, construction of infrastructure, and modern and appropriate management of water resources;

Amendment 158 #

Hildegard BENTELE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 159 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EU and its Member States, in particular through Team Europe, to help to build solutions with local actors and to support initiatives tailored to local realities in order to accompany partner countries towards food autonomy, through the development of local agricultural production capacities and the transition to sustainable and resilient agri-food systems.; stresses the need for improved use of the means of production, including fertilisers, organic farming, the reduction of food waste, innovation and the use of new technologies, as well as measures to ensure that the supply of energy to agri- food and agriculture sector operators is not only sustainable but also affordable;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 i (new)

-1i. having regard to the UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, entitled “Seeds, right to life and farmers’ rights” of 30 December 2021(A/HRC/49/43),

Amendment 160 #

Ádám KÓSA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 161 #

Amendment 162 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls on the EU and its Member States~~Recalls the right to food sovereignty, as the right of people and countries to define their own agricultural and food policies, with the aim to enabling each country to feed its own population and to be self-sufficient and autonomous; recognizes the importance of the “UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas”; on this line, calls on the EU and its Member States to support investment in small-scale farming, in particular through Team Europe, to help to build solutions with local actors and to support initiatives tailored to local and regional realities in order to accompany partner countries towards food autonomy, through the development of local and regional agricultural production capacities, the shift to more resilient traditional crops (e.g. millet instead of rice) and the transition to sustainable and resilient agri- food systems. ; more broadly, reiterates that EU funding and external assistance on agriculture shall be in line with the transformative nature of Agenda 2030, the Paris Climate Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity and urges to prioritise, accordingly, its investments in agroecology, agroforestry and crop diversification both inside and outside the EU;

Amendment 163 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the EUCommission and ~~its~~the Member States, in particular through Team Europe, to help fight against any speculative behaviour that endangers food security and/or access to nutritious food, as well as to build solutions with local actors and to support initiatives tailored to local realities in order to accompany partner countries towards food ~~autonomy,~~sovereignty through the development of local agricultural production capacities and the transition to sustainable and resilient agri- food systems.; points out that adaptation to climate change is essential to ensure resilient sustainable food systems in partner countries and, therefore, calls on the EU to step up climate change adaptation funding in agriculture through the NDICI-Global Europe instrument;

Amendment 164 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 165 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Calls for a focus on efforts in the area of agriculture to safeguard developing countries’ right to food sovereignty and on increasing their food security as a priority, as well as enhancing their capacity to meet the nutritional requirements of their populations;

Amendment 166 #

3b. Stresses the importance of the protection and promotion of the right of local communities to access and control natural resources such as land and water; deplores the fact that land grabbing is rife in many countries; points out that it is a practice that undermines food sovereignty and endangers rural communities; stresses the importance of launching an inclusive process with the aim of guaranteeing the effective participation of civil society organisations and local communities in the development, implementation and monitoring of policies and actions related to land grabbing; calls for the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) to be observed in all projects that promote the protection of land rights, including in trade, and also for measures to ensure that projects do not endanger the land rights of small-scale farmers;

Amendment 167 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Urges the EU to protect small- scale producers’ access to and control of land and other resources including peasants’ seeds, infrastructure to link rural communities to territorial markets, including urban areas;

Amendment 168 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the EU to protect small- scale farmers’ access to and control of land and other resources including seeds, infrastructure and water;

Amendment 169 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the inclusion of gender perspective in the management of food security and to ensure the participation of women in the decision-making process related to this field, including those women belonging to discriminated minorities;

Amendment 17 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 j (new)

-1j. having regard to the UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, entitled “Right to food”, of 24 December 2020 (A/HRC/46/33),

Amendment 170 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the Commission and local and regional authorities in partner countries to ensure that women are involved in defining programmes and implementing projects to combat food insecurity; points out that ensuring food security is one way of reducing inequalities between women and men; notes that food security measures in developing countries should also respect the rights of indigenous peoples;

Amendment 171 #

Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Underlines the importance of strengthening local and regional markets through technology transfers together with capacity building and investment under the Global Gateway Initiative, with special focus on women empowerment;

Amendment 172 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Re-emphasises that inclusive economic growth within agriculture is central to ensuring the long-term viability of this sector globally, including through the creation of economically viable jobs in the agriculture sector;

Amendment 173 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Stresses the need to better regulate markets and create fairer and more flexible trade rules for low-income countries that allow them to build stronger local food systems; believes that international trade rules of WTO – often negotiated to benefit and protect farmers in rich countries – must be reshaped, with greater space for low-income food-deficit countries to adjust their levels of food imports and exports, and invest in domestic food production; supports the development of strategic food reserves, given the role that stocks can play in buffering the impacts of food crises;

Amendment 174 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the European Commission, in particular through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument, to finance policies for the development of productive and protective infrastructure, in an environment specific way, including through hillside stabilisation, land reclamation, reforestation, irrigation and watershed management; further calls on the European Commission to support and fund education efforts around this issue;

Amendment 175 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Calls on the European Union to support small-scale agriculture and farmers in developing countries, particularly with the agro-ecological transition; stresses the need, in particular, to help them access finance for research and innovation in the transition to more sustainable agricultural practices, the adaptation of crops to local weather conditions, the reduced use of energy- intensive inputs, and the use of digital technologies for agriculture;

Amendment 176 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Stresses the importance of supporting local projects that encourage the transition to low-carbon agriculture, simultaneously benefitting food security, environmental protection and the fight against climate change in partner countries; calls on the European Union to use its partnerships to encourage solution-sharing between countries;

Amendment 177 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)

7e. Calls on the Commission to increase its support for WASH services to ensure access to water and sanitation in developing countries; stresses also the need to support local agricultural projects that encourage a transition to crops and agricultural infrastructure which consume less water;

Amendment 178 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)

7f. Calls on the European Commission to support local actors, particularly farmers, in defining and implementing measures to forestall extreme climate events and natural disasters, especially in the most vulnerable areas; calls also on the Commission to support the introduction of programmes and networks for monitoring, highlighting and sharing best practices in the adaptation of agriculture to climate change between partner countries;

Amendment 179 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to increase the involvement of local actors, particularly local and regional authorities and NGOs, by using the Team Europe approach;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 k (new)

-1k. having regard to the UN Resolution on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (A/HRC/RES/ 39/12) of 28 September 2018,

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 m (new)

-1m. having regard to the UN Resolution on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/61/295)of 2 October 2007,

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. having regard to Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which reaffirms the PCD principle,

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 l (new)

-1l. having regard to the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO (2009),

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 n (new)

-1n. having regard to the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity, an international legal instrument for “the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources”,

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. whereas transparent statistics on agricultural production from both public and private stakeholders are essential, especially in a context of market concentration of the grain sector;

Amendment 23 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)

-1d. whereas the 1994 Marrakech Agreement and in particular the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture have contributed to the specialisation of agricultural regions in the production of specific commodity crop, thereby creating path dependencies in production systems; whereas this situation is not resilient to crises, since it leaves notably food import countries vulnerable to price shocks;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. whereas, according to the United Nations Committee on World Food Security, a person is considered ‘food secure’ when they have the physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life;

Amendment 25 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. whereas, according to FAO, there are four dimensions of food security: food access, food availability, food safety and quality, and stability of food prices over time;

Amendment 26 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. whereas, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, around 2.3 billion people, or nearly 30% of the global population, were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021 – 350 million more people than before the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded;

Amendment 27 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. whereas, according to FAO, in 2021 hunger affected 425 million people in Asia, 278 million in Africa and 56.5 million in Latin America and the Caribbean, with Africa being the region where the prevalence of undernourishment is highest;

Amendment 28 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. whereas Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is exacerbating global food insecurity, and whereas FAO simulations suggest that the consequences of the conflict could lead to a further 8 to 13 million people around the world becoming food insecure, and more if the war persists;

Amendment 29 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. whereas, according to FAO, at the beginning of 2022, Ukraine and Russia accounted for nearly 30% of global wheat and maize exports, while Russia was the world’s top exporter of fertilisers;

Amendment 3 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. having regard to the joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission of 30 June 2017 on ‘The new European consensus on development’,

Amendment 30 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1g. whereas, according to FAO, more than 30 countries, mainly in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, depend on Ukraine and Russia for over 30% of their wheat import needs;

Amendment 31 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)

1h. whereas food security is closely linked to access to water and sanitation, and whereas, according to the United Nations, 2.2 billion people around the world still do not have access to drinking water, while global water resources are dwindling;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. whereas according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Food Price Index hit high record in February 2022; whereas it states that factors behind food inflation are not limited to crop conditions and export availabilities, but a much bigger push for food price inflation comes from outside food production, particularly the energy, fertilizer and feed sectors[1]; [1] https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1113 332

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. whereas the G7 Agriculture Ministers’ statement of 11 March 2022[1] declared that G7 Members ‘will not tolerate artificially inflated prices that could diminish the availability of food and agricultural products’ and committed to ‘fight against any speculative behaviour that endangers food security or access to food for vulnerable countries or populations’; [1] https://www.fas.usda.gov/sites/default/files /2022-03/g7-extraordinary-meeting- statement.pdf

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)

-1c. whereas a number of countries, notably in Africa, are highly vulnerable to price shocks because of a double dependency on imports of staple crops and on a limited number of grain exporters for a high percentage of those imports; whereas food import dependencies have also arisen from changing dietary patterns, and notably a shift towards a handful of staple crops, i.e. wheat, rice and maize;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)

-1e. whereas most food import dependent countries were already highly indebted before the Covid-19 pandemic; whereas rising food import bills has exacerbated it, which resulted in an increasing portion of public budget being used to service external debts, thereby affecting the capacity of low-income countries to building social protection systems to combat hunger, despite the Common Framework for Debt Treatments;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 f (new)

-1f. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy aims to reduce the use of farm inputs and notably to decrease the overall use of chemical pesticides by 50 %, of the most hazardous pesticides by 50 %, and of fertilisers by at least 20 % by 2030;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 p (new)

-1p. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal address environmental challenges that hit developing countries particularly hard; whereas biodiversity and resilient ecosystems are essential to sustainable development, especially in the context of food and nutrition security; whereas agroecological principles are in line with biodiversity conservation, food autonomy and healthy nutrition;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 o (new)

-1o. whereas the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), as enshrined in Article208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) is a commitment to take development cooperation objectives in all EU policies, including agricultural policy and trade, into account, whereas PCD is strongly connected to a “do not harm” approach;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 q (new)

-1q. whereas biodiversity has been decreasing during the last decades and nutrition is becoming more homogenized around a small number of crops; whereas biodiversity of crops is important as this allows individual farmers to adapt their agricultural planning to climate conditions and make food systems naturally more resilient against climate change, pests and pathogens; whereas at the same time this nature-based approach contributes to enhancing biodiversity;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)

-1d. having regard to the Joint Statement by the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, Parliament and the Commission on “The New European Consensus on Development ‘Our World, Our Dignity, Our Future’” (2017/C210/01),

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 r (new)

-1r. whereas recent crises have shown that global supply chains can be seriously disrupted; whereas developing countries are much more susceptible to food insecurity than EU countries, particularly when depending on food imports;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 s (new)

-1s. whereas in particular Africa’s food production system is dominated by smallholder farmers and farmer-led production; whereas according to the World Food Programme (WFP), smallholder farmers are the primary food producers in Southern Africa, contributing to up to 90 percent of food production;

Amendment 42 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 t (new)

-1t. whereas according to the East African Community (EAC), post-harvest losses in food products are in the range of 30 percent in cereals, 50 percent in roots and tubers and up to70 percent in fruits and vegetables;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)

1i. whereas EU support for sustainable food systems is one of the priorities of the multi-annual indicative programmes adopted with around 70 partner countries under the NDICI – Global Europe instrument for the 2021- 2027 period;

Amendment 44 #

1b. Recalls the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security (2012) and the CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (2015);

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Recalls the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) of 13 September 2007 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas of 28 September 2018;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms the right to food as a fundamental human right; recalls S~~ustainable Development Goal 2 of eradicating hunger by 2030;~~ DG 1 to end poverty in all its forms everywhere, SDG 2 to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, SDG 3 to ensure healthy lives and promote well- being for all at all ages, SDG 5 to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, SDG 6 to ensure access to water and sanitation for all, SDG 10 to reduce inequality within and among countries, SDG 12 to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, SDG 13 to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts and SDG 17 to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms the right to food as a fundamental human right; recalls Sustainable Development Goal 2 of eradicating hunger by 2030 and the fundamental role of the European Union, its Member States and their national agencies in achieving that goal;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms the right to food as a fundamental human right; recalls Sustainable Development Goal 2 of eradicating hunger by 2030, which is highly unlikely to be attained in light of the unprecedented rise of global food insecurity;

Amendment 49 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that hunger and food insecurity are again increasing across the world and that they will continue to increase unless prompt action is taken, and that many countries are significantly off track to achieve the zero hunger target (SDG 2) in 2030; recalls that the end of malnutrition in all its forms and SDG 2 should be considered as priorities in all policies, with particular attention to people in the most vulnerable situations;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)

-1c. having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Recalls that malnutrition represents a lifelong burden for individuals and societies as it prevents children from reaching their full potential, thus curtailing human and national economic development;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the need for the EU to champion human rights and the Right to Adequate Food as a central principle and priority of food systems;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the European Commission to strengthen its approach to ensure the Right to adequate Food, implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas, and to improve the working conditions of agricultural workers and the income of small-scale peasants that are part of international food supply chains;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Underlines the value of food which must also be understood as far more than a mere commodity but as a right for people that must be realised, and the economic, social and environmental impact and externalities must be better assessed, and mitigated or leveraged as required;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. In the light of the UN Report A/HRC/49/43, points out that the right to food is inherently tied to farmers’ seed systems and their indivisible right to freely save, use, exchange and sell farm-saved seeds, and calls to the EU to support these farmers’ rights;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Urges the EU to acknowledge that climate change, biodiversity and food security are interlinked and have to be addressed together; underlines that the paradigm of a green revolution is not helpful, and that sustainable agriculture based on agroecological farming practices as defined in the UN Report A/HRC/46/33 contributes to food security and biodiversity; in this light, reminds the EU of its Regulation 2018/848 on organic production and the ECJ Judgment in Case C-528/16 of 25 July 2018 and calls for applying the same standards in policies concerning developing countries;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Welcomes that the EU is acting as a global advocate of vulnerable populations and takes the calls from civil society organisations and human rights defenders seriously; underlines that the EU can influence, amongst others, trade agreement negotiations, e. g, farmers' rights to participation in law, policies and practices or land use rights; calls on the EU in this regard to strongly support the prevention of land grabbing, especially when EU action could contribute to aggravating this problem;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Calls on the EU to refrain from urging third countries to become a party of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plans (UPOV Convention); recalls that being party of UPOV is not a WTO requirement, and that WTO allows the adoption of other protective mechanisms; underlines that UPOV contradicts international commitments such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and deprives farmers of their acknowledged rights to save, use and exchange seeds;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the impact of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis and conflicts on food security in developing countries; draws attention to the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which are exacerbating global food insecurity and thereby directly increasing migration flows, both legal and illegal, particularly towards Europe; calls on the European Commission and Member States to act as quickly as possible to prevent the migration crisis from worsening, particularly in the Mediterranean Sea;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses th~~e impact of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis and conflicts on food security~~ at the world is facing an unprecedented global food crisis caused by Russia’s armed aggression on Ukraine, other conflicts, climate change and the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in significant repercussions such as: rising prices for energy, fertilisers and other agricultural means of production, high food prices and difficulty in accessing food; emphasises that countries already facing d~~eveloping countri~~ifficulties, especially those in Africa and the Middle East, are being hit hardest by the consequences; draws attention to the economic consequences of ~~Russia’s invasion of Ukra~~phenomena of this kined, which ~~are exacerbating global food insecurit~~lead to an increase in the number of people going hungry;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1 a. having regard to Article 27 §3 b) of the WTO-Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS),

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the impact of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis and conflicts on food security in developing countries; draws attention to the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which are exacerbating global food insecurity; reiterates that Ukraine is a major source of wheat, with Ukraine traditionally providing 40% of total wheat supplies to the World Food Programme1a; calls on the European Commission to continue to support the movement of food out of Ukraine; emphasises the importance of the Black Sea Grain Initiative; stresses the importance of building resilient, including conflict resilient, food and agricultural systems, and calls on the European Commission to support such efforts; stresses the need to ensure that food reaches the most vulnerable; _________________ 1a https://www.theguardian.com/global- development/2022/jun/17/united-nations- wfp-hell-on-earth-ukraine-war-russia

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the impact of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis and conflicts on food security in developing countries; draws attention to the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which are exacerbating global food insecurity; recalls generally that the number of people in need of urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance is on the rise because, apart from the major drivers of food and nutrition insecurity like conflicts and climate change, also weather extremes, environmental degradation, economic shocks, persistent levels of inequality, including gender inequality, poverty, lack of access to basic social and health services, inappropriate agricultural models, global population growth and failed governance contribute to it;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the impact of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis and conflicts on food security in developing countries; draws attention to the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which are exacerbating global food insecurity; emphasises the need for local food production and for strengthening local and regional and most notably intra- African food trade; calls on the EU to supporting local, regional and country initiatives in developing countries, that are striving for food autonomy;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the impact of climate change, ~~the COVID-19 crisis~~biodiversity loss, the COVID-19 crisis, ongoing global economic uncertainty and conflicts on food security in developing countries; draws attention to the consequences of Russia’s ~~invasion of~~brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, which are exacerbating global food insecurity, including through direct weaponization of grain exports to developing countries on the part of the Russian Federation; underlines, however, that the supply chain disruptions caused by these factors expose the lack of resilience of import-based food systems, as well as the importance of food sovereignty and sustainable agri-food systems in developing countries;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the impact of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis and conflicts on food security in developing countries; in addition, draws attention to the direct consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine~~, which are exacerbating global food insecurity~~ on food prices, global supply of grains, as well as on the price of energy and fertilisers, which resulted in sparking a third global food price crisis in 15 years, thereby undermining hopes of eradicating hunger by 2030; highlights that the food price spike is exacerbated by structural weaknesses of the food system, notably inequalities and a glaring lack of social safety nets, food import dependencies, market concentration of the food industry, speculation on agricultural commodities;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2 f. Emphasises that while the negative impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security has been significant, what the world is facing today is not a new crisis but an additional layer to the existing systemic failures in the food system, and that sufficient short- and longer-term measures need to be adopted to address hunger and malnutrition in Europe and beyond;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights that according to recent analyses from the Global Network against Food Crisis (GNFC), hunger was already on the rise for the past five years, due to conflicts, weather extremes (notably droughts and flooding resulting from climate change) and economic shocks resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic; accordingly, stresses the need to pursue synergies between humanitarian, development and peace actions, while addressing the structural weaknesses of the global food system;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Recalls that the Special Envoy for the UN Food Systems Summit underlined the intersection between climate and food as profound and that we have to address food systems-driven climate emissions for reaching the 1,5 degrees target;

Amendment 68 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)

3f. Recalls that recent reports have found that food systems are contributing to up to one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, up to 80 per cent of biodiversity loss and use up to 70 per cent of freshwater; underlines, however, that sustainable food production systems should be recognised as an essential solution to these existing challenges and that it is possible to feed a growing global population while protecting our planet;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

points out that climate change is a key factor in food insecurity, particularly in small island developing states in the Indian Ocean, Caribbean and Pacific, which are also being affected by the consequences of the war in Ukraine;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)

-1c. having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007,

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that the war in the Ukraine is disrupting the food security of millions of people further and the EU must ensure that the right to food for all is not a market commodity; underlines that the EU must drastically reduce the number of animals in the EU agriculture system in order to gain food security for people in urgent need because only if the EU starts to change course now and switches to producing more plant-based food for people, and not feed for animals, it can play its essential role in helping to compensate for the expected loss of grain exports from the Black Sea region despite the Black Sea Grain Initiative; underlines that there is excessive stock market speculation on grains and other food commodities and that the EU must ensure that the "position limits", i.e. the upper limits of the amount of commodities a speculator is allowed to trade, are strictly regulated in order to achieve price stability;

Amendment 71 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

2a. Calls on the EU to demonstrate greater commitment to support for Ukraine, taking into account Ukraine’s key role in grain supply, in particular for countries in Africa and the Middle East; emphasises the need for further efforts to create corridors of solidarity and open up the Black Sea ports, and also to provide Ukraine with support to export its agri- food products, including grain, through actions to improve the transport of these goods across the border on transport routes leading to Ukraine;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on Russia to stop using food security as a weapon of war, to respect the agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain, known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and to lift the naval blockades of Ukrainian ports so that global supplies of grain and other agricultural products can flow freely;

Amendment 73 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Welcomes the EU’s introduction of solidarity lanes, which have so far enabled more than 15 million tonnes of agricultural products blocked in Ukraine to be exported, and commends the Union on its commitment to mobilise over EUR 1 billion for those lanes;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Calls for taking into account the link between public health and biodiversity in line with the ‘one health’ approach; urges the EU and all partner countries to recognise and protect indigenous people’s rights to customary ownership and control of their lands and natural resources as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and International Labour Organization Convention 169, and to comply with the principle of free, prior and informed consent;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Recalls the fact that agroecology’s capacity to reconcile the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainability has been recognised in landmark reports from the Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES), as well as the World Bank and FAO-led global agricultural assessment (IAASTD); stresses the importance of promoting agroecology, agroforestry, local production and sustainable food systems which focus on the development of short supply chains in both national policies and international forums, in order to ensure food and nutritional security for all as well as increasing the sustainable productivity of the agricultural sector and its resilience to climate change;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned by the fact that one in three people worldwide still do not have access to adequate food; deplores the fact that in 2022, according to the World Food Programme, acute food insecurity is affecting a record 349 million people; stresses that it is children and women who are the most vulnerable to food insecurityaccording to the FAO, the number of people going hungry grew by about 150 million since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and that one in three people worldwide still do not have access to adequate food; highlights that rising food prices hit poor people much harder, as they spend more of their income on food; deplores the fact that in 2022, according to the World Food Programme, acute food insecurity is affecting a record 349 million people; stresses that it is children and women who are the most vulnerable to food insecurity; recalls that the SDG 2 can not be achieved without gender justice and strengthening women’s rights; calls on the EU to support developing countries in enacting public policies that facilitate women’s access to inputs, resources and services, and guarantee their land rights; more broadly, calls on governments of developing countries to urgently implement progressive taxation to reduce inequality and develop universal social protection schemes, so as to ensure all people can access affordable food;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 79 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)

-1d. having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe,

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned by the fact that one in three people worldwide still do not have access to ~~adequate food~~sufficient food and healthy nutrition; deplores the fact that in 2022, according to the World Food Programme, acute food insecurity is affecting a record 349 million people; stresses that it is children and women who are the most vulnerable to food insecurity;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned by the fact that one in three people worldwide still do not have access to adequate food, which is severely undermining the attainment of SGD 2; deplores the fact that in 2022, according to the World Food Programme, acute food insecurity is affecting a record 349 million people; stresses that it is children and women who are the most vulnerable to food insecurity;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that climate change exacerbates existing challenges, like sudden losses of food production and access to food, and underlying vulnerabilities, worsening poverty and food insecurity, forcing communities to face protracted crises; recalls that a decreased diet diversity has increased malnutrition in many communities as a consequence, especially for small-scale farmers and low-income households, with children, elderly people and pregnant women particularly concerned;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Emphasises the importance of rural transformation and strengthening local, regional and transparent value chains in order to create sustainable jobs, avoid human rights violations and mitigate climate change; stresses the need to support young people and women, in particular through training, access to credit and access to markets; calls for their involvement in formulating agricultural policies and for support for collective action through small producer organisations;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)

3g. Notes that a shift towards healthier and more sustainable diets rich in legumes, vegetables and fruits in Europe could substantially alleviate the pressure on global grain supplies and land demand;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 j (new)

3j. Recalls that all food security requires physical, but also in terms of affordability, access to water; recalls that access to high-quality water for ensuring food security starts with the production and ends on the consumers' plate;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Is concerned by continuing rise in food prices; recalls that the World Food Price Index increased by more than 60% between 2020 and 2022; notes that, according to the United Nations, current food insecurity is due to a crisis in affordability of food, and not in availability; notes also the key role of fertilisers in global food production; calls, therefore, for any action aimed at limiting the availability of those products to be combatted so that the current affordability crisis does not turn into a shortage of global production within a few months;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Is concerned by continuing rise in food prices and calls for increased and more efficient food assistance and the transformation of food systems as well as for stronger measures to tackle structural poverty and persisting inequalities as the underlying causes of food insecurity; recalls that the World Food Price Index increased by more than 60% between 2020 and 2022;

Amendment 89 #

Ádám KÓSA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Is concerned by the continuing rise in food prices and believes that the effects of the global rise in food prices could be offset by strengthening local food production; recalls that the World Food Price Index increased by more than 60% between 2020 and 2022;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/ 1999 (“European Climate Law”),

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Is concerned by continuing rise in food prices; recalls that the World Food Price Index increased by more than 60% between 2020 and 2022; calls, in this high inflationary context, to consider debt relief, including debt cancellation, for the countries most in need of importing food to ensure basic food security of their populations, including middle-income countries when necessary;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Is concerned by continuing rise in food prices; recalls that the World Food Price Index increased by more than 60% between 2020 and 2022; stresses how high volatility in food prices is caused by financial speculation and particularly affects developing countries and the most vulnerable populations; calls the EU to introduce a stricter regulation and to support international rules aiming to stop financial speculation of agricultural and food commodities;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Notes with concern that market speculation, manipulation and the trading of food commodities, especially in a context of war, can artificially inflate wholesale prices and lead to market volatility;

Amendment 93 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Strongly deplores the financial speculation on agricultural and food commodities, and calls on the Commission to put forward proposals to end this speculation and regulate food prices at a European and global level;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Deplores the financial speculation in agricultural and food products, which is exacerbating price volatility, particularly in a context of war; calls on the Commission, Member States and food business operators to intensify their efforts to strengthen transparency rules on global agricultural prices and stocks, particularly by strengthening and extending the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) introduced by the G20;

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Calls on the Commission and European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to fully evaluate the role and extent of speculation in the determination of commodities prices and raw materials while emphasising the need to urgently enhance financial transparency of the market trading of commodities, especially for food, energy and raw materials for fertilisers against insider dealing, market manipulation and price distortions; and calls for an immediate and temporary ban on speculative practices; notes that the ongoing review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFiD) is a unique opportunity to tackle food speculation by introducing strict limits to the capacity of a trader to speculate on food commodities and fixing the current the loopholes in the regulatory framework;

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that inequality is the main driver of food insecurity, not unavailability; henceforth, the solution to tackling hunger is not to increase production, but to address the structural problem of unequal distribution of food; warns against short-sighted responses to the crisis, including backsliding on food system reform commitments, by i.e. suspending environmental regulation and ramping up production to ‘feed the world’;

Amendment 97 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that avoiding food crises requires a systemic transformation in the direction of socially just food systems;

Amendment 98 #

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that, while pushing millions of people into hunger, the global food crisis has also generated huge profits for traders and agri-business companies; accordingly, encourages the EU and its Member States to taxing extreme wealth and corporations' excess profits as an effective means in providing funds to governments to alleviate poverty, inequality and hunger;

Amendment 99 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in rising prices and reduced availability of agricultural products, fertilisers and energy; notes, in particular, that fertiliser shortages are having direct effects on agricultural yields and reducing food availability;

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2022/12/15 AGRI 530 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

— having regard to Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which lists assuring the availability of supplies, stabilising markets and ensuring that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices as objectives of the common agricultural policy,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives’ (COM(2020)0380),

Amendment 100 #

F. whereasglobal food insecurity is not caused by a shortage of supply but by unequalfood distribution and food affordability, while 63% of low-income people worldwide are employed in agriculture and the overwhelming majority of them work on small farms, many ~~people~~ are at risk of food shortages and hunger; whereas ~~the availability of food varies due to climate, seasonality and limited production1~~ food insecurity and malnutrition are driven by conflict, climate extremes,biodiversity loss, economic shocks and market structures combined with the highcost of nutritious foods and growing inequalities1; _________________ 1 https://www.ifad.org/en/covid19

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, while 63% of low-income people worldwide are employed in agriculture and the overwhelming majority of them work on small farms, many people are at risk of food ~~shortages and~~becoming unaffordable or in short supply and even of suffering from hunger; whereas the availability of food varies due to climate, seasonality and limited production1; ~~_________________ 1 https://www.ifad.org/en/covid19~~whereas, for the present at least, it is not the availability of food that is threatened in the EU but its affordability for low-income households;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, global food insecurity is not caused by a shortage of supply but by unequal food distribution and food affordability; whereas while 63% of low- income people worldwide are employed in agriculture and the overwhelming majority of them work on small farms, many ~~people~~ are at risk of ~~food shortages and hunger; whereas the availability of food varies due to climate, seasonality and limited production1 ; _________________ 1 https://www.ifad.org/en/covid19~~hunger; whereas food insecurity and malnutrition are driven by conflict, climate extremes, economic shocks and market, combined with the high cost of nutritious foods and growing inequalities;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, while 63% of low-income people worldwide are employed in agriculture and the overwhelming majority of them work on small farms, and many ~~people~~ are at risk of ~~food shortages and hunger~~hunger; whereas food insecurity and malnutrition are driven by conflict, climate extremes, economic shocks, and market structures, combined with the high cost of nutritious foods and growing inequalities; whereas the availability of food varies due to climate, seasonality and limited production1 ; _________________ 1 https://www.ifad.org/en/covid19

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, while 63% of low-income people worldwide are employed in agriculture and the overwhelming majority of them work on small ~~farms~~- and medium-sized farms whose economic sustainability is currently threatened, many people are at risk of food shortages and hunger; whereas the availability of food varies due to climate, seasonality and limited production1 ; _________________ 1 https://www.ifad.org/en/covid19

Amendment 105 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, while 63% of low-income people worldwide are employed in agriculture and the overwhelming majority of them work on ~~small farms~~farms whose existence is at risk, many people are at risk of food shortages and hunger; whereas the availability of food varies due to climate, seasonality and limited production1 ; _________________ 1 https://www.ifad.org/en/covid19

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, while 63% of low-income people worldwide are employed in agriculture and the overwhelming majority of them work on small farms, many people are at risk of food shortages and hunger; whereas, in particular, the availability of food varies due to climate, seasonality and limited production1; _________________ 1 https://www.ifad.org/en/covid19

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, while 63% of low-income people worldwide are employed in agriculture and the overwhelming majority of them work on small farms, many people are at risk of food shortages and hunger; whereas the availability of food varies due to climate~~, seasonality and limited production1; _________________ 1 https://www.ifad.org/en/covid19~~ disruption and seasonality;

Amendment 109 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas the EU has to invest in the resilience of the agri-food sector; whereas this resilience can be partly achieved through the implementation, in a coherent manner, of the Green Deal, the Biodiversity strategy and the Farm to Fork strategy, which will contribute to the transition towards more sustainable agriculture, strengthening long term food security and could constitute and alternative source of income for farmers;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 c (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives’ (COM(2020)380),

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas without close international cooperation on regulation, the global agricultural markets remain structurally unstable, and global prices are marked by alternating cycles of long periods of dumped prices and short periods of panic prices;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas climate change and the extreme weather related to it pose a threat to food production worldwide; whereas efforts to combat global warming are required to ensure that agriculture is resilient and sustainable in the long term;

Amendment 112 #

F a. whereas well designed agricultural and food policies, including a repurposing of subsidies, can reduce the cost of sustainable and nutritious foods and increase the availability and affordability of healthy diets sustainably and leaving no one behind 1a; _________________ 1a FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. 2022. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable. Rome, FAO

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas a significant number of farmers in a number of Member States are finding it hard to afford fertilisers and are anxious to find ways of using them in such a way as to reduce dependency while ensuring crop yields;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas better designed agricultural and food policies, including a repurposing of subsidies, can reduce the cost of sustainable and nutritious foods and increase the availability and affordability of healthy diets sustainably while leaving no one behind;

Amendment 116 #

Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Gabriel MATO, Norbert LINS, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) evaluates, that competition for the use of agricultural land and forests is increasing in pace with the growth in the world’s human population, from 8 billion today until 9,5 billion by 2050;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas the strategy promoted since 1994 by the WTO agreement on agriculture, aimed at stabilising international markets by eliminating market distortions created by national agricultural policies, has not been as successful as expected, as evinced by the food crises of 2007-08 and 2010, and confirmed by the one ongoing in 2022;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas, according to the FAO, one third of all food produced globally is lost at some point in the food chain between the producer and the consumer; whereas, in the EU, that figure amounts to 87.6 million tonnes of food each year;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

F b. whereas the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) estimates that around 20% of global production of food is lost due to diseases in farmed animals, while reducing the incidence of these diseases is therefore one of the priorities to be considered in order to feed the world;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 c (new)

— having regard to its initiative report of 8 June 2021 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives (2020/2273(INI)),

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)

Fc. whereas the European Union is the last agricultural power to defend the WTO’s agricultural rules, which prohibit storage policies aimed at providing stability, and remains the only one to have built its agricultural policy on aid decoupled from production, which restricts any real capacity for guidance and impairs budgetary efficiency, as the CAP’s decoupled subsidies are paid regardless of production methods used, the level of prices and farmers’ actual incomes;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal~~; whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU~~, as food security depends on resilient and sustainable food systems in the short and long term; whereas the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy adopt holistic approaches not only to preventing a climatic and biodiversity crisis in Europe, but also to ensuring food security, improving nutrition and public health and ensuring the affordability of food, while generating fairer economic returns for farmers in the supply and value chain and strengthening the position of primary producers by improving sustainability, by addressing the climate crisis, soil health and an existential ecosystem collapse, and by increasing autonomy for farmers and supply chains;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ~~ambition~~objectives of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategyies and the Green Deal~~; whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU;~~ as food security depends on resilient and sustainable food systems in the short and long term; whereas the first mid-term review of the Farm to Fork strategy is planned for mid-2023 and will consider the findings from the Commission’s study on the drivers of food security; whereas short-term measures to tackle immediate food production and distribution challenges and support the most vulnerable must not jeopardise the EU’s long-term goals of resilience and sustainability; whereas biodiversity is crucial for safeguarding EU and global food security; whereas EU food security cannot undermine third countries’ food security and food sovereignty;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the present and future food security ~~of the European Union~~ is directly linked to the ~~ambition~~objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; ~~whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise~~as food security depends on resilient and sustainable food systems in the short and long term; whereas the first mid-term review of the Farm to Fork strategy is planned for mid-2023 and will consider the findings from the Commission’s study on the drivers of food security; whereas short-term measures to tackle immediate food production and distribution challenges and support the most vulnerable must not jeopardise the EU’s long-term goals of resilience and sustainability; whereas EU food security cannot undermine th~~e EU~~ird countries’ food security and food sovereignty;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is ~~direct~~closely linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU but should ensure a fair transition that strikes a reasonable balance between, on the one hand, adequate protection for farmers, especially small and medium-sized ones, accompanied by an equitable agricultural market and, on the other, sufficient, safe and affordable farm products for consumers;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU; whereas a sustainable livelihood for primary producers, whose income is still lagging behind, is central to the sustainable management of the current crises on the agricultural markets and lasting achievement of the Green Deal targets;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; whereas the cumulative effect of ~~Green Deal related legislation must not lead to~~legislation relating to the Green Deal must not impede a smooth transition as regards both timing and requirements; whereas it is vital to earmark a sufficient amount of public funding for the arable and livestock sectors so as to prevent adverse effects and a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; whereas these rightful ambitions may not lead to less production of food in the European Union or an increase of our dependence on imports from third countries; whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; ~~whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU;~~

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the ~~future~~long term food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EUhe Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal ambitions to make the EU food system fairer, healthier and more environmentally-friendly; whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must safeguard a just and inclusive transition and ensure food security in the EU both in the short and the long term;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 d (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2021 on the contingency plan for ensuring food supply and food security in times of crisis(COM(2021)0689),

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Biodiversity Strategy and the Green Deal; whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU and in certain third countries;

Amendment 132 #

G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; whereas the cumulative effect of implementing Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU;

Amendment 133 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI, Ivan DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the ~~future~~current level of food security ofin the European Union is the direct~~ly linked~~ result of three decades of the CAP’s market regulation instruments being abolished, and shifting the responsibility to the ambitions of the Farm to ~~Fork~~Table Strategy and the Green Deal;, wh~~ereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production that could jeopardise food security in the EU~~ich have yet to come into effect, amounts to political manipulation;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas the first mid-term review of the Farm to Fork strategy is planned for mid-2023 and will consider the findings from the Commission’s study on the drivers of food security;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

G b. whereas short-term measures to tackle immediate food production and distribution challenges and support the most vulnerable must not jeopardise the EU’s long-term goals of resilience and sustainability; whereas EU food security cannot undermine third countries’ food security and food sovereignty;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

G c. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy outlined several important initiatives, including an EU contingency plan for ensuring the supply of food and food security in times of crisis within the legislative framework, to further accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system by the end of 2023;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)

G d. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy aims to reduce the use of farm inputs and notably to decrease the overall use of chemical pesticides by 50 %, of the most hazardous pesticides by 50 %, and of fertilisers by at least 20 % by 2030;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)

G e. whereas the status quo according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, shows a clear trend towards productivity decreasing owing to ecological simplification and agroecosystem collapse 1a, which is linked to over-reliance on artificial inputs, and collateral damage, e.g. soil erosion, loss of topsoil, pollinator decline affecting yields, loss of beneficial species underpinning productivity, a lack of resilience against pest attacks, droughts and flooding, impacts reducing the yields of fisheries and aquaculture production and a redistribution of marine fish stocks, as also outlined in the IPCC’s Special Report published in 2019; _________________ 1a Hallmann, C.A. et al., ‘More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas’, PLoS ONE, Vol. 12, No 10, PLOS, San Francisco, 2017.

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 d (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (2020/2260(INI)),

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G f (new)

G f. whereas attacks on the European Green Deal targets and on the transition to sustainability are based on the assumption that there will be a significant productivity lag while functional biodiversity builds up or agronomic techniques using natural processes replace functions previously carried out by synthetic inputs; whereas a huge number of independent, peer- reviewed scientific studies show that productivity does not decrease in nearly two thirds of cases, that losses are limited to a short transitional period and that productivity even increases in certain cases 1a; _________________ 1a Tamburini, G. et al., ‘Agricultural diversification promotes multiple ecosystem services without compromising yield’, Science Advances, Vol. 6, No 45, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, 2020.

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G g (new)

G g. Whereas the pesticide-yield modelling that exists often assume the worst case scenario, i.e. a switch from one day to the next in pesticide use to nothing, without any transition or mitigation measures, and even given the intrinsic limitations of modelling approaches, some are not carried out by agricultural experts or do not consider all alternative techniques, or are not peer-reviewed, or have a heavy bias with respect to economic interests (e.g. USDA), etc.;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G h (new)

G h. whereas the cliff edge scenario portrayed in some of the modelling is unlikely to occur considering the full EU legislative proposal on pesticides, as this includes transitional and mitigation measures to soften the curve and speed up the transition time for adaptation i.a using IPM and other approaches to limit pest occurrence, take-up via CAP interventions e.g. eco-schemes and climate-agri-environment measures to build up functional biodiversity including predators of pests, and insuring farmers against any losses during the transition; whereas mitigating measures that aim to replace the action carried out by chemicals and replace it with actions carried out by living systems and biodiversity, will also limit susceptibility and thus regulate pests, and will have also enormous co-benefits for climate resilience; whereas the revised pesticide law is not proposing zero synthetic pesticides but a 50% decrease, and IPM allows for them to be used as a last resort once other non-chemical mitigation and preventative measures have been taken; whereas the role of public/EU funds in any case is to support the farmers who take the financial risk throughout the transition;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ~~generational renewal is~~the progressive deregulation of agricultural markets since the reform of the CAP in 1992 led to a drop in agricultural prices, partially compensated by direct aid, which reduced the sector’s prospects for economic growth and discouraged young people from becoming farmers, and generational renewal and the reduction in farmland concentration now form one of the biggest challenges for a resilient agricultural sector in the EU; whereas young farmers in particular awill be all the more innovative and, if properly motivated and empowered, ~~are~~ willing to make investments that may increase the sustainability of agriculture; whereas greater regulation of the agricultural markets will prevent young farmers from having to take significant economic risks and ensure that they receive sufficient pay for the risks taken and efforts made;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas almost 34% of European farmers were 65 or older in 2016 and the fact that many farmers will be retiring in the years to come is a matter of great concern in a number of Member States and that generational renewal is thus one of the biggest challenges for a resilient agricultural sector in the EU; whereas young farmers in particular are innovative and, if properly motivated and empowered, are willing to make investments that may increase the sustainability and competitivity of agriculture;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas generational renewal is one of the biggest challenges for a resilient agricultural sector in the EU; whereas young farmers in particular are innovative and, if properly motivated and empowered, are willing to make investments that may increase the sustainability of agriculture; whereas the efforts in the Common Agricultural Policy have so far proved insufficient to turn the tide; whereas a broader set of policy tools will be necessary to support this necessary generational renewal;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas generational renewal is a European Union priority, while nevertheless remaining one of the biggest challenges for a resilient agricultural sector in the EU; whereas young farmers in particular are innovative, particularly when it comes to using new technologies and, if properly motivated and empowered, are willing to make investments that may increase the sustainability of agriculture;

Amendment 147 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas generational renewal is one of the biggest challenges for a resilient agricultural sector in the EU; whereas young farmers in particular are innovative and, if properly remunerated, motivated and empowered, are willing to make investments that may increase the sustainability of agriculture and the same time maintain EU’s production capacity and competitiveness;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas generational renewal is one of the biggest challenges for a resilient agricultural sector in the EU; whereas ~~young farmers in particular are innovative~~connectivity to high-capacity broadband networks is crucial for the modernisation of farms and, i~~f properly motivated~~n order to increase productivity and eimp~~owered, are willing to make investments that may increase the sustainability of agriculture~~rove efficiency; whereas there is a need to provide incentives for and promote IT training for farmers;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas generational renewal is one of the biggest challenges for a resilient agricultural and food sector in the EU; whereas young farmers in particular are innovative and, if properly motivated and empowered, are willing to make investments that may increase the sustainability of agriculture; and food systems

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 e (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal(2019/2956(RSP)),

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas generational renewal is one of the biggest challenges for the existence of a resilient agricultural sector in the EU; whereas, in particular, young farmers in particular are innovative and, if properly motivated and empowered, are willing to make investments that may increase the sustainability of agriculture;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas generational renewal is one of the ~~biggest~~ challenges for a resilient and sustainable agricultural sector in the EU; whereas young farmers in particular arshould be innovative and~~, if properly motivated and empowered, are willing to make investments that may~~ willing to increase the sustainability of agriculture;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas most Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, including increased consumption of sustainably and regionally produced plants and plant- based foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes; whereas the Mediterranean diet, recognised by UNESCO in 2010 as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, is known as a healthy, balanced diet, with a high nutritional, social and cultural value; whereas there is a need to address the overconsumption of meat and dairy and ultra-processed products, as well as products high in sugars, salt and fats;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas agriculture is of great importance in the outermost regions, in particular for jobs, land management and food security, and these territories face constant challenges because of their geographical remoteness, small size, topography and climate; whereas the European Commission needs to take account, whenever necessary, of these specificities pursuant to Article 349 TFEU;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas most Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, which include increased consumption of sustainably and regionally produced plants and plant- based foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes; whereas there is a need to address the overconsumption of meat and dairy, and ultra-processed products, as well as products high in sugars, salt and fats 1a; _________________ 1a European Parliament, Resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system, 2020/2260(INI)

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas women play a vital role in rural areas, and, with a view to countering the risk of rural areas being abandoned, it is important that women be afforded recognition and visibility for their work on and co-ownership of farms; whereas action and measures need to be taken to support gender equality in farming sectors in the EU;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

H b. whereas there is a need to reconsider the EU land use for food security as nearly two-thirds of the EU's cereals are used for animal feed and around one-third for human consumption; whereas 3% are used for biofuels1b; _________________ 1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/BRIE/2019/640143/EPRS_BRI(20 19)640143_EN.pdf

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

H c. whereas moving away from intensive livestock farming practices towards sustainable, extensive agriculture will deliver an immense reduction in methane emissions from the agricultural sector and reduce negative consequences on the environment, biodiversity, animal welfare and public health, with drastically reducing the number of farmed animals kept in the EU being an essential step in this process;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 f (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (2020/2260(INI)),

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)

H d. whereas six of nine planetary boundaries to keep the planet habitable are already exceeded and the other three are nearly crossed, with intensive agricultural practices being one of the main drivers of the climate and biodiversity crises, undermining food security and availability;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the sharp and significant rise in global fertiliser and energy prices, together with the sharp rise in other input costs for farmers, threatens food security; whereas fertiliser production is extremely energy-intensive; whereas in September 2022 the prices of nitrogen fertilisers increased by 149% compared to the previous year; whereas nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are highly important crop nutrients and essential to arable farming;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the sharp rise in global fertiliser prices, together with the sharp rise in other input costs for farmers, threatens food security; whereas in September 2022 the prices of nitrogen fertilisers increased by 149% compared to the previous year; whereas in the light of the current input and energy crisis, the Commission has to assess the European farmers' financial position

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the sharp rise in global fertiliser prices, together with the sharp rise in other input costs for farmers, threatens food security; whereas in September 2022 the prices of nitrogen fertilisers increased by 149% compared to the previous year; whereas this shows that fertiliser inputs have to be reduced as announced in the Farm-to-Fork strategy;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the sharp rise in global fertiliser prices, together with the sharp rise in other input costs for farmers, threatens food security; whereas in September 2022 the prices of nitrogen fertilisers increased by 149% compared to the previous year, and whereas those fertilisers are vital in guaranteeing food security globally;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the sharp rise in global fertiliser prices, together with the sharp rise in other input costs for farmers, threatens food security and that agroecological practices therefore need to be extended in anticipation of the end of fossil fuels; whereas in September 2022 the prices of nitrogen fertilisers increased by 149% compared to the previous year;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the sharp rise in global fertiliser prices, together with the sharp rise in other input costs, is creating difficulties for farmers, and threatening the productivity of upcoming crops and thus food security; whereas in September 2022 the prices of nitrogen fertilisers increased by 149% compared to the previous year;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas ~~the sharp rise in global fertiliser prices, together with the sharp rise in other input costs for farmers, threatens food~~EU agriculture’s dependence on synthetic fertilisers and other inputs including pesticides, the prices of which have increased sharply, threatens food affordability, hence security; whereas in September 2022 the prices of nitrogen fertilisers increased by 149% compared to the previous year;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas ~~the sharp ris~~EU agriculture’s dependence ion ~~global~~synthetic fertiliser ~~prices, together with the sharp rise in other input costs for farmers, threatens food~~s and other inputs including pesticides, the prices of which have increased sharply, threatens food affordability, hence security; whereas in September 2022 the prices of nitrogen fertilisers increased by 149% compared to the previous year;

Amendment 169 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the sharp rise in global fertiliser prices, together with the sharp rise in other input costs for farmers, threatens food security; whereas in September 2022 the prices of nitrogen fertilisers increased by 149% on the EU fertilizers market compared to the previous year;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 g (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2021 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives (2020/2273(INI)),

Amendment 170 #

Salvatore DE MEO

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas food companies involved in logistics and wholesale distribution as well as large-scale industrial production and processing have been recognised as crucial entities whose resilience needs to be strengthened as they provide essential services; whereas wholesale markets are entities of public interest that provide vast regional and inter-regional areas with a service which is essential to the supply, provisioning and distribution to the final consumer of fresh and perishable agriculture and fisheries products, and which guarantees their quality and that they meet health standards; whereas, moreover, wholesale markets have already shown their resilience and the vital role they play by ensuring the continuity of food supply and distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 171 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas, due to the nature of food security, the costs are higher to react post facto than to intervene earlier on; whereas if the EU wants to avert destabilisation in other countries, food poverty, famine, social and political unrest, the Union has to come up with a vision to ensure food and nutrition security, both in the EU and at the international level;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas in the EU, nearly 57 million tonnes of food waste (127 kg/inhabitant) are generated annually with an associated market value estimated at 130 billion euros; whereas at the same time, some 36.2 million people cannot afford a quality meal every second day; whereas food waste causes 6% of EU´s total Green House Gas emissions;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas in the EU, nearly 57 million tonnes of food waste (127 kg/inhabitant) are generated annually with an associated market value estimated at 130 billion euros; whereas at the same time, some 36.2 million people cannot afford a quality meal every second day1c; whereas food waste causes 6% of EU´s total Green House Gas emissions; _________________ 1c https://food.ec.europa.eu/safety/food- waste_en

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. Whereas according to the Combined Drought Indicator (CDI), including the first ten days of August 2022, 47% of Europe has been in warning conditions of severe draught and 17% has been in alert conditions; whereas those regions affected by drought in spring 2022 have been the ones with the most worsening conditions1a; _________________ 1a https://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/ne ws/GDO- EDODroughtNews202208_Europe.pdf

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Amendment 176 #

Jérémy DECERLE

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. Whereas agriculture is of great importance to the economy of the outermost regions which often face a particularly fragile situation regarding food security, and it is therefore necessary that the European Commission always take into account these specific features under Article 349 TFEU

Amendment 177 #

Irène TOLLERET, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas the well-functioning of the European single market is a precondition for ensuring food security; whereas all tariff and non-tariff barriers in the agrifood sector should be addressed; whereas such barriers might lead to de facto protectionism by member states in the EU;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. Considering that an estimated 20% of all food produced is lost or wasted, and that more than 36 million people cannot afford a quality meal every other day, and considering that the neediest population is increasing as a result of the current economic crisis.

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas there is a need to reconsider the EU land use in order to ensure food security, as nearly two-thirds of the EU's cereals are used for animal feed and around one-third for human consumption; whereas 3% are used for biofuels 1a; _________________ 1a KELLY, P., 2019. The EU cereals sector: Main features, challenges and prospects, EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service. Retrieved from https://policycommons.net/artifacts/13347 83/the-eu-cereals-sector/1940587/ on 12 Dec 2022. CID: 20.500.12592/rjvbmx.

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 h (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 23 November 2022 on prevention, management and better care of diabetes in the EU on the occasion of World Diabetes Day(2022/2901(RSP)),

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas the current geopolitical challenges proves that food security is not a permanent achievement and that European food production should be considered as a strategic sector and should be preserved and strengthened in this respect as well;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas stronger, vibrant, resilient and prosperous rural areas and communities are key for Europe’s food security and food autonomy, as the recent COVID19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have clearly demonstrated;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

I b. whereas supporting the large-scale feeding of animals with food or arable land that could otherwise be allocated for human consumption is an inefficient use of calories and results in the EU being a net importer of calories 1a; whereas a reduction in the consumption of animal products and a transition to self-sufficient farming of livestock fed on EU grasslands and legumes would make it possible to move the EU from being a net importer to a net exporter of calories and reduce its carbon footprint, and would contribute to restoring biodiversity, storing carbon in EU agroecosystems and reducing the EU’s dependence on natural gas and fossil fuels for fertiliser production; _________________ 1a Sciavo, M et al., An agroecological Europe by 2050: What impact on land use, trade and global food security?, IDDRI, Paris, 2021.

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

I b. Whereas only 11.9 % of all farm managers in the EU in 2020 were under 40 years of age, while 33.2 % of EU farm managers were aged 65 years and over; whereas the average age of a European farmer has increased to 57; whereas in 2020 there were 5.3 million fewer farms in the EU than in 2005, a decrease of 37 %; whereas, the number of farm managers fell 11.2 % between 2016 and 2020; whereas most of the EU Member States recorded an overall decline in the number of farm managers;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

I b. whereas taking the ECB data and inflation forecasts, the aggregate 2021- 2027 real value of the CAP budget will shrink 21.95% with regard to 2020, and in the last year (2027) 34.12% vis-à-vis 20202a; _________________ 2a https://www.farm-europe.eu/news/the- cap-budget-is-shrinking-fast-removing- any-leverage-for-green-deal- investment%EF%BF%BC/?utm_source= piano&utm_medium=email&utm_campai gn=21853&pnespid=pL1qUDtIb6gcguXeo i6xE4KGsE_1TctlKvS9xfUzvxRmO8dKXI T6FoSLazkyruFjhVfVt1OMag

Amendment 185 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

I b. whereas food security is a key element for ensuring the strategic autonomy and prosperity of the European Union;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)

I c. whereas the 1996 Rome resolution of the farmers' organisation La Via Campesina first defined food sovereignty as the right of people and countries to define their own agricultural and food policies; whereas this concept aims at enabling each country to feed its own population and to be independent; whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy’s intention to reduce farmers’ dependency on external outputs is in line with this definition;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)

I c. whereas inflation in the Euro Zone peaked at 10.6% in October 2022, Euro Zone food inflation rose to 13.1%, while energy price inflation rose to 41.5%;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)

I d. whereas the 1994 Marrakech Agreement and in particular the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture have contributed to the specialisation of agricultural regions; whereas this specialisation has led to regions with high levels of exports and others that are almost fully dependent on imports: whereas this situation is not resilient to crises, such as wars, and is one of the factors contributing to the current global food instability;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I e (new)

I e. whereas in the EU, nearly 57 million tonnes of food waste (127 kg/inhabitant) are generated annually with an associated market value estimated at 130 billion euros; whereas at the same time, some 36.2 million people cannot afford a quality meal every second day; whereas the top contributors to food waste in the EU are households (53 %) and processing (19 %), 11% being wasted at the primary production stage;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 i (new)

— having regard to the UN General Assembly resolution of 28 July 2022 declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment a universal human right,

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I f (new)

I f. whereas gender inequality influences the distribution of labour and leads to a disproportionate and unpaid care burden on women and girls; whereas it is necessary to ensure the protection of women’s and girls’ rights at all levels and provide space for them in decision- making processes in the agri-food sector; whereas women and girls are most impacted by climate change and disasters, leading to increased vulnerability due to compounding risks; whereas gender inequalities have a direct impact on nutrition, shaping food dynamics in the household and community;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

Reaching SDGs in times of COVID-19 pandemic and war against Ukraine

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)

Recalls that EU agriculture suffered a number of crises between 2013 and 2021 due to the fact that international prices fell below European production costs, which has weakened the long-term resilience of EU agricultural production; takes the view that the European Union must better manage periods of overproduction, especially so as not to have to export to the detriment of farmers on other continents, and must limit the exposure of its farmers to international prices that are either dumping prices or panic prices but never equilibrium prices; calls for attention to be paid to the agricultural policies of other major agricultural powers such as the United States and their counter-cyclical subsidies to improve the long-term resilience of European agriculture;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated, on the one hand, the existence of alarming weaknesses and significant risks affecting Member States' agricultural markets and, on the other, the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and the resilience of its entire supply chain and reduce its dependence on imports from outside the EU; ~~welcomes~~expresses concern about the affordability of agri- food products for low-income households; welcomes, however, the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to increasing food security;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and reduce its dependence on imports from outside the EU~~; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances,~~ by entering into government-to-government trade agreements to secure imports that will remain necessary given the EU’s status of net importer, whether in terms of quantity, calories or number of hectares; takes the view that the adoption of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, w~~hich will contribute to food security;~~ ill at best have a negligible impact on food security and that other measures such as the temporary suspension of biofuel production would have been more efficient;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and reduce its dependence on imports from outside the EU, such as fossil fuels, fertiliser, feed and raw materials; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security and invites the European Commission to assess the need for potential prolongations; welcomes the derogations from key environmental requirements in the EU’s farming subsidy programme to maximise the EU’s cereal production capacity;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security ~~and~~by reduceing its dependence on imports from outside the EU~~; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary~~, moving towards local food production, supporting the shift to sustainable healthy plant-rich diets and rebalancing the proportion of EU land used for production of animal feed with that for producing human food; stresses the exceptionality and the temporary nature of certain measures adopted to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, ~~which will contribute to food security~~and highlights the dangerous consequences of further postponing sustainability measures;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security ~~and~~by reduceing its dependence on imports from outside the EU~~; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary~~, supporting the shift to sustainable plant-rich diets and rebalancing the proportion of EU land used for production of animal feed with that for producing human food; stresses the exceptionality and the temporary nature of the certain measures adopted to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and the need to reduce its dependence on imports from outside the EU; ~~welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security;~~

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security ~~and~~by reduceing its dependence on imports from outside the EU; ~~welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary~~supporting the shift to sustainable food systems and rebalancing the proportion of EU land used for production of animal feed with that for producing human food; stresses the exceptionality and the temporary nature of certain measures adopted to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season~~, which will contribute to food security~~;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)),

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 j (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 23 November 2022 on prevention, management and better care of diabetes in the EU on the occasion of World Diabetes Day(2022/2901(RSP)),

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and reduce its dependence on imports from outside the EU; supports the need for more supply sources for certain foodstuffs; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and reduce and diversify its dependence on imports from outside the EU; stresses that short and regional supply chains should be improved in a sustainable manner; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and reduce its dependence on imports of agricultural products and inputs from outside the EU; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU agricultural production during the 2022/23 harvest season, w~~hich will contribute to~~ith the aim of improving food security;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the resilience of the farming sector and the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and reduce its dependence on imports from outside the EU; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security;

Amendment 206 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine ~~have once again demonstrated~~exposed structural problems faced by the European agricultural sector, namely the need for the EU to strengthen its food security ~~and~~, reduce its dependence on imports from outside the EU; w~~elcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary mea~~ith regard to critical production inputs and raw materials, and ensures t~~o increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food securit~~he smooth functioning of the internal market, therefore increasing the EU's strategic autonomy;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 208 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI, Ivan DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Takes the view that there can be no food security without a food storage policy, that stocks are the best weapon against the different forms of speculation and that the increased variability of yields caused by climate change requires the European Union to overcome its aversion to agricultural stocks stemming from the experiences with surpluses in the 1980s; recalls that all Member States have strategic oil stocks equal to 90 days of consumption and that some Member States have strategic food stocks outside the common agricultural policy framework; urges the European Commission to make proposals to update the WTO’s agricultural rules, which prohibit storage policies aimed at providing stability;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)),

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Reaffirms the right to food as a fundamental human right; recalls SDG 1 to end poverty in all its forms everywhere, SDG 2 to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, SDG 3 to ensure healthy lives and promote well- being for all at all ages, SDG 5 to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, SDG 6 to ensure access to water, SDG 10 to reduce inequality within and among countries, SDG 12 to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, SDG 13 to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Emphasises that while the negative impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security has been significant, this crisis has built up on the existing systemic failures in the food system, and that sufficient short- and longer-term measures need to be adopted to address hunger and malnutrition in Europe and beyond; highlights the need to develop appropriate tools to address future food crisis in a sustainable way, compatible with our objectives on climate and biodiversity, rather than resorting to disruptive short-term solutions and increased international trade;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Underlines the impact of the Ukrainian war on the European farmers, and especially on those in the proximity of the war; acknowledges the efforts made by the Member States with common border with Ukraine to ensure the flow of the Ukrainian cereals out of the country; considers it timely-adequate to speed up the process of external convergence to empower farmers in these Member States to keep on supporting Ukraine's war-ravaged economy and Eu's strategic priority;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises the need to continue regarding fertilisers as a key production sector in view of a hypothetical scenario in which gas is rationed as a result of the war in Ukraine, something the Commission contemplates in its communication entitled ‘Ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers’ (COM(2022)0590) as a way of guaranteeing food security globally;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Emphasises that while the negative impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security has been significant, what the world is facing today is not a new crisis but an additional layer to the existing systemic failures in the food system, and that sufficient short- and longer-term measures need to be adopted to address hunger and malnutrition in Europe and beyond;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

Amendment 216 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Underlines the need for flexibility in order to increase the adaptation capacity in the short-term for the agricultural sector; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security;

Amendment 217 #

Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Asks the European Commission to study mechanisms to combat speculation, taking into account that this phenomenon contributes considerably to the exorbitant rise in the prices of certain raw materials, and stresses that the war in Ukraine has highlighted the need to reinforce market transparency.

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Highlights the resilience of the agri-food sector during the recent crisis, its ability to maintain the functioning of the food supply chains and ensure food security in very difficult circumstances;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)

Farmers and generational renewal

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (2020/2260(INI)),

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Points out that the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine have reminded us that it was wrong to take the security of Europeans’ food supply for granted; recalls that food insecurity affects tens of millions of Europeans, with many children in particular going to school on an empty stomach, and that the budget of the EU programme providing food aid to people in need, now integrated into the ESF+, is too small in relation to the growing needs; calls, in view of the return of inflation in Europe, on the Commission and the European Central Bank to recognise that agricultural price policies have historically been the first policies to provide macroeconomic stability; takes the view that the links between agricultural policy and food policy need be reestablished, from local to EU level, to build up the territories’ food resilience;

Amendment 221 #

Irène TOLLERET, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Stresses the need, due to the disruptions to global production chains and increased price volatility, to develop open strategic autonomy for the EU with the aim of ensuring access to key markets and reducing dependency on imports of critical goods such as plant-based protein sources and feed; reiterates that agri-food systems must be acknowledged as a crucial aspect of the EU’s open strategic autonomy in order to ensure sufficient availability of safe and good-quality food and to maintain functioning and resilient food supply chains and trade flows during future crises;

Amendment 222 #

1 b. Is in favour of establishing a priority package of legislative actions within the framework of the Farm to Fork strategy, in order to accelerate the most urgent measures aimed at ensuring food security in view of the risks of hardship resulting from the current war in Ukraine; considers it essential to compensate any action that could lead to a reduction in the European production with the parallel introduction of other actions that would provide viable alternatives;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Recognises that the COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the interconnectivity of human, animal and planetary health and expresses deep concern that intensive agriculture, through its contribution to biodiversity loss and climate change, is a leading driver of pandemics, as well as posing a direct threat to human health through the spill-over of zoonotic diseases from animals kept in close proximity to each other for industrial farming practices;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Welcomes the new Temporary Crisis Framework to help European producers cope with the effects of the war in Ukraine, but underlines the necessity to identify new financial support to ensure the food security of Europe and third countries; underlines the critical situation of the pig and milk market in some Member States and calls for direct and immediate financial support for these sectors;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Notes that the decline in the amount of farms and farm managers in combination with an increased average age of European farmers is worrying; emphasizes that in the long term generational renewal is the key priority to ensure European food security;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Underlines that a high dependency on food and feed imports exposes populations to global market volatilities, especially the persons who spend an important share of their income on daily food needs;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Recalls that the war in the Ukraine is disrupting the food security of millions of people and the EU must ensure that the right to food for all is not a market commodity; underlines that the EU must drastically reduce the number of animals in the EU agriculture system in order to gain food security for people in urgent need because only if the EU starts to change course now and switches to producing more plant-based food for people, and not feed for animals, it can play its essential role in helping to compensate for the expected loss of grain exports from the Black Sea region, despite the Black Sea Grain Initiative; underlines that there is excessive stock market speculation on grains and other food commodities and that the EU must ensure that the "position limits", i.e. the upper limits of the amount of commodities a speculator is allowed to trade, are strictly regulated in order to achieve price stability;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Calls on the Commission to take necessary measures to protect agricultural businesses with supporting measures to create certainty and create more guarantees to maintain and where necessary increase food production by European farmers; calls on the Commission to make thorough impact assessments with a specific focus on the potential impact on farmers of all new legislative proposals;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Is concerned that the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports does not lead to food security, lower food prices and the intended humanitarian impacts, such as alleviating hunger in the world’s poorest regions, but feeds the Western feed and livestock industries instead and benefits those who are not food insecure1d; _________________ 1d https://ruralsociologywageningen.nl/2022/ 11/11/crisis-and-capitalism-a-deep-dive- into-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-and- the-global-politics-of-food/

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

— having regard to its resolution of 24 March 2022 on the need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022/2593(RSP)),

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1 d. Emphasises that while the negative impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security has been significant, what the world is facing today is not a new crisis but an additional layer to the existing systemic failures in the food system, and that sufficient short- and longer-term measures need to be adopted to address hunger and malnutrition in Europe and beyond;

Amendment 231 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Irène TOLLERET, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Calls on the Commission to make a socio-economic young farmers check in all upcoming agricultural and climate or environmental legislation to assess the potential impact on young farmers and the generational renewal in the agricultural sector.

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

Green ~~Deal and~~Agenda for a Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

Climate Change Mitigation, Green Deal and Agriculture

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

Green Deal and Sustainable Agriculture

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Notes the enormous cost of inaction 1a and the continued deterioration of the functional biodiversity needed to maintain yields and fertility and agricultural productivity; underlines therefore the need for improving resilience of agro-ecosystems by increasing biological, genetic and structural diversity to maintain yields and spread risk of crop failure; notes for example that drought costs the EU 9 billion euro every year - and this is forecast to increase as climate change and ecological collapse kick in; notes the UN and FAO clearly warn that delaying the transition to sustainable, resilient food systems will cost society and farmers even more, the longer it is delayed; _________________ 1a IPCC, 2022: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, 3056 pp., doi:10.1017/9781009325844.

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)

Reiterates and reconfirms its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the European Green Deal and its subsequent communications, specifically those in the Farm to Fork, Biodiversity and Zero- Pollution Strategies;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. CNotes that, in view of the fallout from Russian aggression against Ukraine and the general increase in prices, any acceleration of transition towards sustainable agriculture may raise additional concerns about possible risks to the affordability and availability of food products on the internal market; calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if ~~necessary~~possible, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland ~~is used~~remains available primarily for the production of food and feed and can help reduce EU energy dependence;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed; , while ensuring the implementation of the necessary measures to reduce GHG emissions and reverse biodiversity loss, in line with the Farm-to-Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, the upcoming Nature Restoration Law, the CAP objectives and the need to ensure food security in the long term;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used ~~primarily for the production of food and feed~~for the production of food while ensuring the implementation of the necessary measures to reduce GHG emissions and reverse biodiversity loss, in line with the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, the upcoming Nature Restoration Law, the CAP objectives and the need to ensure food security in the long term;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

— having regard to the European Parliament’s own-initiative report on addressing food security in developing countries (2021/2208(INI)),

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain ~~and, if necessary, increase~~ food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food ~~and feed~~, while ensuring the implementation of the necessary measures to reduce GHG emissions and reverse biodiversity loss, in line with the Farm to Fork and the Biodiversity Strategies, the upcoming Nature Restoration Law, the CAP objectives and the need to ensure food security in the long term;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used ~~primarily for the production of food and feed~~for the production of food while ensuring the implementation of the necessary measures to reduce GHG emissions and reverse biodiversity loss, in line with the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, the upcoming Nature Restoration Law and the need to ensure food security in the long term;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to ~~take the necessary measures~~propose a comprehensive reform of the CAP to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; takes the view that for the Green Deal to succeed, additional budgetary resources will be needed, as well as effective protection against the environmental and health dumping of imports that do not respect our own production standards; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed, while ensuring the implementation of the necessary measures to protect/preserve natural resources and contribute to reduce GHG emissions;

Amendment 244 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 246 #

2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, as well as adequate financial support, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security, the appropriate financial resources and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed;

Amendment 248 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI, Ivan DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with production planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)

— having regard to Directive (EU) 2022/... of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities and repealing Council Directive 2008/114/EC, which adds food production, processing and distribution to the list of sectors covered,

Amendment 250 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Calls on the Commission to ensure that in the EU food should originate in sustainable farming systems, and to reject artificial, industrial imitations;

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure in the implementation of the Green Deal the diversity in agricultural models across the European Union and to ensure the geographical coverage of agricultural entrepreneurship and activity across the Union from a strategic point of view in terms of food security; emphasizes the need for specific implementation conditions for urbanised areas where family farms have to work with a high- cost model due to lack of space and often stricter regulations, making them disproportionally affected by new legislative provisions under the Green Deal;

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Highlights that the two major middle- to long-term threats to farming and food production are climate change and the ecosystem collapse; notes that the latest IPCC report forecasts acute future problems for agriculture, the ecosystem stability, water availability and food security; notes also that agriculture relies upon healthy ecosystems, notably functional soil ecosystems, and a sufficient population of pollinators and predators of pests; highlights that more than 75 % of global food crop types, including fruits and vegetables rely on animal pollination;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Points out the central importance of the agricultural and food sectors in the economy and in providing decent and sustainable job opportunities in rural areas; underlines that this in most cases concerns smallholdings and family farms; notes the importance of promoting and enhancing measures and tools to support increasing product quality, diversification of products, sustainable modernisation of agricultural practices, safe working conditions and measures to strengthen the resilience of farmers;

Amendment 254 #

Jérémy DECERLE, Irène TOLLERET, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that, in the implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy as it pertains to agriculture, high-biodiversity landscape features include not only entirely non-productive landscape features but also, in particular (for example in the context of eco- schemes or agri-environmental measures), land managed in a way that promotes biodiversity, since this land makes a significant contribution to biodiversity conservation while also contributing to food security;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and economic actors to think strategically about the place of sustainable livestock farming in all European territories, taking into account, in particular, its role in the nitrogen cycle and the supply of organic amendments to crops, the valorisation of all types of agricultural soils and the search for a diversified and balanced diet

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use its position as a major global player to set the benchmark and direct international standards for resilient and sustainable food systems;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Calls therefore on the Commission and the members states to focus their efforts in making EU farming and food production more resilient and in decreasing drastically the negative impacts of this sector on climate and the ecosystems, notably by strengthening its autonomy and increasing the diversity of food crops, decreasing its reliance on fossil-based inputs and by moving to more sustainable diets; calls on the Commission to support further investments that can accelerate the green transition and secure sustainability and autonomy, both in the EU and in developing countries;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Calls on the Commission to take particularly into account highly efficient farming models in areas with fertile agricultural land where food production is ensured in a sustainable and at the same time highly productive way; emphasizes that some objectives of the Green Deal should therefore be implemented in the most optimal way throughout the Union, in those areas where this can be done without undermining the efficient food production models on fertile agricultural land;

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Points out that farm income in the EU is still less than half the gross wages and salaries in the EU economy and, therefore, in view of inflationary trends, economic stability should be moved up the agenda;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

— having regard to the UN General Assembly resolution of 28 July 2022 declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment a universal human right;

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Recalls that the Special Envoy for the UN Food Systems Summit underlined the intersection between climate and food as profound and that we have to address food systems-driven climate emissions for reaching the 1,5 degrees target;

Amendment 261 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Stresses the importance of the protection and promotion of the right of local communities to access and control natural resources such as land and water; deplores the fact that land grabbing and unsustainable concentration of land are rife in many countries; points out that it is a practice that undermines food sovereignty and endangers rural communities; stresses the importance of launching an inclusive process with the aim of guaranteeing the effective participation of civil society organisations and local communities in the development, implementation and monitoring of policies and actions related to land grabbing; calls for the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) to be observed in all projects that promote the protection of land rights, including in trade, and also for measures to ensure that projects do not endanger the land rights of small-scale farmers for the benefit of big multinationals or large- scale industrial farming producing for the EU market;

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2 d. Underlines that food systems have a key role to play in ending poverty and achieving SDG 1, while addressing the coexistence of overnutrition and undernutrition will be crucial to meet health objectives in SDG 3; underlines that it will be impossible to sustainably manage water resources to achieve SDG 6 without agriculture playing a central role and sustainable fisheries management is fundamental for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and seas and the achievement of SDG 14; recalls consequently, that food systems more broadly must also reflect our commitments on sustainable consumption and production in SDG 12, climate change adaptation and mitigation in SDG 13, and the protection, restoration, and sustainable management of terrestrial ecosystems in SDG 15;

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2 e. Calls for a focus on efforts in the area of agriculture to safeguard developing countries’ right to food sovereignty and on increasing their food security as a priority, as well as enhancing their capacity to meet the nutritional requirements of their populations;

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2 f. Recalls that research suggests transforming food systems could release back the 12 trillion US-Dollar the world spends on the hidden cost of food and that redirecting some of these funds could prevent further damage to the environment and to the health of people, and it could instead help rally more pledges for adaptation financing as called for by Member States and leaders during the COP 26 in Glasgow;

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 g (new)

2 g. Underlines the value of food which must also be understood as far more than a mere commodity but as a right for people that must be realised, and the economic, social and environmental impact and externalities must be better assessed, and mitigated or leveraged as required;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 h (new)

2 h. Calls for the link between public health and biodiversity in line with the ‘one health’ approach to be taken into account;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 i (new)

2 i. Recalls the fact that agroecology’s capacity to reconcile the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainability has been recognised in landmark reports from the IPCC and IPBES, as well as the World Bank and FAO-led global agricultural assessment (IAASTD); stresses the importance of promoting agroecology, agroforestry, local production and sustainable food systems which focus on the development of short supply chains in both national policies and international forums, in order to ensure food and nutritional security for all as well as increasing the sustainable productivity of the agricultural sector and its resilience to climate change;

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 j (new)

2 j. Recalls that recent reports have found that food systems are contributing to up to one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, up to 80 per cent of biodiversity loss and use up to 70 per cent of freshwater; underlines, however, that sustainable food production systems should be recognised as an essential solution to these existing challenges and that it is possible to feed a growing global population while protecting our planet;

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the European Green Deal could be a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security; ~~calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming~~stresses the risk of putting the EU agri- food sector at a competitive disadvantage owing to a lack of global convergence of standards and increased costs for consumers; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector and to propose proportionate measures, a suitable timeframe for adaptation and compensation mechanisms with a view to maintaining the competitiveness, productivity and social resilience of the EU agri-food sector;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— having regard to the UN General Assembly resolution of 28 July 2022 declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment a universal human right;

Amendment 270 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the European Green Deal could be a milestone in the EU transition to a greener ~~and~~, more sustainable ~~economy, while pointing~~and resilient economy, which can be partly achieved through the implementation, in a coherent manner, of the Green Deal, the Biodiversity strategy and the Farm to Fork strategy; points out that ~~many~~some of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms ~~and~~, food security, including global food security; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment ofto support the feasibility of the targets proposed and the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector; calls on the Commission to note the importance of active training of farmers and support regarding new agriculture practices;

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the European Green Deal ~~could be~~has been presented as a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while at the same time pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms ~~and food security~~, in particular small and medium-sized farms, on food security and on sufficient and affordable food supplies for consumers; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector; and, if necessary, to revise the ambitious objectives of the proposals so as to properly ensure the affordability and security of food in the internal market;

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 273 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the European Green Deal ~~could be~~is a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while pointing out th~~at many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security~~e need to ensure a just and inclusive transition, promoting rural economic vitality and territorial and social cohesion, and to provide adequate support and resources to face the challenges in this regard; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector covering all dimensions of sustainability: social, environmental and economic ;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the European Green Deal ~~could be a milestone~~needs more safeguards in order to guarantee long term food security and viable farms in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the European Green Deal ~~could be~~is a milestone in the EU transition to a greener ~~and~~, more sustainable ~~economy, while pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security;~~and climate- neutral contintent; reiterates its calls on the Commission to ~~carry out a comprehensive assessment~~ensure that the mid- term evaluation of the Farm to Fork strategy reflects ofn the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector; in a holistic and systemic manner, covering all dimensions of sustainability, be they environmental, economic or social, including health1e; _________________ 1e https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0425_EN.pdf

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the European Green Deal could be a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy provided that the CAP undergoes a comprehensive reform that moves away from the ‘market orientation’ approach, while pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security~~; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector~~ if they cause European farmers to face unfair competition from imports that do not meet our standards;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the European Green Deal ~~could be~~is a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector; calls on the Commission to ensure that the mid-term evaluation of the Farm to Fork strategy reflects on a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector in a holistic and systemic manner, covering all dimensions of sustainability, be they environmental, economic or social, including health;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)

— having regard to the UN resolution entitled ‘Transforming our World – the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015 in New York (the 2030 Agenda),

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the European Green Deal ~~could be~~is a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment; calls on the Commission to ensure that the mid-term evaluation of the Farm to Fork strategy reflects ofn the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector in a holistic and systemic manner, covering all dimensions of sustainability, be they environmental, economic or social, including health;

Amendment 282 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI, Ivan DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the risk that the European Green Deal could ~~be a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while~~pose and point~~ing~~s out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive impact assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector before putting them into effect;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the European Green Deal ~~could be~~is a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment; calls on the Commission to ensure that the mid-term evaluation of the Farm-to-Fork strategy reflects ofn the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector in a holistic and systemic manner, covering all dimensions of sustainability, be they environmental, economic or social, including health;

Amendment 285 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 b (new)

Welcomes the planned revision of the EU animal welfare legislation, including updating existing animal welfare legislation, as well as the need for development, implementation and enforcement of strengthened and new, species-specific legislation, as there is an overall lack of effective implementation and enforcement of the current legislation and it is vital to revise and augment the existing body of animal welfare legislation to bring it into line with the latest scientific advancements and to respond to societal demands for improvement of the welfare of animals and the elimination of outdated livestock housing systems, such as cages, and other production practices that negatively impact their welfare;

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to provide farmers with better tools so that they may make an increasing contribution to the green transition currently under way: against this background, farmers need to be able to contribute (beyond the limits of self-consumption) to the production of energy, particularly renewable energy, in the EU, so as to give real impetus to the development of circular economy and clean energy practices. What is more, it is necessary to actually involve farmers and their representative organisations in designating suitable areas.

Amendment 287 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Points out that sustainability and food security are interlinked and should go hand in hand. Believes that measures foreseen in the Green Deal, in the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies could provide an alternative perspective for farmers and ensure stable income resources, for example through carbon farming and eco-schemes; underlines that these have to be longer-term measures in order to ensure the predictability of income for farmers;

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the urgent need to bring EU trade policy in line with European standards for sustainable food and competitiveness; notes that the EU plays a key role in the global trade in agricultural and food products and that it is fundamental that EU trade policy is also in line with European sustainability goals, so that it does not prove counterproductive;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that the current geopolitical context requires a series of time-bound, extraordinary measures from the European Commission in order to ensure the viability of farms and agricultural production in the Union as well as exports to third countries, whose food security could be jeopardised;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

— having regard to the Voluntary Guidelines of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security (2012) and the CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (2015) and the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition (2021),

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission to develop an ambitious, comprehensive EU strategy on generational renewal in the agricultural sector, aiming at increasing the number of young farmers, improving their competencies and capabilities, in particular to fully exploit the opportunities offered by smart farming and artificial intelligence;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Draws attention to the need to boost investment, including from the angle of digitalisation; calls on the Commission, in this context, to draw up, in close cooperation with the Member States, guidelines aimed at facilitating synergies between the funding strands of the CAP and those of cohesion policy;

Amendment 292 #

Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Gabriel MATO, Norbert LINS, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Emphasizes that the EU is a climatically and agriculturally favoured productive location, which should become aware of its responsibility not only to ensure its own food supply, but also to contribute to fighting hunger in other disadvantaged parts of the world;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Points out that the increasing regulatory burden is a major factor in why more and more farmers and their successors feel compelled to give up farming; calls on the Commission and Member States to lessen and minimise the regulatory burden;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission to communicate actions related to food security consistently and in coordinated manner; reminds the Commission to evaluate impacts on procedures and food security in its legislative proposal.

Amendment 295 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Welcomes and supports the comments made by the Agriculture Commissioner, who has said that the current CAP budget of less than 0.4% of EU GDP is insufficient to deliver food security and should therefore be raised considerably with the next multiannual financial framework for the CAP budget at the latest; calls for the agricultural crisis reserve to be endowed with additional resources on top of the existing CAP funds and for the crisis reserve, if used, to be replenished by means other than budgetary discipline, as this would mean giving farmers EU funds to manage the crisis with one hand while taking them back (direct payments) with the other;

Amendment 296 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Calls on the Commission to not let the impact of the war in Ukraine change our ambition on sustainability, but rather promote policies that result in synergies for food security, production and sustainability; Underlines that it is necessary to have flexibility in the short- term, but in the long-term, the Union has to continue with an updated agenda on sustainability;

Amendment 297 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Notes that due to increasing urbanization and global population growth there is an enormous reduction of land available for agriculture, and that it is possible to produce significantly more on less land in the sense of sustainable intensification or urban farming;

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Reiterates the need to address the overconsumption of meat and dairy, and ultra-processed products, as well as products high in sugars, salt and fats1f; _________________ 1f https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0425_EN.pdf http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2022-0409_EN.pdf

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses the importance of identifying a more flexible applicability of CAP requirements, with the inclusion, and raising of the level, of advance payments made to producers;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 20 October2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system (2020/2260(INI)),

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

— having regard to the Voluntary Guidelines of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security (2012) ~~and~~, the CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (2015), and the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition (2021),

Amendment 300 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Underlines that agri- environmental-climate practices such as agroecology, agroforestry, organic farming, precision and carbon farming have the potential to address climate, biodiversity, environmental, economic and social challenges; highlights that while ensuring sustainable production of goods and provisions of ecosystem services, these practices have the capacity to reduce the use of pesticides, fertilisers, antimicrobials and consumption of gas and to limit soil degradation, increase carbon sequestration, and promote more healthy, quality food production and long- term sustainable, resilient and future- proof production;

Amendment 301 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3 d. Stresses the importance to make efficient and well-targeted investments in mitigation, as well as adaptation measures in order to reduce risks and avoid significant costs in the long-term, at the same time taking advantage of opportunities; while underlines that the increase of the climate resilience of the European agriculture industry will allow agricultural sector to remain competitive in global markets, providing employment and economic growth;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

EU protein and feed strategy

Amendment 303 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

EU protein and feed strategy

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Notes that the number of farm animals is growing in the EU and that animal products represent 22 % of food exported by the EU; highlights that 60% of crop surfaces in the EU are dedicated to producing feed, and that close to 30 millions of tons of soybeans and soybeans products are imported in the EU every year, leading to an extractive, high carbon footprint and fragile model, linked to deforestation;

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Underlines the key role that the EU should play in supporting the development of agro-ecological and the transition towards plant-based agricultural practices;

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Notes the multiple benefits of highly productive rotational grazing systems already working very well in e.g. mid-USA, New Zealand, and the EU, that reduce production costs by cutting out imported feed, allowing grazers to break even; notes that leaving the meadow sward ungrazed for longer by rotating the livestock, allows vegetation to grow higher, remain cooler and trap moisture as well as producing more fodder, also allowing a range of plant species to grow, flower and set seed, which makes the system less susceptible to heatwaves and droughts, the roots grow deeper, kickstarting life in the rhizosphere and creating topsoil, sinking more carbon and allowing the plants to resist drought; highlights that more flowering plants also means more pollinators and so higher yields in surrounding areas;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Calls on adapting the size of the EU herd to the planetary boundaries and what the EU land can support, allowing at the same time to reach the objectives of the methane pledge and the Paris agreement; highlights that such a transition must be supported by a systemic strategy at EU and national level in order to avoid unbearable disruptions, as well as at farm level ; notes that a comparable profitability with reduced herds can be achieved for herbivore animals farming by switching to pasture based grazing, allowing to cut of input costs;

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Calls for food for people to be prioritised over feed for an EU population of farm animals that exceeds the EU’s food needs, and believes it could contribute to the robustness of the EU food system 1a; _________________ 1a Sun, Z., Scherer, L., Zhang, Q. et al. Adoption of plant-based diets across Europe can improve food resilience against the Russia–Ukraine conflict. Nat Food 3, 905–910 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022- 00634-4

Amendment 309 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3 d. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU-grown plant proteins to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change and low input farming systems, including traditional and locally- adapted varieties and heterogeneous material:

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

— having regard to the Voluntary Guidelines of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security (2012) ~~and~~ the CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (2015), and the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition (2021),

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3 e. Points out that gene-edited plants and animals are patented and should therefore be avoided as they would further contribute to market concentration in seed, plant and animal production and the increase of input costs, in addition to them not providing any advantages over agro-ecological systems, which have proven benefits in terms of biodiversity and the climate when it comes to alleviating food insecurity; calls on the EU and its Member states to prevent patents on biological material used in or produced from means of conventional breeding and to safeguard the freedom to operate and the breeders’ exemption for all conventionally bred varieties;

Amendment 311 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive EU protein strategy ~~that, on the one hand, focuses on domestic production in order to fully exploit its potential~~, based on the Report on Development of plant proteins in the European Union; the strategy should on the one hand, focuses on domestic production in order to fully exploit its potential, looks into possibilities to tap into different industrial side streams to increase protein availability and reduce dependence on imports from third countries and, on the other, further safeguards income from sustainable production;

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. CIn a context where feed (grassland, green fodder, silage) constitutes an important source of protein, especially for ruminants, calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive EU protein strategy that, on the one hand, focuses on domestic production in order to fully exploit its potential and reduce dependence on imports from third countries and, on the other, further safeguards, and even increases, income from sustainable production;

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive EU protein strategy that, on the one hand, focuses on domestic production in order to fully exploit its potential and reduce dependence on imports from third countries and, on the other, ~~further safeguards income from sustainable~~truly guarantees income for producers through coupled aid and/or by correcting the imbalance in tariff produtection in relation to grains;

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive EU protein strategy that, on the one hand, focuses on ~~domestic~~the production of protein crops in EU Member States in order to fully exploit ~~its~~Union production potential and reduce dependence on imports from third countries and, on the other, further safeguards the income ~~from~~of farmers applying the principles of sustainable production;

Amendment 315 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive EU protein and feed crops (e.g. maize) strategy that, on the one hand, focuses on domestic production in order to fully exploit its potential and reduce dependence on imports from third countries and, on the other, further safeguards income from economically sustainable production;

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive EU protein strategy that, on the one hand, focuses on domestic production in order to fully exploit its potential and reduce dependence on imports from third countries and, on the other, f~~urther safeguards income from sustainable produc~~avours the production of plant- based protein for human consumption ;

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive EU protein strategy that, on the one hand, focuses on domestic production in order to fully exploit its potential and reduce dependence on imports from third countries and, on the other, f~~urther safeguards income from sustainable produc~~avours the production of plant- based protein for human consumption;

Amendment 319 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive EU protein and feed strategy that, on the one hand, focuses on domestic production in order to fully exploit its potential and reduce dependence on imports from third countries and, on the other, further safeguards income from sustainable production;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

— having regard to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) of 13 September 2007 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas of 28 September 2018,

Amendment 320 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Considers that the Commission should assess the potential of maximising the synergies with EU renewable energy production to increase the availability of high-protein content feed;

Amendment 321 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Sustainable healthy diets and sustainable food systems

Amendment 322 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that in the humid tropics, agriculture has 20% phytosanitary coverage to respond to diseases, compared to 85% minimum on the continent; calls on the European Commission to urgently make a legislative proposal on new genomic techniques (NGTs) with a view to EU legislation being adopted by 2024 at the latest; as things stand, NGTs are the only solution in view of the lack of phytosanitary solutions for agriculture in the humid tropics;

Amendment 323 #

Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Considers that the protein strategy must introduce effective measures to increase the European production in the short and medium term, and invites all Member States to promote such crops within the CAP strategic plans, with particular emphasis on the promotion of leguminous crops, which have a very positive effect on improving the quality of European soils and in increasing carbon sequestration.

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls for closing nutrient cycling loops, shorter food production and supply chains, reducing external inputs and balancing outputs better with the carrying capacities of farmed areas, inter alia to make farming more resilient and autonomous both on-farm and EU level;

Amendment 325 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Notes that a shift towards healthier and sustainable diets rich in legumes, vegetables and fruits in Europe could substantially alleviate pressure on global grain supplies and land demand1g; _________________ 1g Pörtner, L. M., Lambrecht, N., Springmann, M., Bodirsky, B. L., Gaupp, F., Freund, F., Lotze-Campen, H., Gabrysch, S. (2022): We need a food system transformation - In the face of the Russia-Ukraine war, now more than ever. - One Earth, 5, 5, 470-472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.0 04.

Amendment 326 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

Sustainable healthy diets and sustainable food systems

Amendment 327 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

EU Single Market

Amendment 328 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Emphasises the latest United Nations State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report’s findings that agricultural subsidies often target the production of staple foods, dairy and other animal source foods, while fruits and vegetables are relatively less supported1h; _________________ 1h State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO.

Amendment 329 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure, with all possible means, the well- functioning of the European single market; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to address all agrifood related barriers in the single market, including the unblocking of transport bottlenecks;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

— having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the accompanying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how closely linked and integrated they are, in particular SDG 1 to end poverty in all its forms, ~~and~~ SDG 2 to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, SDG 13 to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, and SDG 15 to protect nature that provides us with our oxygen, regulates our weather patterns, pollinates our crops, produces our food, feed and fibre,

Amendment 330 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Notes that a shift towards healthier and sustainable diets rich in legumes, vegetables and fruits in Europe could substantially alleviate pressure on global grain supplies and land demand;

Amendment 331 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

Sustainable healthy diets and sustainable food systems

Amendment 332 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious proposal for an EU Sustainable Food System Framework law establishing a clear and measurable path towards food system sustainability in the EU; ensuring coherence among all existing and future food-related policies, including the EU’s external policies; shifting consumption towards sustainable and healthy diets, including support for a higher consumption of legumes, vegetable and fruits; promoting favourable food environments with increased affordability and availability of sustainable and healthy food, while ensuring that prices paid for sustainable production and incomes earned by farmers are fair; strengthening the responsibility and engagement of large food businesses in the transition towards sustainability; recognizing animal welfare as a requirement for a sustainable food system and encouraging a shift towards animal husbandry which respects animals‘ physiological and behavioural needs;

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious proposal for an EU Sustainable Food System Framework law establishing a clear and measurable path towards food system sustainability in the EU; ensuring coherence among all existing and future food-related policies, including the EU’s external policies; shifting consumption towards sustainable and healthy diets, including support for a higher consumption of legumes, vegetable and fruits; promoting favourable food environments with increased affordability and availability of sustainable and healthy food, while ensuring that prices paid for sustainable production and incomes earned by farmers are fair; strengthening the responsibility and engagement of large food businesses in the transition towards sustainability; recognizing animal welfare asa requirement for a sustainable food system;

Amendment 334 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Notes that a shift towards healthier and sustainable diets rich in legumes, vegetables and fruits in Europe could substantially alleviate pressure on global grain supplies and land demand 1a; _________________ 1a Pörtner, L. M., Lambrecht, N., Springmann, M., Bodirsky, B. L., Gaupp, F., Freund, F., Lotze-Campen, H., Gabrysch, S. (2022): We need a food system transformation - In the face of the Russia-Ukraine war, now more than ever. - One Earth, 5, 5, 470-472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.0 04

Amendment 335 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious proposal for an EU Sustainable Food System Framework Law establishing a clear and measurable path towards food system sustainability in the EU; highlights that such a law should ensure coherence among all existing and future food-related policies, including the EU’s external policies and shift consumption towards sustainable and healthy diets, including support for a higher consumption of legumes, vegetable and fruits; promoting favourable food environments with increasing the affordability and the availability of sustainable and healthy food, while ensuring that prices paid for sustainable production and incomes earned by farmers are fair; calls on the Commission to use this draft law to strengthen the responsibility and engagement of large food businesses in the transition towards sustainability and to recognize animal welfare as a requirement for a sustainable food system and encouraging a shift towards animal husbandry which respects planetary boundaries, as well as animals‘ physiological and behavioural needs;

Amendment 336 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Stresses the need to lower the number and density of farmed animals that are kept within the EU in order to effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long term, as well as to adjust it to the availability of locally grown animal feed, preferably coming from biodiversity-rich grass fields, and the need for nutrients from the manure that is produced by the animals to ensure a truly circular and sustainable agriculture, calls in this regard on the Commission to publish a study on the carrying capacity of European farm lands with regards to the optimal herd sizes, as well as to no longer fund promotion activities for EU agri-food animal based products;

Amendment 337 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Emphasises the latest United Nations State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report’s findings that agricultural subsidies often target the production of staple foods, dairy and other animal source foods, while fruits and vegetables are relatively less supported;1a notes that a repurposing of EU farm subsidies to incentivise more the production of foods contributing to healthy sustainable diets would have an impact on the affordability of such diets, hence on food security; _________________ 1a State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFPand WHO.https://www.fao.org/publications/so fi/2022/en/#:~:text=About%20the%20seri es- ,The%20State%20of%20Food%20Securit y%20and%20Nutrition%20in%20the%20 World,goal%20in%20the%20context%20 of

Amendment 338 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Emphasises the latest United Nations State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report’s findings that agricultural subsidies often target the production of staple foods, dairy and other animal source foods, while fruits and vegetables are relatively less supported, while they are needed for a healthy nutritious diet; notes that a repurposing of EU farm subsidies to incentivise more the production of foods contributing to healthy sustainable diets would have an impact on the affordability of such diets, hence on food security 1a; _________________ 1a FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. 2022. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable. Rome, FAO

Amendment 339 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

Notes that the much needed discussion on food and nutritional security has been hijacked by big agricultural corporations, notably those that manufacture pesticides, artificial fertilisers and genetically manipulated seeds, as well as the meat, dairy and livestock feed industry, who are spreading fals einformation to promote their vested interests at the detriment of small-scale farmers, consumers, nature, food security and the health and welfare of humans and animals;

Amendment 34 #

Jan HUITEMA, Irène TOLLERET, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

— having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how closely linked and integrated they are, in particular SDG 1 to end poverty in all its forms, ~~and~~ SDG 2 to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, SDG 12 to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns and SDG 13 to take urgent action in order to combat climate change and its impacts,

Amendment 340 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

New ~~cultivation method~~genomic techniques

Amendment 341 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

New ~~cultivation~~breeding methods

Amendment 342 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

New ~~cultivation~~genomic methods

Amendment 343 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new cultivation techniques in order to increase yields and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that new cultivation targets can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation;deleted

Amendment 344 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new cultivation techniques ~~in ord~~while respecting the precautionary principle, the principle of traceability, the need for consumers to ~~increase yields and make~~be properly informed, patent law and the recent judgments of the CJEU; notes that the promises made by genetic engineering advocates over the last 40 years with regard to making crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens have not always been fulfilled, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that new cultivation targets can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation but recalls that the world’s main GM crops consist of plants that are resistant to herbicides, which has contributed to an increasing use of such pesticides to deal with the resistances that appear;

Amendment 345 #

5. ~~Calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new cultivation techniques in order to~~Recognises that increaseing yields and makeing crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States~~; points out that new cultivation target~~ unavoidably hinges on restoration and conservation of biodiversity, soil health, the application of agro ecological methods can ~~prom~~d access for breeders tothe ~~sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation~~biological material needed for further breeding, which EU legislative action should therefore focus on; emphasises that patents on plans and propagation materials are highly undesirable;

Amendment 346 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new cultivation techniques in order to increase yields and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that new cultivation t~~arget~~echniques can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation; reminds of the importance of research and that the research results are brought into farming practices;

Amendment 347 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new ~~cultivation~~breeding techniques in order to increase yields and make crops more resilient to ~~climate change and new pathogens~~new pathogens, thereby reducing the use of plant protection products, and to climate change, particularly in view of the ~~droughts and~~ water shortages and droughts that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that new ~~cultivation~~and diverse varietal improvement targets can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation;

Amendment 348 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU to ~~speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new cultivation techniques in order to increase yields and make crop~~establish prospective technology assessment to assess pros and cons of new cultivation techniques with a view to make agricultural systems more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that some new cultivation targets ~~can~~may promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without systemic innovation; based on the principles of agroecology;

Amendment 349 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new cultivation techniques in order to increase ~~yields~~agricultural crop production and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that new cultivation targets can promote sustainable agriculture, ~~which is not possible without innovation~~and that innovative measures need to be implemented in order to develop sustainable agriculture;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

— having regard to the report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the development of plant proteins in the European Union of 22 November 2018 (COM(2018) 757),

Amendment 350 #

Jan HUITEMA, Irène TOLLERET, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Calls for the EU to speed up~~Underlines that new cultivation techniques shall be dully assessed before the adoption of relevant legislation ~~on the use of new cultivation techniques in order to increase yields and make crops~~in order to take into account their potential risks and with a view to making agricultural systems sustainable and more resilient to climate change ~~and new pathogens~~, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; ~~points out that new cultivation targets can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation;~~

Amendment 351 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI, Ivan DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU ~~to speed up the adoption of legislation on~~, in partnership with the Member States, to speed up research into the use of new cultivation techniques in order to increase yields and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that new cultivation targets can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation;

Amendment 352 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new ~~cultivation~~genomic techniques in order to increase yields and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that new ~~cultivation target~~genomic techniques can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation;

Amendment 353 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Emphasises the importance of granting equal access to technological and scientific innovations, including plant breeding innovations capable of improving the resistance of varieties and fostering the diversity of genetic resources and food production systems, in compliance with EU food safety regulations; stresses that forging strong relationships with trade partners on research, development and the transfer of knowledge in areas such as land management, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and fair and resilient value chains could be a key factor in fostering more sustainable agri-food production while safeguarding agricultural productivity and supporting the competitiveness of EU farming on global markets;

Amendment 354 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Notes the significant potential of agroecology to close nutrient cycles, maintain and increase fertility and productivity both in the EU and in third countries, reduce erosion and loss of farmland, adapt to climate change and water stress, stem and reverse biodiversity loss, reducing eutrophication events and avoiding associated collapse of fisheries and fishers’ incomes, and ensure farmers’ continued farming and incomes as well as their profitability; notes that in terms of mineral fertilisers, EU farmers can already improve nutrient use efficiency by 20% while increasing yields and lowering carbon footprints by 20%; calls for mainstreaming successful approaches and exchange of these best practices;

Amendment 355 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Underlines the risk of new genome techniques, which can lead to unintended and not fully controllable interactions with the environment and thereby impact the climate, animal welfare and food safety; refers to recent cases in third countries, which show the harmful potential of new genome techniques when being used; 1a _________________ 1a See also a case in the US, in which it only became apparent that after several years of breeding hornless cattle using NGTs, genes from bacteria had accidentally entered the genetic material of the animals. This included genes which could lead to antibiotic resistance, in: Then, Christoph: Testbiotech, New genomic techniques (NGTs): agriculture, food production and crucial regula- tory issues, commissioned by and written for Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv), 2022, S. 41, https://www.vzbv.de/sites/default/files/202 2-11/vzbv-report_final_final.pdf (04.11.2022)

Amendment 356 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Notes that the impact of climate change on agricultural production is becoming more evident, with crop farmers' harvests and yields being negatively impacted with increased frequency by droughts, floods, and other extreme weather conditions;

Amendment 357 #

Petri SARVAMAA, Elsi KATAINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points out that faster introduction of the legislation would give European farmers a sustainable alternative to fertilisers and pesticides and thus help them achieve the goals of the European Green Deal;

Amendment 358 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Innovative and resource efficient cultivation practises in controlled, enclosed environments require a secure supply of growing media raw materials. The EU production and supply of these materials should be secured.

Amendment 359 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls on the EU and its Member states to prevent patents on biological material and to safeguard the freedom to operate and the breeders’ exemption for varieties;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (2020/2260(INI)),

Amendment 360 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Notes further the benefits for farmers of agroforestry including silvo- pastoralism, paludiculture (grazing marginal areas and recreating wetlands and sinking carbon) in providing crops such as fruit or nuts, timber, meanwhile protecting soil from erosion, regenerating the rhizosphere and building topsoil, sequestering carbon, and providing shade;

Amendment 361 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Underlines the importance of an authorisation procedure as well as risk assessment for all new genome techniques; refers to the ruling of the Court of Justice in the case C-528/16, which confirmed, that new genome techniques need to be regulated by the respective Community law, which is the European Genetically Modified Organism legislation;

Amendment 362 #

Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Gabriel MATO, Norbert LINS, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Points out that new technical achievements in the field of plant breeding can enable crops to become more resilient to climatic and environmental influences and more resistant to pathogens and harmful organisms;

Amendment 363 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Notes the benefits of permaculture and soil-based approaches such as non chemical no-till, shallow ploughing, and carbon friendly techniques that keep pasture swards intact such as zipping/sod seeding (instead of ploughing and reseeding as pasture renewal), as well as intercropping, under-sowing with permanent cover crop including leguminous species, and other innovative organic farming techniques, etc;

Amendment 364 #

Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Gabriel MATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Underlines that patents on genetically modified organisms through new Genome techniques will give corporations further control over crops and seeds, restricting access to genetic diversity and threatening food security;

Amendment 365 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Believes that the targeted application of NGT and the approval of seeds using these techniques in the EU are important measures to make agriculture sustainable in the context of the European Green Deal and the Farm- to-Fork strategy;

Amendment 366 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5 d. Calls on the Commission to advocate for the targeted use and further development of new breeding methods in agriculture and to initiate an objective and science-based impact assessment to clarify the potentials and risks of NGT;

Amendment 367 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5 e. Calls on the Commission to promote a Europe-wide dialogue on the opportunities offered by new breeding methods with regard to climate change and to educate the public about the differences between transgenic plants and the new breeding methods;

Amendment 368 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

~~AI and precision crop management~~Innovation in the food and farming sector

Amendment 369 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Stresses that data on agriculture and farmland is of public interest, for food security and for environmental protection, and that this data needs to be made available to the public;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

— having regard to the validated European Citizen Initiative entitled “Save Bees and Farmers”,

Amendment 370 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5 e. Underlines the importance of EU funding for research and innovation, including participatory research as implemented by EIP AGRI, as a key driver in triggering a systemic change and accelerating the transition to a more secure, sustainable, healthy, and inclusive European food system, while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation; highlights the need for efficient mainstreaming of the research and innovation in the agri-food sector as well as peer-to-peer knowledge sharing; calls for 30 % of the budget for research and innovation in agriculture to be ring-fenced for organic and agro- ecological approaches, both in national research and innovation programmes and European frameworks (e.g. Horizon Europe);

Amendment 371 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that digital technologies and precision crop management can provide forward-looking solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, the use of pesticides and fertilisers or water consumption for agriculture; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use of digital innovation to modernise EU agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential ~~and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition~~; recalls, however, that the skills of those working in agriculture will still play a decisive role in the success of the green transition and that although digital technologies can facilitate decision-making and the implementation of solutions, it will never be possible to replace farmers with machines because of the complexity involved in managing living resources;

Amendment 372 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that digital technologies and precision crop management can provide forward-looking solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, the use of pesticides and fertilisers or water consumption for agriculture; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use of digital innovation to modernise EU agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential while reducing their use of agricultural inputs and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition; stresses that innovative digital technologies should not create new path dependencies, and emphasises that they should not reinforce the detrimental scaling up of farms but should be accessible for small-scale farmers;

Amendment 373 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that digital technologies and precision crop management can provide forward-looking solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, the use of pesticides and fertilisers or water consumption for agriculture; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use of digital innovation to modernise EU agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition; stresses that these new technologies can also provide alternative solutions to European farmers to help them meet new requirements, in particular pesticide and input reduction targets;

Amendment 374 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that digital technologies and precision crop management can provide forward-looking solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, the use of pesticides and fertilisers or water consumption for agriculture; points out that these technologies often involve high initial investment costs and that suitable solutions are therefore needed to make them affordable for family farms too; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use of digital innovation to modernise EU agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition;

Amendment 375 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that digital technologies and precision crop management can provide forward-looking solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, the sustainable and reduced use of pesticides ~~and~~, fertilisers orand water ~~consumption~~ for agriculture; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use of digital innovation to modernise EU agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential in a sustainable way and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition while making sure that they retain the rights on their data and that small farmers are not disadvantaged;

Amendment 376 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that digital technologies and precision crop management can ~~provide forward-looking~~be solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, reducing the use of pesticides and fertilisers or reducing water consumption for agriculture~~; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use~~, as well as increasing the competitiveness of the agri-food sector; calls on the Commission to focus on support (including from measures other than the CAP), dissemination and implementation of digital innovations to ~~modernise~~develop EU agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition;

Amendment 377 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that digital technologies and precision crop management ~~can~~ provide forward-looking solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, the use of pesticides and fertilisers or water consumption for agriculture and increase the yield; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use of digital innovation to modernise EU agriculture, with solutions which can be taken into use at reasonable investment costs, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition;

Amendment 378 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that ~~digital technologies and precision crop management~~innovation in agriculture can provide forward-looking solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, the use of pesticides and fertilisers or water consumption for agriculture; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use of ~~digital innovation to modernise EU agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential~~sustainable digital, social, commercial, marketing and agronomic innovation in agriculture, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential, while optimising nutrient cycling and respecting their ecosystem limits, and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition;

Amendment 379 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

— - having regard to the European Citizens' Initiative “Save Bees and Farmers",

Amendment 380 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 381 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 382 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 383 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to speed up the procedure to regulate New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) and to present a legislative proposal for their use, accompanied by all of the necessary guarantees, so that they can be used as soon as possible and use of chemical plant protection products can be reduced, by offering, among other things, the alternatives derived from these new techniques;

Amendment 384 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes that innovations in organization and commercialisation models are as valuable as technological innovation for food security and the resilience of our food systems, and should be supported as such;

Amendment 385 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that, while th~~at space data~~e agricultural data space and AI technologies can be a source of much valuable information for agriculture, it can still only be put to very limited use, as in most cases it is not freely available or is too complex to be processed by farms or local authorities; calls ~~for increased use of such data and technologies to help farmers through the green and digital transitions, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture;~~ on the development of a secure and trusted data space to allow the farming sector to share and access data, improving economic and environmental performance in the field; calls for increased use of such data and technologies to help farmers through the green and digital transitions, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture; notes that access to the digital single market must be guaranteed, data interoperability and portability must be ensured, the entire chain from farm to fork must be considered and the Gaia-X, as an open, transparent and interoperable ecosystem, presents an appropriate infrastructure for those challenges;

Amendment 386 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that, while ~~that~~ space data and AI technologies can be a source of much valuable information for agriculture and for the whole food chain, i.e. technology enables the movement of information from the producer to the consumer and vice versa, improves the operation of the entire value chain, reduces wastage, lowers logistics costs, just to name a few, it can still only be put to very limited use, as in most cases it is not freely available or is too complex to be processed by farms or local authorities; calls for increased use of such data and technologies to help farmers through the green and digital transitions, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture;

Amendment 387 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that, while that space data and AI technologies can be a source of much valuable information for agriculture, it can still only be put to very limited use, as in most cases it is not freely available or is too complex to be processed by farms or local authorities; calls ~~for in~~on the Commission to ensure that data collected or creasted ~~use of such data and technologies~~with help of public funds stay public and are not appropriated by private companies, and that data collected on farm belong to the farmer; calls for increased use of such data to help farmers through the green and digital transitions, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture;

Amendment 388 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that, while that space data and AI technologies can be a source of much valuable information for agriculture when combined with on ground data, it can still only be put to very limited use, as in most cases it is not freely available or is too complex to be processed by farms or local authorities; calls for increased use of such data and technologies to help farmers through the green and digital transitions, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture;

Amendment 389 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

— - having regard to its resolution of 13 December 2022 on a long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas –Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040’ (2021/2254(INI)),

Amendment 390 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that, while that space data and AI technologies can be a source of much valuable information for agriculture, it can still only be put to very limited and expensive use, as in most cases it is not freely available or is too complex to be processed by farms or local authorities; calls for increased use of such data and technologies to help farmers through the green and digital transitions, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture;

Amendment 391 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that, while that space data and AI technologies can be a source of much valuable information for agriculture, it can still only be put to very limited use, as in most cases it is not freely available ~~or is too complex to be processed by farms or local authorities~~being privatised by the companies providing these technologies and that, for the data to be of use, it often needs to be pooled to be processed and harnessed; calls for increased use of such data and technologies to help farmers through the green and digital transitions~~, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture~~;

Amendment 392 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that, while that s~~pac~~atellite data and AI technologies can be a source of much valuable information for agriculture, it can still only be put to very limited use, as in most cases it is not freely available or is too complex to be processed by farms or local authorities; calls for increased use of such data and technologies to help farmers through the green and digital transitions, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture;

Amendment 393 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Open data The development and sharing of open data in the European Union should be pursued, which would result in the creation of a European data space, a single data market that enables the free flow of data in agriculture and that will make it possible to carry out precise sectoral analyses.

Amendment 394 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6

Logistics and storage

Amendment 395 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. CRecalls ~~on the EU to~~that the recent revision of the directive on critical entities broadened the scope to include food production, processing and distribution, thereby recogniseing the strategic importance of logistics centres as an integral and complementary part of primary agricultural production, without which farmers and transport companies would be unable to ensure consistent supply in line with the needs of consumers; calls for investment in infrastructure ~~for the more sustainable transport of fresh farm product~~, especially storage infrastructure, for the more sustainable transport and storage of fresh or other farm products; considers the just-in-time approach to be inconducive to food security and resilience to crises;

Amendment 396 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the EU to recognise the strategic importance of logistics centres as an integral and complementary part of primary agricultural production, without which farmers and transport companies would be unable to ensure consistent supply in line with the needs of consumers; stresses the need to factor in outbound and inbound logistics operations in order to reduce the volumes of food transported with a view to reducing food waste; calls for investment in infrastructure for the more sustainable transport of fresh farm products;

Amendment 397 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the EU to recognise regional diferences and to take into account sparsely populated areas and their needs; Calls on the EU to recognise the strategic importance of logistics centres as an integral and complementary part of primary agricultural production, without which farmers and transport companies would be unable to ensure consistent supply in line with the needs of consumers; calls for investment in infrastructure for the more sustainable transport of fresh farm products;

Amendment 398 #

Salvatore DE MEO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the EU to recognise the strategic importance of logistics centres, in particular large wholesale markets, as an integral and complementary part of primary agricultural production, without which farmers and transport companies would be unable to ensure consistent supply in line with the needs of consumers; calls for investment in infrastructure for the more sustainable transport of fresh farm products;

Amendment 399 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the EU to recognise the strategic importance of logistics centres as an integral and complementary part of primary agricultural production, without which farmers and transport companies would be unable to ensure consistent supply in line with the needs of consumers; calls for an increased focus on local food production and investment in infrastructure for the more sustainable transport of fresh farm products;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

— - having regard to the Commission communication of 31 March 2010 entitled ‘An EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges’ (COM(2010)127),

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas on 24 February 2022 the Russian Federation illegally invaded Ukraine ~~and, as a result, severely~~, resulting in a highly unlawful and unjustified war with many disastrous consequences, including the serious disruptedion of global food security, further destabilising agricultural markets already beset by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and rising energy and fertiliser prices;

Amendment 400 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the EU to recognise the strategic importance of logistics centres as an integral and complementary part of primary agricultural production, without which farmers and transport companies would be unable to ~~ensure consistent~~systematically ensure supply in line with the needs of consumers; calls for investment in infrastructure for the more sustainable transport of fresh farm products;

Amendment 401 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a new Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products, including EU wide targets to reduce by 50% the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 2030 and by 50% the use of the most hazardous pesticides, in line with the EU’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies; highlights that this proposal should establish a long-term (post-2030) vision and clear pathways out of chemical pesticide dependency of European agriculture; notes that reducing the EU pesticide dependency is a driver of food security and self- sufficiency;

Amendment 402 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Emphasises that supply chains must not become a geopolitical tool to destabilise and jeopardise food security at global level; calls on the Union to continue its efforts to guarantee the crucial global supply of food products and raw materials, such as wheat and vegetable oils, in order to avoid a potential food crisis, especially in the most disadvantaged and vulnerable countries;

Amendment 403 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission to speed up the framing of a strategy for tackling crises in the agri-food system, which should at the very least address the need to establish food stocks and pinpoint ways of stepping up the production of staple foods;

Amendment 404 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls for more stockpile and storage facilities in the EU, especially publicly owned, as demonstrated by the disruption of supply chains experienced during the Covid crisis;

Amendment 405 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls on the Commission to pinpoint the sectors worst affected by the crisis and to take all necessary steps to enable urgent and more substantial support to be provided for them;

Amendment 406 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Calls on the Commission to present, without delay, a holistic strategic plan to ensure food security for the EU, including by adapting climate objectives to suit the new circumstances;

Amendment 407 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a new Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products, including EU wide targets to reduce by 50% the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 2030 and by 50% the use of the most hazardous pesticides, in line with the EU’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies; highlights that this proposal should establish a long-term (post-2030) vision and clear pathways out of chemical pesticide dependency of European agriculture; notes that reducing the EU pesticide dependency is a driver of food security and self- sufficiency;

Amendment 408 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Highlights the strategic necessity of decreasing our dependence to fossil- based inputs and notably fertilizers, in order to alleviate the impact on climate change of the farming sector and to increase our autonomy from Russia’s exports;

Amendment 409 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8 c. Notes that the rising of farm inputs costs adds to already high production costs and endanger farmers’ revenues;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas on 24 February 2022 the Russian Federation illegally invaded Ukraine and, as a result, severely disrupted global food security as, according to the International Grains Council, Russia and Ukraine accounted for 8.6% of global grain production, excluding rice, and 24% of exports during the 2021 harvest year;

Amendment 410 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8 d. Notes the costs to human health of excess ammonia from fertilisers and livestock waste, responsible for 430 000 premature deaths each year in the EU 1a, as well as costs associated with crop losses; _________________ 1a Guthrie, Susan, Sarah Giles, Fay Dunkerley, Hadeel Tabaqchali, Amelia Harshfield, Becky Ioppolo, and Catriona Manville, Impact of ammonia emissions from agriculture on biodiversity: An evidence synthesis. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2018. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_repo rts/RR2695.html.

Amendment 411 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)

8 e. Calls therefore on the Commission to further strengthen the Farm to Fork Strategy target on fertiliser use reduction, and to support, through all appropriate policies, practices to make soils more fertile through home-grown measures that ensure independence from imports of fertiliser or gas, such as crop rotation, composting and the use of animal waste within the limits of the Nitrates Directive; highlights that fertiliser use constitutes an estimated 50 % of energy use in agriculture, when considering both direct and indirect use; stresses that rising energy prices have a consequent effect on rising synthetic fertiliser prices, which means that advice on finding agronomic alternatives can be the most cost-effective policy option 1a; stresses the importance of farmers receiving technical support from independent farm advisory services so they can use the most appropriate and effective agroecological techniques; highlights the proven ability of organic agriculture to produce food without the use of synthetic fertilisers; _________________ 1a Poux, X., & Aubert, P. M. (2018). An agroecological Europe in 2050: multifunctional agriculture for healthy eating. Findings from the Ten Years For Agroecology (TYFA) modelling exercise, Iddri-AScA, Study, (09/18)

Amendment 412 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)

8 f. Notes the cost to human health of pesticide use, notably the 1.6 million unintentional poisonings per year in the EU 1a, and in particular the effect on farmers’ health especially certain neuro- degenerative diseases and cancers; notes that non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer widespread among regular pesticide users, has been classified as an occupational disease of farmer and agricultural workers in France following a supreme court ruling, and is now recognised by the health insurance system; notes in particular the recent ruling in favour of one farmer’s case against Bayer- Monsanto of acute toxicity resulting in serious neurological damage from a herbicide; _________________ 1a Boedeker W, Watts M, Clausing P, Marquez E. The global distribution of acute unintentional pesticide poisoning: estimations based on a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2020 Dec 7;

Amendment 413 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 414 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Regrets th~~e blanket ban on the use of~~at the Commission rushed to present a legislative proposal with binding reduction targets for pesticides, in ~~sensitive areas being mooted by the Commission, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many farmers and severely limit their output.~~cluding a ban on their use in so-called sensitive areas, without first offering farmers affordable and effective alternatives to control pests or taking into account the impact that the lack of tools to protect plants from harmful organisms might have on the EU's food security, its dependence on imports from third countries and the ability to maintain proper plant health;

Amendment 415 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Regrets that the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products does not include an overall impact assessment (economic, social and environmental) and that the targets proposed do not take into consideration the regional specificities of the European agriculture; regrets the blanket ban on the use of pesticides in sensitive areas being mooted by the Commission, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many farmers and severely limit their output.

Amendment 416 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Regrets the blanket~~Expresses its support to the ban on the use of pesticides in sensitive areas ~~being mooted by the Commission, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many~~which is crucial for the EU to deliver its nature restoration goals and to ensure the protection of most vulnerable groups of the population; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmers near these areas, like all other farmers, a~~nd severely limit their output.~~re supported, financially and otherwise, in making the shift towards Integrated Pest Management and agroecological food production;

Amendment 417 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Regrets the blanket ban on the use of pesticides in sensitive areas being mooted by the Commission, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many farmers and severely limit their output.; draws attention to the fact that the sustainable use of pesticides can also be supported through measures devoted to rural development;

Amendment 418 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Regrets the blanket ban on the use of pesticides in sensitive areas being mooted by the Commission, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many farmers and severely limit their output; reminds that restricting the use of pesticides in sensitive areas is already regulated in some Member States' legislation.

Amendment 419 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI, Ivan DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Regrets the blanket ban on the use of pesticides in sensitive areas being mooted by the Commission in its application of the Green Deal, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many farmers and severely limit their output. and EU food security;

Amendment 42 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~on 24 February 2022 the Russian Federation illegally in~~, the Russian's full scale invasion of Ukraine has seriously aggravadted ~~Ukraine and, as a result, severely disrupted~~an already difficult and challenging situation in the agri-food sector, which is still recovering from the consequences of the COVID pandemic and is suffering from the on-going climate crisis, leading to an increase in global food insecurity;

Amendment 420 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 421 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 422 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Re~~gre~~jects the blanket ban on the use of pesticides in sensitive areas being mooted by the Commission, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many farmers and severely limit their output.

Amendment 423 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Regrets the blanket~~Expresses particularly its support to the ban on the use of pesticides in sensitive areas ~~being mooted by the Commission, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many farmers and severely limit their output.~~which is crucial for the EU to deliver its nature restoration goals and to ensure the protection of of the population;

Amendment 424 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Expresses concern at the Commission’s ambiguous definition of 'sensitive areas' and the way in which plant protection products are used in these areas, which may in practice lead to a decrease in agricultural production and hence to a drop in farmers’ incomes and, in the medium to long term, the disappearance of small and medium-sized crop farms, a heightened risk of abandonment, an increase in unfair competition, a rise in food prices and a growth in imports from third countries, all of which directly affect food security;

Amendment 425 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Highlights that pollinators affect 35 percent of global agricultural land, supporting the production of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide, reflecting their importance in sustaining food production across the planet[1]; recalls however that pollinator numbers have been declining throughout Europe, mainly due to human impacts; alerts for the urgent need to protect bees and pollinators, namely by building a greater diversity of pollinator habitats in agricultural and urban settings, promoting biological pest control and reducing the use and risk of pesticides 2a; _________________ 2a Why bees matter, FAO, 2018

Amendment 426 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Recalls that biodiversity damage, especially to melliferous species, contributes to poorer agricultural yields and thus undermines our food security; does not consider the goal to reduce synthetic pesticides by half by 2030 to be a leap in the dark, as biocontrol and integrated management alternatives are already available for 40% of uses and both private and public research are continuing to innovate in that direction;

Amendment 427 #

Jan HUITEMA, Irène TOLLERET, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Expresses regret at the impact that the multiplication of free trade agreements has had on the European agricultural sector, which often faces unfair competition from third-country producers who are subject to far less strict legislation; calls, furthermore, for greater reciprocity with regard to production standards between European and third- country producers;

Amendment 428 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Notes that the war in Ukraine has further exposed that food production in the EU is dependent on inputs from outside the Union; Emphasises in that regard that to ensure food production in the long term, resources that are readily available and produced within the EU should be utilised and developed to the fullest, such as organic fertilisers and low-risk or organic plant protection products.

Amendment 429 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Denounces the double standards applied by the EU regarding pesticides by allowing the export of hazardous substances that are banned in the EU to third countries; asks, therefore, for the modification of the current EU rules in order to eliminate this legal incoherence, in line with the Rotterdam Convention of 1998 and the Green Deal;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas on 24 February 2022 the Russian Federation illegally invaded Ukraine and, as a result, severely disrupted global food security which, nevertheless, had already been threatened before;

Amendment 430 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Requests an additional and comprehensive impact assessment be carried out on the proposal for the sustainable use of plant protection products, including the quantified impacts on food production, competitiveness of EU farming, dependencies on food imports, food prices, and spreading of harmful organisms;

Amendment 431 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Notes that alternative sources of nutrients and nutrient cycles to reduce dependence on chemical fertilisers should be fully exploited as soon as possible in order to reduce dependence on fertiliser imports, in particular by further supporting research and new innovations at EU level;

Amendment 432 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Welcomes the objective to reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030 and to reduce the use of more hazardous pesticides by 50%; emphasizes that reduced pesticide use will protect biodiversity and the health of European citizens, nature, and pollinators; emphasizes that these goals are essential to ensure long-term food production and security;

Amendment 433 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure the availability of sufficient effective plant protection products by speeding up authorisation and avoiding delays, to allow for an adequate toolbox against pests and diseases, and to ensure a science based and harmonised approach for access to plant protection products throughout the EU;

Amendment 434 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9 c. Highlights that sufficient effective plant protection products will remain indispensable to protect crops from new pests and diseases in order to avoid food losses; expresses concern that further restrictions on the availability of plant protection products could undermine efforts made for the holistic approach of Integrated Pest Management;

Amendment 435 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the inclusion in the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) of a strategy to help farmers cope with exceptionally high costs; considers, however, that while it contains many valid medium and long- term policy recommendations, it fails to provide adequate support for farmers in the current crisis, which could have very serious implications for food security; takes the view that the anti-dumping measures on nitrogen fertilisers should be maintained to boost production in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider government-to- government trade agreements to secure supplies of phosphatic or potassic fertilisers;

Amendment 436 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the inclusion in the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) of a strategy to help farmers cope with exceptionally high costs; considers, however, that while it contains many valid medium and long- term policy recommendations, it fails to provide adequate support for farmers in the current crisis, which could have very serious implications for food security; urges the Commission to provide a more precise definition for the sensitive areas it intends to establish;

Amendment 437 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Welcomes the inclusion in~~Is concerned that the aim of the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) ofis a s~~trategy to help farmers cope with exceptionally high costs; considers, however, that while it cont~~hort- solution to ensure meat security and fainls ~~many valid medium and~~to provide a long- term psol~~icy recommendations, it fails to provide adequate support for farmers in the current crisis~~ution to ensure food security, which could have very serious implications ~~for food security~~;

Amendment 438 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the inclusion in the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) of a strategy to help farmers cope with exceptionally high costs; considers, however, that while it contains many valid medium and long- term policy recommendations, which focus more on supporting Europe's fertiliser industry than its farmers, it fails to provide adequate support for farmers in the current crisis, which could have very serious implications for food security;

Amendment 439 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the inclusion in the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) of a strategy to help farmers cope with exceptionally high costs; considers, however, that ~~while~~ it contains ~~many valid~~too weak medium and long- term policy recommendations, ~~it fails~~failing include measures to reduce the dependency on external inputs, hence to provide adequate support for farmers in the current crisis, which could have very serious implications for food security;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas on 24 February 2022 the Russian Federation illegally invaded Ukraine and, as a result, severely disrupted global food security, with the most vulnerable countries being hardest hit;

Amendment 440 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 441 #

Jan HUITEMA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Irène TOLLERET, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 442 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 443 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI, Ivan DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Welcom~~Notes the inclusion in the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) of a strategy to help farmers cope with exceptionally high costs; considers, however, that while it contains many valid medium and long- term policy recommendations, it fails to provide adequate support for farmers in the current crisis, which could have very serious implications for food security;

Amendment 444 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Welcom~~Notes the inclusion in the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) of a strategy to help farmers cope with exceptionally high costs; considers, however, that ~~while it contai~~it falls short of expectations man~~y valid medium and long- term policy recommendations, it fails to provide adequate support for farmers in the current crisi~~d misses an opportunity to decrease reliance on increasingly costly artificial inputs, which could have very serious implications for food security;

Amendment 445 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls on the Commission to set up a truly long - term vision for a strategic autonomy for fertilizers. A strategy which will incentivise the industry to reorient to more sustainable production;

Amendment 446 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 447 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE2 , in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers for now, while drawing up farm intervention strategies for the medium term, including factors relating to nutrient management plans, soil recovery, precision farming, organic farming and the use of leguminous crops in crop rotation schemes, and seeking the introduction of a balanced long-term framework ~~provisions~~, accompanied by a sufficient and fair transition period, to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; ~~_________________ 2 RENURE: REcovered Nitrogen from manURE~~

Amendment 448 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE2, in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers for now, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; calls for more EU support for farmers confronted with the spike in prices; stresses, in this regard, the importance of the upcoming revision of the multiannual financial framework, which will make additional funding available for farmers in the midst of this unprecedented crisis; _________________ 2 RENURE: REcovered Nitrogen from manURE

Amendment 449 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE2 , digestate from bio-waste, and any other effective and verified instrument, in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemptions to bring down the cost of fertilisers ~~for now~~and, where appropriate, to amend the limits set in Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; _________________ 2 RENURE: REcovered Nitrogen from manURE

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas on 24 February 2022 the Russian Federation illegally invaded Ukraine and, as a result, severely disrupted and further threatened global food security;

Amendment 450 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI, Ivan DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE2, digestate and any other suitable, tried and tested alternatives, in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers for now, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; also urges the Commission to revise the Nitrates Directive and the related limit of 170 kg/ha of nitrogen per year; _________________ 2 ~~RENURE:~~ REcovered Nitrogen from manURE (RENURE).

Amendment 451 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 452 #

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Calls on the Commission to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE2, in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers;~~ calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers for now, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; ~~_________________ 2 RENURE: REcovered Nitrogen from manURE~~

Amendment 453 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to ~~raise the lim~~step up its effor the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE2 , in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers for now, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third-country resources; _________________ 2 RENURE: REcovered Nitrogen from manUREts on reducing nutrient losses, as promised in the Farm to Fork strategy, emphasises that a reduction of the number of farmed animals and a swift and significant reduction of the use of artificial fertilisers is crucial in this respect, and stresses that fossil input should never be subsidised;

Amendment 454 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE2, digestate and any other suitable, tried and tested alternatives, in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers for now, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; _________________ 2 ~~RENURE:~~ REcovered Nitrogen from manURE (RENURE).

Amendment 455 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to r~~ais~~eplace the ~~limits for the use of~~use of synthetic nitrogen fertilisers with fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE2 , or compost, in line with the ~~limits currently applicable to fertilisers~~Water Directive Framework especially the Nitrate Directive; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary ~~exemption~~measure to bring down the cost of fertilisers for now, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy and nutrients use on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; _________________ 2 RENURE: REcovered Nitrogen from manURE

Amendment 456 #

Jan HUITEMA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Irène TOLLERET, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to ~~raise~~maintain the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, e.g. RENURE2, in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers for now, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisionsbut to include not only those derived from animal manure but also mineral fertilisers in order to reduce the demand for fertilisers and bring down prices; calls on the Commission to work towards introducing long-term framework provisions to balance the presence of livestock across the EU in order to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; ~~_________________ 2 RENURE: REcovered Nitrogen from manURE~~

Amendment 457 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission ~~to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal~~enable the safe use of processed manure, e.g. RENURE2 ~~, in line wi~~above the th~~e limits currently applicable to fertilisers~~reshold established for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones by the Nitrates Directive; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers for now, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; _________________ 2 RENURE: REcovered Nitrogen from manURE

Amendment 458 #

Jérémy DECERLE, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Acknowledges that organic farming is less exposed to price increases, yet pending the transition to uses of sustainable types of fertilisers, the fertilising industry in the EU must be made available the necessary imports, including gas, to produce fertilisers within EU itself and to ensure that prospects for EU harvests are not jeopardised; calls on the European Commission to speed up the communication of the risks and vulnerabilities identified through the European Food Security Crisis preparedness and response Mechanism (EFSCM);

Amendment 459 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls for food and agricultural products to be granted a dedicated chapter in bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations and agreements, and avoid being considered as mere adjustment variables.

Amendment 46 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the effects of the crisis caused by Russian aggression against Ukraine have put food security and the resilience of the global food system at the center of the political agenda; whereas food security, in terms of political importance and urgency of response, is now placed on an equal footing with energy security, defence and the fight against climate change, both at the EU and international levels;

Amendment 460 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)

Fostering affordable food in the EU

Amendment 461 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)

International dimension

Amendment 462 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Considers that in the medium to long-term, the EU, as a major global player in the agri-food sector, should advocate for higher global sustainability criteria, and engage with international partners to jointly develop the benchmarks and international standards for sustainable food systems, in accordance with WTO rules, working progressively towards achieving higher and ambitious standards in line with the objectives of the Green Deal;

Amendment 463 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Reminds that farmers receive, on average, only 27% of consumer expenditure on foods consumed at home and a far lower percentage of food consumed away from home, and that, as a consequence, food affordability is mainlyinfluenced by other factors than production costs at farm level 1a; _________________ 1a Yi, J., Meemken, EM., Mazariegos- Anastassiou, V. et al. Post-farmgate food value chains make up most of consumer food expenditures globally. Nat Food 2, 417–425 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021- 00279-9

Amendment 464 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11 b. Welcomes the European Commission's intention to source key nutrients such as phosphate and potash from other origins and calls to speed up this process in order to anticipate future shortages;

Amendment 465 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11 b. Recognises that market speculation, manipulation and the trading of food commodities can artificially inflate wholesale prices and lead to market volatility; calls, in that regard, for an immediate and temporary ban on speculative practices such as short selling, sovereign debt and credit default swaps, ‘futures’ stock options and the high- frequency trading of food commodities that can result in market manipulation, predatory pricing and profiteering; calls on the Commission and European Securities and Markets Authority to work with national regulators to bring forward an urgent proposal to temporarily ban short selling and safeguard food commodities on stock markets, including by revising the currently very permissive EU position limit regime, and to take into account volatility when setting those position limits; notes that the ongoing review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFiD) is a unique opportunity to tackle food speculation by introducing strict limits to the capacity of a trader to speculate on food commodities and fixing the current the loopholes in the regulatory framework;

Amendment 466 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11 b. Underlines that to this end, the EU should support partner countries to set high environmental objectives, as well as assist and guide them in this transition when needed; highlights that due consideration should be given to partners from developing countries and countries in a fragile situation regarding food security for whom special and differentiated treatment would be required;

Amendment 467 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11 c. Calls for the establishment of emergency financial support to ensure access to food for households living in poverty within the EU, through, inter alia, an increase in funding for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived;

Amendment 468 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11 c. Stresses that humanitarian and development funding to address hunger and malnutrition needs to be dramatically scaled up to properly address the impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security;

Amendment 469 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)

11 d. Stresses the need for full use of school schemes in order to ensure deprived children have access to food; highlights, furthermore, the utility of public procurement programmes in fostering public support for purchasing from smallholders and local producers when sourcing nutritious food for distribution, to guard against food insecurity;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the EU shall not only become more independent in strategic areas such as defence or energy supply, but also be able to ensure food security at all times; whereas the current situation proves that food security cannot be considered as a permanent achievement; whereas European food production should be considered as a strategic sector and should also be maintained and strengthened in this way;

Amendment 470 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8

Combating food losses and waste and promoting the bioeconomy

Amendment 471 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8

Combating food losses and waste and promoting the bioeconomy

Amendment 472 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)

11 d. Highlights that 88 million tonnes of food are wasted in the EU each year, with associated costs estimated to be EUR 143 billion; stresses that addressing food waste would have an immediate positive impact on food security; reiterates its call to take the measures required to achieve the EU food waste reduction target of 30 % by 2025 and 50 % by 2030 compared to the 2014 baseline; stresses the need to avoid loss of food during storage, to facilitate the donation of food through the coherent implementation of liability law and to encourage the recovery of food waste; calls on supermarkets, in particular, to urgently address the issue of preventable food waste through alternative options such as the roll-out of reduced price promotions and working together with local community projects, such as food banks, to alleviate local food poverty and insecurity;

Amendment 473 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)

Notes that, while an estimated 20% of the total food produced is lost or wasted, 36.2million people cannot afford a quality meal every second day[1].Reducing food waste is a shared responsibility and food producers, processors, distributors, retailers and consumers must contribute to it.[1] 1(Eurostat, 2020).

Amendment 474 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)

Irrigation

Amendment 475 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Reiterates that food losses and food waste can be avoid~~Calls on the Member States to consider legislating on further unfair trading practices that create food waste, in addition to those already covered by the Unfair Trading Practices Directive 1a; calls for the upcoming initiatives on marketing standards to prioritise the reduction of food waste; stresses that consistent overproduction also risks creating food waste; calls for improved monitoring of food waste across the EU, in particular that generated at farm level; calls on all Member States to establish and implement food waste prevention programmes that fully integrate the principles of the circular economy and include the promotion of short food supply chains, which lower the risk of generating food waste; Reiterates that food losses and food waste can be partly prevented if measures are taken to reduce the presence of pathogens in food, for example by ensuring proper hygiene and the use of improved technologies along the entire value chain, as well as the regular publication of information regarding these interrelated factors; _________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain, OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.

Amendment 476 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates that around one third of all food produced worldwide is lost or wasted at some stage in the food supply chain from farm to fork, and draws attention to the fact that food losses and food waste can be avoided if measures are taken to reduce the presence of pathogens in food, for example by ensuring proper hygiene and the use of improved technologies along the entire value chain, as well as the regular publication of information regarding these interrelated factors;

Amendment 477 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates that food losses and food waste ~~can be avoided if measures a~~must be reduced from farm to fork; welcomes, therefore, t~~aken to reduce the presence of pathogens in food, for example by ensuring proper hygiene and the use of improved technologies along the entire value chain, as well a~~he upcoming revision of the Waste Framework Directive, including the setting of EU food waste reduction targets; calls for an enforceable EU-wide food waste reduction target of 50 % by 2030, based on a common methodology; underlines the positive effects that short food supply chains can have for reducing food waste1i, and calls furthermore for concrete measures and binding targets theo re~~gular publication of information regarding these interrelated factors;~~ duce the loss of food at farm level; _________________ 1i https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0005_EN.html

Amendment 478 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates that food losses and food waste can be avoided if ~~measures~~holistic approach is taken including measures to educate consumers, sustainable food labelling and use of sustainable renewable and recyclable packaging, are taken to reduce the presence of pathogens in food, for example by ensuring proper hygiene and the use of improved technologies along the entire value chain, as well as the regular publication of information regarding these interrelated factors;

Amendment 479 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates that food losses and food waste ~~can be avoided if measures are taken to reduce the presence of pathogens in food, for example by ensuring proper hygiene and~~must be reduced from farm to fork; welcomes, therefore, the upcoming revision of the Waste Framework Directive, including the use ~~of improved technologies along the entire value chain, as well as the regular publication of information regarding these interrelated factors~~tting of legally binding EU food waste reduction targets; calls for an enforceable EU-wide food waste reduction target of 50 % by 2030, based on a common methodology; underlines the positive effects that short food supply chains can have for reducing food waste;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the war against Ukraine and the ensuing significant increases in input prices and speculation are leading to a significant cumulative distortion on global agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture markets, in particular on the cereals and vegetable oil markets; whereas food production and access to food must not be endangered or used as a geopolitical weapon; whereas, however, the Commission has repeatedly confirmed that food availability has not decreased in the EU, and that the EU’s grain exports have even increased;

Amendment 480 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates that food losses and food waste can be avoided if measures are taken to reduce the presence of pathogens in food, for example by ensuring proper hygiene and the use of improved technologies along the entire value chain, as well as the regular publication of information regarding these interrelated factors; recalls that reducing food waste would be a major step towards food security worldwide;

Amendment 481 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates that food losses and food waste can be avoided if measures are taken to prevent and manage animal diseases and to reduce the presence of pathogens in food, for example by ensuring proper hygiene and the use of improved technologies along the entire value chain, as well as the regular publication of information regarding these interrelated factors;

Amendment 482 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates that food losses and food waste can be ~~avoid~~minimised if measures are taken to reduce the presence of pathogens in food, for example by ensuring proper hygiene and the use of improved technologies along the entire value chain, as well as the regular publication of information regarding these interrelated factors;

Amendment 483 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Recalls that legislation in support of low-carbon agriculture must be easily applied by the stakeholders who could help improve Europe’s food security by ensuring farmers receive better pay while enabling the agricultural sector to play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions; expresses regret, nonetheless, at the fact that the Commission did not take account in its proposal of the reduction of emissions on farms but only of sequestration;

Amendment 484 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the Commission to set up a specific programme to support Member States with the aim of increasing water storage capacity, by completing, modernising and optimising existing irrigation facilities, promoting new infrastructure such as dams, ponds and reservoir connections, capable of increasing the resilience of the system and ensuring water supply to the population;

Amendment 485 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI, Ivan DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Reiterates the importance of supporting local production and the consumption of seasonal, local produce supplied via a short, verified supply chain that protects both small producers and consumers alike, reduces waste and losses, and is capable of delivering healthy, certified, high-quality produce at a low environmental footprint;

Amendment 486 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

Amendment 487 #

Irène TOLLERET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Considers it urgent that the necessary measures be taken to change the perception of "imperfect food products", i.e. those that do not meet market standards in terms of appearance even if this does not impact on taste or nutrition, and that legislation on best- before/preferred consumption dates on food labels be modified.

Amendment 488 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Union to promote campaigns to raise awareness among producers and consumers of the importance of avoiding all types of food waste and the economic, social and environmental repercussions of such waste;

Amendment 489 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Reiterates the importance of supporting local production and the consumption of seasonal, local products from short and verified supply chains, which reduce waste and losses, while providing affordable, healthy, certified, quality products with a reduced environmental footprint;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the war against Ukraine and the ensuing significant increases in energy and input prices are leading to a significant cumulative distortion on global agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture markets, in particular on the cereals and vegetable oil markets; whereas some 20 million tonnes of grain have remained blocked in storage silos on the shores of the Black Sea; whereas food production and access to food must not be endangered or used as a geopolitical weapon;

Amendment 490 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in implementing food waste prevention programmes, emphasising the pressing need to reduce food waste, especially in the current circumstances, where it is necessary to help bolster food security;

Amendment 491 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Stresses that the member states should also improve measurement of food waste, to monitor the food waste across the supply chain and implement effective food waste prevention programmes;

Amendment 492 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI, Ivan DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the quality of products made available to consumers on the market. Further calls on the Commission to maintain adequate levels and standards of food security and supply in terms of production quantity, which must meet needs without leaving room for simplistic shortcuts with no place in traditional farming methods;

Amendment 493 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

Amendment 494 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Calls on the Commission to support the development, storage and use of treated waste water for agriculture;

Amendment 495 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12 c. Underlines that over EUR 100 billion in cohesion policy resources will be invested in energy transition, decarbonisation and renewables by 2030; calls, therefore, for an accelerated implementation of cohesion policy and specific infrastructure development measures to combat extreme droughts in Europe;

Amendment 496 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 497 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to develop a realistic biofuel production scenario, since the discontinuation thereof would also eliminate protein-rich by-products, thereby significantly exacerbating rather than helping to alleviate the food crisis;Stresses that biofuel production has an impact on food security, since it diverts agricultural commodities such as grains, soybeans, rapeseed oil, corn and sugarcane from food production; believes that ensuring more flexible and better coordinated biofuel policies at international level is crucial when it comes to optimising food uses, while benefiting from the stabilising potential of this alternative opportunity; calls on the EU to prioritise food production over crop-based biofuel production, while respecting the waste hierarchy and taking into account the cascading principle in order to secure additional food supplies and stabilise global food commodity markets; (Kempa report, paragraph 53)

Amendment 498 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to develop a realistic biofuel production scenario, since the discontinuation thereof would also eliminate protein-rich by-products, thereby significantly exacerbating rather than helping to alleviate the food crisisHighlights the high indirect land use change impact of crop-based biofuels because, notably, of deplacement effects, also linked to human rights abuse, land grabbing and global hunger in third countries; calls on the Commission and the Member States to rapidly put in place temporary suspension measures for the production and blending of crop-based biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels in order to secure additional food supplies, stabilise global food commodity markets and phase out crop-based biofuels, not including advanced biofuels, by 2030;

Amendment 499 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to develop a realistic biofuel production scenario, since the discontinuation thereof would also eliminate protein-rich, taking into account EU’s protein strategy, by- products, thereby significantly exacerbating rather than helping to alleviate the food crisis;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 31 March 2010 entitled ‘An EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges’ (COM(2010)127),

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the war against Ukraine and the ~~ensuing~~prior significant increases in agricultural product and input prices are leading to a significant ~~cumulative distort~~tensions on global agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture markets, in particular on the cereals and vegetable oil markets; whereas food production and access to food must not be endangered or used as a geopolitical weapon but it must be acknowledged that this has happened many times in history;

Amendment 500 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to develop a realistic biofuel production scenario, since the discontinuation thereof would also eliminate protein-rich by-products, thereby significantly exacerbating rather than helping to alleviate the foodrastically revise its policies and legal framework in order to finally ensure that biofuels and biomass no longer contribute to biodiversity loss and the climate crisis;

Amendment 501 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Points out that biofuel production increases competition over land and impacts food security negatively by driving up already high global food prices; considerst hat the EU should ban the use of crop-based biofuels and phase out all crop-based biofuels in the Renewable Energy Directive (RED);

Amendment 502 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Stresses the important role of farmers in the production of renewable energies in the EU, and the need to eliminate the existing limits of self- consumption, in order to provide a concrete contribution towards the development of best practices of circular economy and clean energy production;

Amendment 503 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Considers that a contribution to food security can be made by sustainable and high-yield farming that preserves natural resources such as soil, water and forests and takes advantage of the opportunities offered by bioenergy and the bioeconomy, provided that food uses are prioritised over non-food uses, suspending bioenergy production when food security is at risk;

Amendment 504 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Considers that a contribution~~Recognises that the war in Ukraine has highlighted the contribution of small and medium-scale farmers to food security; c~~an be made by sustainable and high-yield~~onsiders that sustainable farming that preserves natural resources such as soil, water and forests ~~and takes advantage of the opportunities offered by bioenergy and the bioeconom~~is a prerequisite to long-term food security in the EU and globally;

Amendment 505 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Considers that ~~a contribution to food security can be made by sustainable and high-yield~~sustainable farming that preserves natural resources, such as soil, water and forests ~~and takes advantage of the opportunities offered by bioenergy and the bioeconom~~, is a prerequisite to long-term food security in the EU and globally;

Amendment 506 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Considers that a contribution to food and energy security can be made by sustainable and high-yield farming and forestry that preserves natural resources such as soil, water and forests and takes advantage of the opportunities offered by bioenergy and the bioeconomy;

Amendment 507 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Considers that a~~Highlights the contribution to food security ~~can be made by~~of more sustainable and ~~high-yield~~efficient farming, one that preserves natural resources such as soil, water and forests and takes advantage of the opportunities offered by sustainable bioenergy and thsustainable bioeconomy;

Amendment 508 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Considers that a contribution to food security can be made by sustainable ~~and high-yield~~ farming that preserves natural resources such as soil, water and forests and takes advantage of the opportunities offered by bioenergy and the bioeconomy;

Amendment 509 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Gender Equality 14a. Notes that gender inequalities limit agricultural productivity and efficiency; recalls that women and girls’ empowerment is crucial for nutrition, preserving health, food security and resilience-building; points out that strengthening the role of women and girls remains a challenge for agriculture and for food and nutrition security; calls on the European Commission and Member States to support women's entrepreneurship, employment and political representation, ensure the inclusion of gender perspective in the management of food security and ensure the participation of women in the decision-making process related to this field, including those women belonging to discriminated minorities;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the war against Ukraine and the ~~ensuing~~ significant increases in input prices resulting from the conflict are leading to a significant cumulative distortion on global agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture markets, in particular on the cereals and vegetable oil markets; whereas food production and access to food must not be endangered ~~or used as a geopolitical weapon~~and must under no circumstances be used as a geopolitical weapon, as this will have an impact on economies worldwide;

Amendment 510 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Believes that small-scale on-farm energy production installations have an enormous potential for energy production in rural areas and to increase the on-farm circularity by transforming the waste and residual streams of the farm, amongst others manure, into heat and electricity; emphasizes that all barriers should be removed to encourage farmers to invest in these technologies towards a circular farm, such as small-scale biogas plants; calls on the Commission to support the uptake of these innovative installations; stresses the need to valorise the residues of this process, for instance RENURE, which should be able to be categorised and used as chemical fertilizers;

Amendment 511 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Considers that the social economy, especially cooperatives, can help to strengthen the role of farmers as business owners in the food chain, adding value through innovative measures, improving production costs by pooling services and purchases, and thus strengthening the joint trade structure;

Amendment 512 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. reiterates that only clear and consistent framework conditions can increase the attractiveness of the agricultural sector and rural areas by encouraging innovative new entrants and alternative agricultural business models, as well as attracting skilled labour and providing greater support for farmers' education and training;

Amendment 513 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Reiterates that the CAP should keep ensuring food security; moreover, it should help to improve the response of Union agriculture to new societal demands on food and health, including sustainable agricultural production, sustainable food systems, healthier nutrition, animal welfare and reduction of food losses and waste;

Amendment 514 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Considers that a contribution to food security could be also made through projects financed under the new REPower chapter and encourages the uptake of projects that are mutually beneficial for both energy and agriculture sectors

Amendment 515 #

Jérémy DECERLE, Dacian CIOLOŞ, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls, furthermore, on the Commission to adopt a pragmatic approach and demonstrate technological neutrality when preparing delegated acts on the taxonomy, so as to ensure the regulation of the same name is truly effective;

Amendment 516 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. h) Stresses the need to continue to support supply management through support for producer organizations and interbranch organisations.

Amendment 517 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Underlines that any new policies must ensure food security at all times and ensure viable agricultural production in Europe;

Amendment 518 #

Jérémy DECERLE, Dacian CIOLOŞ, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14 b. Highlights the fact that European farmers adhere to the most stringent production requirements in the world and stresses that policies must not lead to displacement of production or an unequal level playing field;

Amendment 519 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14 b. i) Stresses the need to address the generation renewal and the demographic vitality of agriculture through adequate supports

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the war against Ukraine and the ensuing significant increases in input prices are leading to a significant cumulative distortion on global agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture markets, in particular on the cereals ~~and~~, vegetable oil and livestock production markets; whereas food production and access to food must not be endangered or used as a geopolitical weapon;

Amendment 520 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14 c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to combat the decline in the number of farms in rural areas; calls on Member States to refrain from expropriation of farmers; stresses the need to focus on support for continuation of farming and innovation, rather than on abandonment;

Amendment 521 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)

14 d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure a proper balance between economic, ecological and social considerations when implementing nature legislation;

Amendment 522 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Farmers and the future of the Common Agricultural Policy

Amendment 523 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point a (new)

(a) Calls on the Commission to set up a policy that will integrate in a coherent way food production and food safety, while at the same time ensuring the coherence with trade policy, environmental policy, humanitarian and international development policies;

Amendment 524 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point b (new)

(b) Calls on the Commission to review the CAP budget in the MFF to secure both food security and green transitions providing the necessary leverage for investments;

Amendment 525 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point c (new)

(c) Highlights the importance of ensuring that farmers have a predictable source of income and can make a living from their activity;

Amendment 526 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point d (new)

(d) Stresses the importance of active training of farmers and support regarding new mitigation and adaptation agriculture practices;

Amendment 527 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point e (new)

(e) Stresses the importance to invest in empowering women in agriculture and promote measures to attract more women to the agri-food sector in order to close the gender gap;

Amendment 528 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point f (new)

(f) Notes the importance to ensure that small-scale producers have a say in decision-making process;

Amendment 529 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point g (new)

(g) Emphasizes that the Commission must take additional measures to introduce a more sustainable, transparent and fairer food chain in order to strengthen producer’s position to enhance EU’s current security of supply and food security;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the war against Ukraine and the ensuing significant increases in input prices are leading to a significant cumulative distortion on global agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture markets, in particular on the livestock feed, cereals and vegetable oil markets; whereas food production and access to food must not be endangered or used as a geopolitical weapon;

Amendment 530 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Recalls estimates suggesting that small farms accounted for about 70 % of global food production, in terms of both the share of population fed and the calories and weight of food available and make up the vast majority of the EU's 10million farms 1a; Stresses therefore the small farms contribution to EU’s sustainable food autonomy and security, in particular in local food systems, while highlighting the value of cooperation among farmers; _________________ 1a Small farms' role in the EU food system, EPRS Briefing, 2022

Amendment 54 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI

B. whereas COVID-19 and the war against Ukraine and the ensuing significant increases in input prices are leading to a significant cumulative distortion on global agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture markets, in particular on the cereals and vegetable oil markets; whereas food production and access to food must not be endangered or used as a geopolitical weapon;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the war against Ukraine and the ensuing significant increases in input prices are leading to a significant cumulative distortion on global ~~agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture~~ markets, in particular on the cereals and vegetable oil markets; whereas food production and access to food must not be further endangered or used as a geopolitical weapon;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the European Union must make every effort to achieve the Commission objective set out in its 'Farm to Fork' strategy, namely to achieve a fair, resilient, safe, healthy and environmentally friendly food system, ensuring access for all citizens to sufficient supplies of affordable food in every situation, in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas although food prices are high, they are not offsetting production costs for EU farmers and agri- cooperatives, which have been exponentially increasing over the past year due to soaring energy and packaging prices as well as availability and price issues with fertilisers and machinery;

Amendment 58 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the war against Ukraine has brought about an increase in food, energy and input prices and has a severe impact on consumers and the most vulnerable strata of society;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas conflicts in generall disrupt the access to food and to basic social services and damage natural resources, infrastructure, production means and livestock;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2021 on a contingency plan for ensuring food supply and food security in times of crisis (COM(2021)689), which corresponds to the second action of the Farm to Fork Strategy action plan,

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas access to safe and healthy food for all is an internationally recognised right and it is essential for society to focus on food availability and affordability for all, given the social, economic, environmental implications and consequences as well the effects on human health;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, as a result of the war against Ukraine, critical agricultural infrastructure, in particular transport and storage infrastructure, is hampering the movement of food, feed and other agricultural products, exposing the vulnerability of the global food trade and the monopoly of the worlds' grain trade;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, as a result of the war being waged by Russia against Ukraine, critical agricultural infrastructure, in particular transport and storage infrastructure, is hampering the movement of food, feed and other agricultural products, as well as obstructing vital flows of trade in cereals and oilseeds from the Black Sea;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, as a result of the war against Ukraine, critical ~~agricultural~~ infrastructure, in particular transport and storage infrastructure~~, is hamper~~ of agricultural products, has been adversely affected, thereby restricting the movement of food, feed and other agricultural products;

Amendment 64 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, as a result of the COVID- 19 crisis and the war against Ukraine, critical agricultural infrastructure, in particular transport and storage infrastructure, is hampering the movement of food, feed and other agricultural products;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, as a result of the war against Ukraine, critical Ukrainian agricultural infrastructure, in particular maritime transport and port storage infrastructure, is hampering the movement of food, feed and other agricultural products;

Amendment 66 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, as a result of the war against Ukraine, bottlenecks in critical agricultural infrastructure, in particular transport and storage infrastructure, is hampering the movement of food, feed and other agricultural products;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the common agricultural policy (CAP) has made a positive contribution in strengthening the role of European agriculture in the 60 years it has been in place and whereas it should continue to do so in future with sufficient budgetary support that is extensive enough to guarantee the security and supply of food in Europe;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas transport and storage infrastructures are essential to ensure efficient and secure trade flows, supplies and market stability and any disruption thereof may affect what were hitherto reasonable consumer price levels;

Amendment 69 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas food security goes beyond agriculture and food production and has impacts on several areas, not only on primary producers and consumers, but also on the wider economy, trade, development and humanitarian efforts and on social and regional cohesion;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled 'A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system' (COM(2020)381),

Amendment 70 #

Marlene MORTLER, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Herbert DORFMANN, Gabriel MATO, Norbert LINS, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas prices on global agricultural markets had already risen prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, partly due to climate impacts and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the first food riots that broke out in Arab countries in 2008 demonstrated just how effectively food can be used as a weapon to cause geopolitical instability;

Amendment 72 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas food security is a complex and multifaceted subject and it requires a cohesive and integrated approach. Considering and dealing with these challenges from different perspectives: economic, trade, environmental, regional and the prism of international development;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, according to the FAO, the concept of food security is not limited to the provision of food, but also encompasses the internationally recognised human right to food and access to healthy diets for all, yet no human right is so frequently violated; whereas a nutrition- sensitive transformation of agriculture and food systems will enable safe, affordable and nutritious food to be made available to people of all ages at all times;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, according to the FAO, the concept of food security is not limited to the provision of food, but includes the dimensions of availability, accessibility and stability, and also encompasses the internationally recognised human right to food and access to healthy diets for all, yet no human right is so frequently violated;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 79 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas consumer demand is increasingly geared to food that provides guarantees in terms of health and of products that are healthy and sustainable and, in particular, of a clear origin and obtained through traditional agricultural production methods; and whereas European agricultural and agri-food production is of high standards in terms of quality, well-being, sustainability and environmental protection;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal (COM(2019)0640),

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas consumers are increasingly oriented toward healthy and safe food choices, sustainability of production, transparency in the supply chain, better traceability of all production and distribution processes in accordance with the right to have more information on the origin and production methods of the foodstuffs they consume;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas we are facing a hunger catastrophe while there is more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone, which shows the urgent need for a more fair and equal distribution of food and a sharp reduction of avoidable food waste;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas healthy and balanced nutrition makes a positive difference to the lives of individuals and enables the equitable and sustainable development of society;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the food crisis respects no borders and no country can overcome it alone; whereas there is an urgent need for joint action and solidarity;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas avoiding food crises requires a systemic transformation in the direction of socially just food systems;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

D b. whereas most Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, including increased consumption of sustainably and regionally produced plants and plant- based foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes; whereas there is a need to address the overconsumption of meat and dairy and ultra-processed products, as well as products high in sugars, salt and fats;

Amendment 87 #

Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Paola GHIDONI, Ivan DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas in recent years more and more products emanating from food multinational processing procedures and labelled ‘zero-...’, ‘no ...’, ‘...-enriched’ and ‘functional’ have been placed on the market, which is to say products obtained via a process of combining and manipulating foodstuffs that turns them into artificial products far removed from nature and the land;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, ~~as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estimat~~the war in Ukraine, the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate and biodiversity crises thatve combined in 2022 to push international food and feed prices that have continued to rise significantly above their already high levels; whereas, in order to identify ~~and prevent food spec~~, prevent and eliminate food speculation that fuels food price volatility, the EU must adopt new adequate regulation and, operators need to become more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain;

Amendment 89 #

Dacian CIOLOŞ, Jérémy DECERLE, Alin MITUȚA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Irène TOLLERET, Hilde VAUTMANS, Elsi KATAINEN, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estimates that international food and feed prices have continued to rise significantly above their already high levels; whereas, in order to identify and prevent food speculation, operators need to become more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain; whereas it would also be necessary to assess the reasons why the prices of agricultural inputs have increased and what effect they have on the increase in food prices;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system’(COM(2020)381),

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estimates that international food and feed prices have continued to rise significantly above their already high levels, even in the case of products for which no price increase was justified; whereas inflation was registered at 17.26% in October 2022; whereas, in order to identify and prevent food speculation, operators need to become more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, ~~as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estima~~in 2022, the war in Ukraine, the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate and biodiversity crises have contributesd t~~hat~~o push international food and feed prices ~~have continued to rise~~ significantly above their already high levels; whereas, in order to identify ~~and prevent food speculation,~~, prevent and eliminate food speculation that fuels food price volatility, the EU must adopt new adequate regulation and operators need to become more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas~~, as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estimates that~~ the war in Ukraine, the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate and the biodiversity crises have combined in 2022 to push international food and feed prices ~~have continued to rise~~ significantly above their already high levels; whereas, in order to identify and ~~prevent~~eliminate food speculation, that fuels food price volatility, the EU must adopt new adequate regulation and operators need to become more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas~~, as a result of the global suppl~~ while facing urgent climate and biodiversity crisies, the ~~FAO estimates that~~war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic further push international food and feed prices ~~have continued to rise~~ significantly above their already high levels; whereas, in order to identify ~~and~~, prevent and eliminate food speculation, that fuels food price volatility, the EU must adopt adequate regulation and operators need to become more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estimates that international food and feed prices have continued to rise ~~significantly above their already high levels;~~to levels unprecedented since the FAO began carrying out price analyses; and whereas, in order to identify and prevent ~~food speculation~~excessive fluctuation in food prices, operators need to become more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estimates that international food and feed prices have continued to rise significantly above their already high levels; whereas, in order to identify and prevent food speculation, ~~operators need to become more~~the EU, Member States and operators must work to increase market transparentcy, namely with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estimates that international food and feed prices have continued to rise significantly above their already high levels; whereas, in order to identify and prevent food speculation, operators along the supply chain need to become more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estimates that international food and feed prices have continued to rise significantly above their already high levels; whereas, in order to identify and prevent food speculation, ~~operators need to becom~~regulatory authorities need to require market operators to be more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas food insecurity in Europe is mainly a problem of access, linked with the affordability of food; whereas the rising of food prices affects mostly families with low incomes, where a largest proportion of their expenditure is spent in food;

Amendment 99 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas global food insecurity is not primarily caused by a shortage of supply but by conflicts, unequal food distribution and food affordability1a; _________________ 1a WFP and FAO. 2021. Hunger Hotspots. FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity: August to November 2021 outlook. Rome

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Amendment 1 #

Emma WIESNER, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan HUITEMA

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas farmers, sustainable use of nature resources, nature and biodiversity are the foundations of ~~food~~agriculture and food production and, without strong political action ~~to conserve and restore nature and biodiversity, food security and the right to food will be irreversibly endangered~~on cutting red tapes, enhancing competitiveness, supporting the European agriculture in being even more sustainable, decreasing the dependency on fossil inputs as well as our dependency on a small number of suppliers, together with minimising the negative impact on nature and biodiversity, the food security will decrease;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas, according to the FAO, the concept of food security is not limited to the supply of food, but also encompasses the internationally recognised human right to food and stable affordable access to healthy and nutritious diets for all;

Amendment 100 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the strict application of the One Health principle in all policies that affect the availability and accessibility of food; stresses that food safety and food production must never be jeopardised;

Amendment 101 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the ~~strict~~reasonable application of the One Health principle in all policies that affect the availability and accessibility of food; stresses that food safety must never be jeopardised;

Amendment 102 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the strict application of the One Health principle ~~in all policies that affect the availability and accessibility of food; stresses that food safety must never be jeopardised~~and rejects any move to introduce insect consumption, on grounds of health protection and, above all, human dignity;

Amendment 103 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. agrees that in order to achieve the goals of pesticides reduction and in order to reduce the dependence on imports, availability of organic alternatives is needed on the market in the short term; underlines that in the medium and long- term, the progressive reduction will eliminate negative effects on the health of people, animals and ecosystems and the stability dimension of food security, while preventing further environmental degradation;

Amendment 104 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Welcomes the Commission’s comprehensive analysis of the drivers of food security1a; underlines its conclusions pointing at the urgency of transitioning to a sustainable food system capable of ensuring food security in both the short- and long-term; __________________ 1a Commission Staff Working Document, Drivers of food safety, SWD(2023)4 final

Amendment 105 #

Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to consider livestock positive contribution to carbon sequestration and biodiversity;

Amendment 106 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Whereas food security is inextricably linked to energy security;

Amendment 107 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious proposal for an EU Sustainable Food System Framework Law establishing a clear and measurable path towards food system sustainability in the EU; highlights that such a law should ensure coherence among all existing and future food-related policies, including the EU’s external policies and shift consumption towards sustainable and healthy diets, including support for a higher consumption of legumes, vegetable and fruits; promoting favourable food environments with increasing the affordability and the availability of sustainable and healthy food, while ensuring that prices paid for sustainable production and incomes earned by farmers are fair; calls on the Commission to use this draft law to strengthen the responsibility and engagement of large food businesses in the transition towards sustainability and to recognize animal welfare as a requirement for a sustainable food system and encouraging a shift towards animal husbandry which respects planetary boundaries, as well as animals’ physiological and behavioural needs;

Amendment 108 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. calls on the Commission to present an ambitious proposal for an EU Sustainable Food System Framework law establishing a clear and measurable path towards food system sustainability in the EU; ensuring coherence among all existing and future food-related policies, including the EU’s external policies; shifting consumption towards sustainable and healthy diets, including support for a higher consumption of legumes, vegetable and fruits; promoting favourable food environments with increased affordability and availability of sustainable and healthy food, while ensuring that prices paid for sustainable production and incomes earned by farmers are fair; strengthening the responsibility and engagement of large food businesses in the transition towards sustainability; recognizing animal welfare as a requirement for a sustainable food system and encouraging a shift towards animal husbandry which respects animals’ physiological and behavioural needs;

Amendment 109 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. calls for the EU’s Integrated Nutrient Management Plan to address excessive nutrient loss in all its complexity by reducing inputs and by proper implementation and enforcement of current legislation, while achieving self- sufficiency and advancement in alternatives to chemical fertilizers;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. B. whereas the problem of food waste continues, where approximately 20% of all the food produced is lost or wasted at various stages of the food chain in the EU;

Amendment 110 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Points out that concentrations of power upstream and downstream have reduced efficiency and fairness of food supply chains, with primary producers and consumers bearing the costs; calls on the Commission to effectively address this issue in their upcoming legal proposals;

Amendment 111 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Encourages Member States to bolster food affordability by removing the VAT from fresh, unprocessed fruits and vegetables;

Amendment 112 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that the availability of plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet global protein needs; acknowledges the positive impact that plant-based diets have on humans, animals, the planet and food security; stresses that reducing the number and density of farmed animals can effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long terms;deleted

Amendment 113 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that the availability of plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet global protein needs; acknowledges the positive impact that plant-based diets have on humans, animals, the planet and food security; stresses that reducing the number and density of farmed animals can effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long terms;deleted

Amendment 114 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that the availability of plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet global protein needs; acknowledges the positive impact that plant-based diets have on humans, animals, the planet and food security; stresses that reducing the number and density of farmed animals can effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long terms;deleted

Amendment 115 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that ~~the availability of plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet global~~a balanced diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, which involves consumption of quality food produced from sustainable agriculture and livestock farming, should be promote~~in needs~~d; acknowledges the positive impact that greater consumption of plant- based ~~diet~~foods haves on humans, animals, the planet and food security; stresses that ~~reducing the number and density of farmed animals~~sustainable management of livestock farming can effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long terms; deplores the placing on the market of ‘zero-’, ‘-free’, ‘enriched’ or ‘functional’ products, made by the multinational food companies using transformation processes involving assembly and handling activities that make these foods artificial products far removed from nature, with a greater environmental impact than traditional agricultural production methods;

Amendment 116 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that the availability of plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet global protein needs; acknowledges the positive impact that plant-based diets have on humans, animals, the planet and food security; Calls on the commission to promote plant based diets and steer up its production; stresses that reducing the number and density of farmed animals can effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long terms: Highlights that land used for livestock and animal feedstock production occupies nearly 80% of global agricultural land while producing less than 20% of the world’s supply of calories;

Amendment 117 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that the availability of plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet global protein needs; ~~acknowledges the positive impact that~~notes the findings from the Commission’s analysis of food security drivers that shifting towards more plant- based diets ~~have on humans, animals, the planet and food security~~can contribute to global food security while being associated with a range of health and environmental benefits; stresses the need for rebalancing the proportion of EU land used for production of animal feed with that for producing human food; stresses that reducing the number and density of farmed animals can effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long terms;

Amendment 118 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that the ~~availability of plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet global protein needs; acknowledges the positive impact that~~impact of all food production and diets, whether plant- based ~~diets have~~or not on humans, animals, the planet and food security~~; stresses that reducing the number and density of farmed animals can effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases~~ needs to be improved in a stepwise approach and contribute to food security in the short and long terms;

Amendment 119 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that the availability of plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet global protein needs; acknowledges the positive impact that plant-based diets have on humans, animals, the planet and food security, recognising their importance for promoting healthy lifestyles as well as for the sustainable transformation of our food systems; stresses that reducing the number and density of farmed animals can effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long terms;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. Whereas the European Union must reinforce its food security in a way that takes biodiversity into account and strives to preserve nature;

Amendment 120 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 121 #

Emma WIESNER, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan HUITEMA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that the avproduction of sustailnab~~ility of~~le plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet global protein needs; acknowledges the positive impact that plant-based diets have on humans, animals, the planet and food security; stresses that reducing the number and density of farmed animals can effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long terms for food and feed in Europe need to increase in order to reinforce the food security; thinks that support for research and innovation, training and advisory and up-scaling of innovative projects, among others, are important the increase the protein production in Europe;

Amendment 122 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recognises that the COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the interconnectivity of human, animal and planetary health and expresses deep concern that intensive agriculture, through its contribution to biodiversity loss and climate change, is a leading driver of pandemics, as well as posing a direct threat to human health through the spill-over of zoonotic diseases from animals kept in close proximity to each other for industrial farming practices;

Amendment 123 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States for a European awareness-raising campaign about the possible reduction in the number of farmed animals, and opinion polls on such a reduction, in parallel with public consultations at European level about all of these diet-related issues, which are changes that affect consumers directly;

Amendment 124 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of developing a comprehensive protein strategy in the European Union; considers that the trends to cut back on and eliminate meat consumption are unacceptable and should not be used as grounds for an ideological campaign against European livestock farmers;

Amendment 125 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. calls on the Commission to ensure that the future EU framework law on Sustainable Food Systems promotes favourable food environments, where healthy, sustainable and locally produced food options are the most available, affordable, advertised and attractive;

Amendment 126 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the future EU framework law on Sustainable Food Systems promotes favourable food environments, where healthy and sustainable food options are the most available, affordable, advertised and attractive;

Amendment 127 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the future EU framework law on Sustainable Food Systems promotes favourable food environments, where healthy and sustainable food options are the most available, affordable, advertised and attractive;

Amendment 128 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Asks the Commission to assess options to comprise the costs of externalities of production into food products and to promote and ensure access and affordability of healthy and sustainable diets;

Amendment 129 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Welcomes the planned revision of the EU animal welfare legislation, including updating existing animal welfare legislation, as well as the need for development, implementation and enforcement of strengthened and new, species-specific legislation, as there is an overall lack of effective implementation and enforcement of the current legislation and it is vital to revise and augment the existing body of animal welfare legislation to bring it into line with the latest scientific advancements and to respond to societal demands for improvement of the welfare of animals and the elimination of outdated livestock housing systems and other production practices that negatively impact their welfare;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. Whereas the common agricultural policy plays a fundamental part in ensuring food security both within the EU and globally;

Amendment 130 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Is concerned that sustainable and healthy food is often less affordable to consumers and less profitable for businesses than unsustainable and unhealthy food as many of the health and environmental costs associated with food production and consumption are not internalised; encourages the Commission to explore ways to integrate True Cost Accounting considerations in food policy- making;

Amendment 131 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Commission for a strategy comprising measures to be taken in the event of any reduction in the number of farmed animals, to be developed following an assessment of the impact on farmers, the whole of the supply chain that will be affected and, in particular, the local economy horizontally and vertically, with the risk of higher unemployment and increased rural depopulation;

Amendment 132 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses, in parallel, the need for adequate social protection measures and safety nets to ensure access to healthy diets for all, including in times of high levels of food inflation;

Amendment 133 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Draws attention to respecting the professional aspects of agricultural production and maintaining Europe’s food production potential.

Amendment 134 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Reiterates the need to address the overconsumption of meat and dairy, and ultra-processed products, as well as products high in sugars, salt and fats1a; __________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0425_EN.pdf http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2022-0409_EN.pdf

Amendment 135 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Stresses the need to lower the number and density of farmed animals that are kept within the EU in order to effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long term, as well as to adjust it to the availability of locally grown animal feed, preferably coming from biodiversity-rich grass fields, and the need for nutrients from the manure that is produced by the animals to ensure a truly circular and sustainable agriculture; calls in this regard on the Commission to publish a study on the carrying capacity of European farm lands with regards to the optimal herd sizes, as well as to no longer fund promotion activities for EU agri-food animal based products;

Amendment 136 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts on reducing nutrient losses, as promised in the Farm to Fork strategy; emphasises that a reduction of the number of farmed animals and a swift and significant reduction of the use of artificial fertilisers is crucial in this respect, and stresses that fossil input should never be subsidised;

Amendment 137 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

~~4. Emphasises that biofuel production negatively affects food security; denounces, moreover, the focus on short-term policy measures for example, on fertilisers;~~deleted

Amendment 138 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

~~4. Emphasises that biofuel production negatively affects food security; denounces, moreover, the focus on short-term policy measures for example, on fertilisers;~~deleted

Amendment 139 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

~~4. Emphasises that biofuel production negatively affects food security; denounces, moreover, the focus on short-term policy measures for example, on fertilisers;~~deleted

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas enhancing the resilience of the food systems to sustain food security requires a multi-dimensional, holistic and integrated approach, in order to lower the pressure on natural resources. This includes action aimed at reducing pollution and chemical inputs, closing nutrient cycles, fostering biodiversity, sustainable use of fresh and marine waters and soil health, reversing pollinator decline, as well as effective adaptation to climate change that maintains vital ecosystem services;

Amendment 140 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises th~~at biofuel production negatively affects food security; denounces, moreover, the focus on short- term policy measures, for example on fertiliser~~e need to develop a realistic approach to biofuel production, given that the discontinuation thereof and thus the loss of protein-rich by-products would significantly exacerbate rather than help alleviate the food crisis;

Amendment 141 #

Emma WIESNER, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Nils TORVALDS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Emphasises that biofuel production negatively affects food security;~~ denounces, moreover, the focus on short-term policy measures, for example, on fertilisers;

Amendment 142 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that ~~biofuel production negatively affects food security; denounces, moreover, the focus on short- t~~sustainable crop- based biofuel and biogas production have positive synergies with food security, as the production generate fertiliser, food and feed co-products essential for the food chain, as well as it decreases our dependency on import of fossil inputs; welcomes, moreover, the ongoing projects that can decarbonise the fertiliserms p~~olicy measures for example, on fertilisers~~roduction; underlines that closing the nutrient loop by reusing more high quality nutrients from different, streams, such as waste streams, sewage sludge and wastewater, is a further solution, that will allow to diversify fertilisers input, increase the sustainability of agriculture and the movement towards a more circular economy;

Amendment 143 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that biofuel production is important for the renewable energy mix, however feed and food-crop based fuels, including those derived from palm oil may negatively affects food security; denounces, moreover, the focus on short- term policy measures ~~for example, on fertilisers~~, with the exception of fertilisers, where unavailability or lack of affordability may jeopardise timely crop cultivation with negative impact on crop yield and farmers' income, contributing to food insecurity;

Amendment 144 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that crop-based biofuel production negatively affects food security in instances where it directly competes with food production; recognises that sustainably produced biofuels, e.g. from by-products from farming could also replace fossil fuels and reduce dependency on Russia and thus play a positive role to ensure food security; denounces, moreover, the focus on short- term policy measures for example, on fertilisers;

Amendment 145 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that biofuel production ~~negatively affects food security~~may represent a risk for the EU market, not only for food security, but also for soil and forests in third countries, which is why the Union needs to devote more attention to this issue; denounces, moreover, the focus on short- term policy measures for example, on fertilisers;

Amendment 146 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that biofuel production negatively affects food security; denounces, moreover, the focus on short- term policy measures, for example, on fertilisers, underlines that subsidizing the fossil fuel use for the production of artificial fertilisers is counterproductive for food security;

Amendment 147 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that large-scale intensive biofuel production negatively affects food security, biodiversity, soil health and market stability; denounces, moreover, the focus on short- term policy measures for example, on fertilisers;

Amendment 148 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that the impact of biofuel production ~~negatively affects food security; denounces, moreover, the focus on short-~~ on food security needs to be taken into account; welcomes, moreover, long-term policy measures for example, on fertilisers;

Amendment 149 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that it is necessary to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, such as RENURE1 a, digestate and any other useful and verified alternatives, in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls, further, on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers and to review the Nitrates Directive and its limit of 170 kg/ha nitrogen per year; __________________ 1 a REcovered Nitrogen from manURE (RENURE).

Amendment 15 #

Jan HUITEMA, Emma WIESNER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas most Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, including increased consumption of sustainably and regionally produced plants and plant- based foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes; whereas there is a need to address the overconsumption of meat and dairy and ultra-processed products, as well as products high in sugars, salt and fats;1a __________________ 1a European Parliament, Resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system, 2020/2260(INI)

Amendment 150 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that the war in Ukraine has further exposed that food production in the EU is dependent on inputs from outside the Union; emphasises in that regard that to ensure food production in the long term, resources that are readily available and produced within the EU should be utilised and developed to the fullest, such as organic fertilisers and low-risk or organic plant protection products;

Amendment 151 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Is concerned that the aim of the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) is a short- solution to ensure meat security and fails to provide a long-term solution to ensure food security, which could have very serious implications;

Amendment 152 #

Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to develop a realistic biofuel production scenario, since the discontinuation thereof would also eliminate protein-rich byproducts, taking into account EU's protein strategy;

Amendment 153 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Commission to drastically revise its policies and legal framework in order to finally ensure that biofuels and biomass no longer contribute to biodiversity loss and the climate crisis;

Amendment 154 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Points out that biofuel production increases competition over land and impacts food security negatively by driving up already high global food prices; considers that the EU should ban the use of crop-based biofuels and phase out all crop-based biofuels in the Renewable Energy Directive (RED);

Amendment 155 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates its position on new genomic breeding techniques1 ; regrets the biased nature of the current impact assessment and calls on the Commission to restart the process in an inclusive manner, notably to fully take into account the impact of changes in the legal framework on the non-GMO farming and food sectors, and the impact of the enforcement of patents and intellectual property rights on the breeding sector; underscores that any new legal framework should allow the possibility of co-existence between farmers, including through the implementation of a mandatory traceability all along the production chain; notes that EFSA opinions and statements on plants derived from NGTs were a matter of dispute with several experts demanding to put more weight on the risks caused by the unintended effects resulting from the processes of NGTs; __________________ 1 Resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system. OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 2.

Amendment 156 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates its position on new genomic breeding techniques1; ~~regrets the biased nature~~points out that new genetic improvement targets can promote sustainability; calls, therefore, on the EU and the Member States to speed up research ofn the ~~current impact assessment and calls~~use of new cultivation techniques in order to increase yields and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view onf the ~~Commission to restart the process~~ droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an inc~~lusive manner~~reasing number of EU Member States; __________________ 1 Resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system. OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 2.

Amendment 157 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates its position on new genomic breeding techniques1 ; regrets the biased nature of the current impact assessment and calls on the Commission to restart the process in an inclusive manner; calls on the Commission to properly assess the long-term practical consequences on health, biodiversity and social inclusion of approving GMOs targeted at increasing resistance against pesticides; __________________ 1 Resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system. OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 2.

Amendment 158 #

Emma WIESNER, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Nils TORVALDS, Jan HUITEMA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates its position on new genomic breeding techniques1 ; ~~regrets the biased nature of the current impa~~underline the need for new genomic breeding techniques as it can decrease the need of inputs such as plant protection products a~~ssessment and calls on~~nd fertiliser, and in the same time increase the yields and profitability; ask the Commission to ~~rest~~put forwartd the ~~process in an inclusive manner~~legislative proposal on new genomic breeding techniques as soon as possible; __________________ 1 Resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system. OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 2.

Amendment 159 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates its position on new genomic breeding techniques1 ; ~~regrets the biased nature of the current impact assessment and calls on the Commission to restart the process in an inclusive manner;~~ acknowledges the positive contribution of products obtained through these techniques to food security and sustainability and welcomes the Commission´s intention to adopt legislation on this topic that will unlock the potential of these techniques for Europe; __________________ 1 Resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system. OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 2.

Amendment 16 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas most Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, including increased consumption of sustainably and regionally produced plants and plant- based foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes; whereas there is a need to address the overconsumption of meat and dairy and ultra-processed products, as well as products high in sugars, salt and fats[1a] ;[1b] __________________ 1a European Parliament, Resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system, 2020/2260(INI) 1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2022-0409_EN.pdf

Amendment 160 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Underlines the importance of ensuring the security and diversity of seed and plant propagating material to provide stable yields and plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, and varieties suitable for organic production and low input farming systems, while ensuring transparency and freedom of choice for farmers and access to genetic resources and innovative plant breeding techniques in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases and to help farmers tackle the growing risks caused by climate change, ensuring an incentive for open innovation through plant variation;

Amendment 161 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recognises that increasing yields in the short and long term and making crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States unavoidably hinges on restoration and conservation of biodiversity, soil health, the application of agro-ecological and organic methods and access for breeders to the biological material needed for further breeding, which is what EU legislative action should therefore focus on;

Amendment 162 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to promote innovation and research for socially, economically and environmentally sustainable solutions to food insecurity that also tackles the climate and biodiversity impact of the agricultural sector;

Amendment 163 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Emphasises that patents on plans and propagation materials are highly undesirable; calls on the EU and the Member States to prevent patents on biological material and to safeguard the freedom to operate and the breeders’ exemption for varieties;

Amendment 164 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Stresses that innovative digital technologies should not create new path dependencies, and emphasises that they should not reinforce the detrimental scaling up of farms but should be accessible for small-scale farmers;

Amendment 165 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned that the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports mainly benefits Western feed and livestock industries instead of alleviating pressures in the Global South2; __________________ 2 https://ruralsociologywageningen.nl/2022/ 11/11/crisis-and-capitalism-a-deep-dive- into-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-and- the-global-politics-of-food/deleted

Amendment 166 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned that the ~~resumption of Ukrainian grain exports mainly benefits Western feed and livestock industries instead of alleviating pressures in the Global South2~~COVID-19 crisis and the current war in Ukraine have highlighted the risk to EU food security; reiterates the need to strengthen EU food security and sovereignty, to reduce dependence on third-country imports and to increase essential agricultural infrastructure, in particular transport and storage infrastructure to ensure the movement and supply of food and feed within the Union; stresses, further, the need to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed; __________________ 2 https://ruralsociologywageningen.nl/2022/ 11/11/crisis-and-capitalism-a-deep-dive- into-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-and- the-global-politics-of-food/

Amendment 167 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned that the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports mainly benefits Western feed and livestock industries ~~instead of alleviating pressures in the Global South2~~; __________________ 2 https://ruralsociologywageningen.nl/2022/1 1/11/crisis-and-capitalism-a-deep-dive- into-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-and-the- global-politics-of-food/

Amendment 168 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned that the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports mainly benefits Western feed and livestock industries instead of alleviating pressures in the Global South2; calls on the Commission, in this context, to intensify its efforts in ‘food diplomacy’, also bearing in mind that the Union is one of the most important global producers of wheat today and that food supply shortages in the Global South may make these third countries more vulnerable to the influence of authoritarian regimes; __________________ 2 https://ruralsociologywageningen.nl/2022/1 1/11/crisis-and-capitalism-a-deep-dive- into-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-and-the- global-politics-of-food/

Amendment 169 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. IHighlights how conflict, the climate and biodiversity crisis and the pandemic have been turning points for a previously declining world hunger, now affecting around 10% of the world population; is concerned that the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports mainly benefits Western feed and livestock industries instead of alleviating pressures in the Global South2 ; __________________ 2 https://ruralsociologywageningen.nl/2022/1 1/11/crisis-and-capitalism-a-deep-dive- into-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-and-the- global-politics-of-food/

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas most Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, including increased consumption of sustainably and regionally produced plants and plant- based foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and pulses, nuts and seeds;

Amendment 170 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Is concerned that the resumption of~~Emphasises the need for continued efforts to resume and to maintain the Ukrainian grain exports ~~mainly benefits Western~~to support feed and livestock industries ~~instead of~~and to alleviat~~ing~~e the pressure~~s i~~ on the Gglobal ~~South2 ; __________________ 2 https://ruralsociologywageningen.nl/2022/ 11/11/crisis-and-capitalism-a-deep-dive- into-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-and- the-global-politics-of-food/~~food production and food prices1a; __________________ 1a Commission Drivers of food security https://commission.europa.eu/document/d ownload/3e370f0d-fabb-4614-bc98- 73caac5b5215_en?filename=SWD_2023_ 4_1_EN_document_travail_service_part1 _v2.pdf

Amendment 171 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights the adverse gender impacts of rising food insecurity as women tend to cut back on their food consumption in times of food shortage and women and girls account for 60% of the undernourished; notes that 60% of women living in Africa south of Sahara work in the agricultural sector and are highly susceptible to a changing climate for its food and water security;

Amendment 172 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Emphasises that while the negative impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security has been significant, what the world is facing today is not a new crisis but an additional layer to the existing systemic failures in the food system, and that sufficient short- and longer-term measures need to be adopted to address hunger and malnutrition in Europe and beyond;

Amendment 173 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines that the food safety of imported products requires observance of conditions of reciprocity in trade agreements with third countries, and that the same safety guarantees should be demanded as for EU products;

Amendment 174 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Emphasises that food availability is not at risk in the EU today, as the EU is largely self-sufficient for key agricultural products and achieves a stable overall food export surplus1a; __________________ 1a European Commission, Drivers of food security, SWD(2023)4 final

Amendment 175 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Stresses that, in order to ensure the affordability of food in the EU, special attention needs to be paid to low-income households that are not able to access diverse, healthy, and nutritious food due to the expected persistence of high levels of food prices and high energy prices;

Amendment 176 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. CHighlights the need to assess the whole supply chain in terms of resilience and transparency in order to strengthen primary producers' as well as consumers' position in the value chain; reiterates the strategic importance of local production and short supply chains; calls for a strategy to regionalise the supply chain of the most important commodities and to ensure the supply of local and sustainable plant and meat proteins;

Amendment 177 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls for a~~Notes that the Farm to Fork strategy aims to pre~~gionalise the supply chain of the most important commodities and to ensure~~serving the affordability of food, while generating fairer economic returns in the supply chain, so that ultimately the most sustainable food also becomes the most affordable, fostering the competitiveness of the EU supply ~~of local and sustainable plant proteins~~sector, promoting fair trade and creating new business opportunities, while ensuring the integrity of the single market;

Amendment 178 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a strategy to regionalise the supply chain of the most important commodities, including GM-free animal feed for which Ukraine was previously a key source, in light of current geopolitical tensions, while also supporting food autonomy in third countries, and to ensure the supply of local and sustainable plant proteins;

Amendment 179 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a strategy to regionalise the supply chain of the most important commodities and to ensure the supply of both local and sustainable traditional products, in correlation with the characteristics of each region, and also local and sustainable plant proteins;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas consumption of meat in EU countries is often 2 to 4 times higher than the recommended intake1a; whereas there is a need to address the overconsumption of meat and dairy and ultra-processed products, as well as products high in sugars, salt and fats; __________________ 1a EU agricultural outlook 2021-31: consumer behaviour to influence meat and dairy markets | European Commission (2021)

Amendment 180 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a strategy to re~~gionalis~~locate the supply chain of the most important commodities to the Member States and to ensure the supply of local and sustainable animal and plant proteins;

Amendment 181 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a strategy to regionalise the supply chain of the most important commodities and to ensure the supply of local and sustainable plant proteins primarily for human consumption;

Amendment 182 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a strategy to regionalise the supply chain of the most important commodities and to ensure the supply of local and sustainable plant proteins primarily for human consumption;

Amendment 183 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a strategy to regionalise the supply chain of the most important commodities and to ensure the supply of local and sustainable animal and plant proteins;

Amendment 184 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a strategy to ~~regionalise the supply chai~~boost domestic production of the most important commodities and to ensure the supply of ~~local and sustainable plant protein~~high-quality local products;

Amendment 185 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes that the Commission implementing regulation (EU) 2022/1317 of 27 July 2022 providing for derogations as regards the application of the standards for good agricultural and environmental conditions of land (GAEC standards) 7, on crop rotation in arable land, and 8, on minimum share of agricultural area devoted to non- productive areas or features, for claim year 2023 was issued without any accompanying impact assessments concerning the environmental consequences of this act, which is in breach of the better law-making principle; is highly concerned that the potential productivity gains by these derogations are extremely low while the long-term ecological damage will be high and that the measures are therefore disproportionate;

Amendment 186 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Highlights that 88 million tonnes of food are wasted in the EU each year, with associated costs estimated to be EUR 143 billion; stresses that addressing food waste would have an immediate positive impact on food security Reiterates that food losses and food waste must be reduced from farm to fork; welcomes, therefore, the upcoming revision of the Waste Framework Directive, including the setting of EU food waste reduction targets; calls for an enforceable EU-wide food waste reduction target of 50 % by 2030, based on a common methodology; underlines the positive effects that short food supply chains can have for reducing food waste;1a __________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0005_EN.html

Amendment 187 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Is concerned that a fifth of the food produced in the EU is wasted, stresses that food waste must be reduced at every stage of the supply chain, including at a farm level, welcomes, therefore, the upcoming revision of the Waste Framework Directive and calls for a binding EU-wide food waste reduction target of 50 % by 2030 based on a common methodology, and setting of EU measures that would prevent more waste such as the harmonisation of date labelling, more consumer education and the prohibition of the destruction of unsold food;

Amendment 188 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reiterates that food losses and food waste must be reduced from farm to fork; welcomes, therefore, the upcoming revision of the Waste Framework Directive, including the setting of EU food waste reduction targets; calls for an enforceable EU-wide food waste reduction target of 50 % by 2030, based on a common methodology; underlines the positive effects that short food supply chains can have for reducing food waste;1b __________________ 1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0005_EN.html

Amendment 189 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Underscores the need for independent policymaking based on facts and the values of food sovereignty according to a principle of proximity in each Member State;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas consumer demand is increasingly oriented towards food that can offer health guarantees, towards healthy and sustainable products and, in particular, towards products of clear origin that are obtained through traditional methods of agricultural production, and whereas the high quality, welfare, sustainability and environmental protection standards of European agricultural and agri-food production have been verified;

Amendment 190 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Underscores the need for independent policymaking based on facts and values, and on the various impact studies conducted;

Amendment 191 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Underscores the need for independent policymaking based on ~~facts and values~~science, data and wise consideration;

Amendment 192 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Underscores the need for independent policymaking based on ~~fact~~values and ~~value~~scientific facts;

Amendment 193 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes that the much-needed discussion on food and nutritional security has been hijacked by big agricultural corporations, notably those that manufacture pesticides, artificial fertilisers and genetically manipulated seeds, as well as the meat, dairy and livestock feed industry, who are spreading false information to promote their vested interests at the detriment of small-scale farmers, consumers, nature, food security and the health and welfare of humans and animals;

Amendment 194 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

~~9. Considers it irresponsible that the EU continues to support environmentally harmful and cruel practices under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy.~~deleted

Amendment 195 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

~~9. Considers it irresponsible that the EU continues to support environmentally harmful and cruel practices under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy.~~deleted

Amendment 196 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

~~9. Considers it irresponsible that the EU continues to support environmentally harmful and cruel practices under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy.~~deleted

Amendment 197 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Considers it irresponsible that the EU continues to support environmentally harmful and cruel practices under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy. and regrets that the €100 billion of CAP funds attributed during 2014-2020 to climate action had little impact on agricultural emissions, which have not changed significantly since 20102a; calls on the Commission to develop a roadmap to reduce methane emissions from the agricultural sector by 2030 in line with the Global Methane Pledge. __________________ 2a https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocI tem.aspx?did=58913

Amendment 198 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Considers it irresponsible that the EU continues to support environmentally harmful and cruel practic~~Stresses that standards of environmental protection and animal welfare in the EU are among the highest in the world, with harmonised rules covering a range of animal species uand~~er the~~ welfare issues; believes that the reformed common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy. allow for further improvements in this field.

Amendment 199 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Considers ~~it irresponsible that the EU continues to support environmentally harmful and cruel practices under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy~~that the EU should take the necessary measures to provide farmers and fishers with planning security, adequate financial resources and guarantees, also under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy, in order to maintain and, where necessary, increase food production in the EU.

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas nature and biodiversity are the foundations of food and, without strong political action to conserve and restore nature and biodiversity, food security and the right to food will be irreversibly endangeredthe protection of nature and biodiversity is important for food security;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. C. whereas more than 161 million people in 42 countries suffered acute food shortages in September 2021, almost every third person in the world has no access to appropriate foods, some 3 billion people find the costs of a healthy diet unattainably high, there is a danger that these figures will continue to rise and, consequently, sustainable development by 2030 will be even less attainable;

Amendment 200 #

Jan HUITEMA, Emma WIESNER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Considers it irresponsible that the EU continues to~~Recognises the positive steps taken in the EU to reduce and withdraw support for environmentally harmful and cruel practices under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy.; notes, however, that progress is slow;

Amendment 201 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. C~~onsiders it irresponsible that the EU continues to support environmentally harmful and cruel practices under the common agricultural policy and common fish~~alls on Member States to develop and deploy, under the common agricultural policy, eco-schemes with support for practices that enable synergies ~~policy.~~between environmental performance and food production;

Amendment 202 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Considers it irresponsible~~Emphasizes the need that the EU continues to ~~support~~make efforts to end any environmentally harmful and cruel practices under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy.

Amendment 203 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Deplores that by the overall approach of supporting farms by farm size, a large amount of the EU’s agricultural policy has for generations been biased to the promotion of intensive, large-scale farming and farm concentration, while failing to ensure sustainable livelihoods in particular for small and family farms, and particularly for women farmers, as well as for farm labour and has become a public subsidy for environmental harm caused by unsustainable farming, with intensive agriculture being the single biggest diver of species extinction and a main cause for the EU’s climate emissions;

Amendment 204 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Emphasises that while the negative impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security has been significant, this crisis has built up on the existing systemic failures in the food system, and that sufficient short- and longer-term measures need to be adopted to address hunger and malnutrition in Europe and beyond; highlights the need to develop appropriate tools to address future food crisis in a sustainable way, compatible with our objectives on climate and biodiversity, rather than resorting to disruptive short-term solutions and increased international trade;

Amendment 205 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Notes with regret the persistence of a glaring disparity in environmental and animal welfare standards and requirements between European food production and food from third countries placed on the Single Market; calls on the EC to better protect the competitiveness of domestic agricultural production by inclusion of appropriate clauses in Free Trade Agreements; emphasises that building food security in the EU cannot allow for overproduction of low-quality food in countries with lower environmental and health standards;

Amendment 206 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses that food security also includes the aspects of food safety and nutrition and should be seen in a short-, mid- and long-term perspective;

Amendment 207 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for the food sovereignty of the Member States to be guaranteed by increasing support for responsible and sustainable agriculture;

Amendment 208 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Notes the enormous cost of inaction 1a and the continued deterioration of the functional biodiversity needed to maintain yields and fertility and agricultural productivity; underlines therefore the need for improving resilience of agro-ecosystems by increasing biological, genetic and structural diversity to maintain yields and spread risk of crop failure; notes for example that drought costs the EU 9 billion euro every year - and this is forecast to increase as climate change and ecological collapse kick in; notes that the UN and FAO clearly warn that delaying the transition to sustainable, resilient food systems will cost society and farmers even more, the longer it is delayed; __________________ 1a IPCC, 2022: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, 3056 pp., doi:10.1017/9781009325844.

Amendment 209 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Underlines that pursuing the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy within the European Green Deal is the way forward: reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system including in accordance to the Methane Pledge, strengthening its resilience, ensuring food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards competitive sustainability from Farm to Fork, tapping into new sustainable opportunities, is paramount in this global effort for food security and resilience in food systems;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

4b. Whereas the war and its aftermath have led to an energy crisis, food prices have skyrocketed across Europe, drastically increasing production costs, food security is compromised and access to food may be at risk.

Amendment 210 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Calls for strict environmental and health compliance clauses to be imposed regarding the quality of imported agricultural products when international trade treaties are reviewed;

Amendment 211 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Highlights that the two major middle- to long-term threats to farming and food production are climate change and the ecosystem collapse; notes that the latest IPCC report forecasts acute future problems for agriculture, the ecosystem stability, water availability and food security; notes also that agriculture relies upon healthy ecosystems, notably functional soil ecosystems, and a sufficient population of pollinators and predators of pests; highlights that more than 75 % of global food crop types, including fruits and vegetables rely on animal pollination;

Amendment 212 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Urges the return to local agriculture based on short supply circuits, as well as support for family farms and the setting up of young farmers.

Amendment 213 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)

9d. Calls therefore on the Commission and the member states to focus their efforts in making EU farming and food production more resilient and in decreasing drastically the negative impacts of this sector on climate and the ecosystems, notably by strengthening its autonomy and increasing the diversity of food crops, decreasing its reliance on fossil-based inputs and by moving to more sustainable diets; calls on the Commission to support further investments that can accelerate the green transition and secure sustainability and autonomy, both in the EU and in developing countries;

Amendment 214 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 e (new)

9e. Notes that the number of farm animals is growing in the EU and that animal products represent 22 % of food exported by the EU; highlights that 60% of crop surfaces in the EU are dedicated to producing feed, and that close to 30 millions of tons of soybeans and soybeans products are imported in the EU every year, leading to an extractive, high carbon footprint and fragile model, linked to deforestation; calls on adapting the size of the EU herd to the planetary boundaries and what the EU land can support, allowing at the same time to reach the objectives of the methane pledge and the Paris agreement; highlights that such a transition must be supported by a systemic strategy at EU and national level in order to avoid unbearable disruptions, as well as at farm level ; notes that a comparable profitability with reduced herds can be achieved for herbivore animals farming by switching to pasture based grazing, allowing to cut of input costs;

Amendment 215 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 f (new)

9f. Notes the costs to human health of excess ammonia from fertilisers and livestock waste, responsible for 430 000 premature deaths each year in the EU 1a, as well as costs associated with crop losses; __________________ 1a Guthrie, Susan, Sarah Giles, Fay Dunkerley, Hadeel Tabaqchali, Amelia Harshfield, Becky Ioppolo, and Catriona Manville, Impact of ammonia emissions from agriculture on biodiversity: An evidence synthesis. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2018. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_repo rts/RR2695.html.

Amendment 216 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 g (new)

9g. Calls therefore on the Commission to further strengthen the Farm to Fork Strategy target on fertiliser use reduction, and to support, through all appropriate policies, practices to make soils more fertile through home-grown measures that ensure independence from imports of fertiliser or gas, such as crop rotation, composting and the use of animal waste within the limits of the Nitrates Directive; highlights that fertiliser use constitutes an estimated 50 % of energy use in agriculture, when considering both direct and indirect use; stresses that rising energy prices have a consequent effect on rising synthetic fertiliser prices, which means that advice on finding agronomic alternatives can be the most cost-effective policy option 1a; stresses the importance of farmers receiving technical support from independent farm advisory services so they can use the most appropriate and effective agroecological techniques; highlights the proven ability of organic agriculture to produce food without the use of synthetic fertilisers; __________________ 1a Poux, X., & Aubert, P. M. (2018). An agroecological Europe in 2050: multifunctional agriculture for healthy eating. Findings from the Ten Years For Agroecology (TYFA) modelling exercise, Iddri-AScA, Study, (09/18)

Amendment 217 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 h (new)

9h. Recognises that market speculation, manipulation and the trading of food commodities can artificially inflate wholesale prices and lead to market volatility; calls, in that regard, for an immediate and temporary ban on speculative practices such as short selling, sovereign debt and credit default swaps, ‘futures’ stock options and the high- frequency trading of food commodities that can result in market manipulation, predatory pricing and profiteering; calls on the Commission and European Securities and Markets Authority to work with national regulators to bring forward an urgent proposal to temporarily ban short selling and safeguard food commodities on stock markets, including by revising the currently very permissive EU position limit regime, and to take into account volatility when setting those position limits; notes that the ongoing review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFiD) is a unique opportunity to tackle food speculation by introducing strict limits to the capacity of a trader to speculate on food commodities and fixing the current the loopholes in the regulatory framework;

Amendment 218 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 i (new)

9i. Stresses the need for full use of school schemes in order to ensure deprived children have access to food; highlights, furthermore, the utility of public procurement programmes in fostering public support for purchasing from smallholders and local producers when sourcing nutritious food for distribution, to guard against food insecurity;

Amendment 219 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 j (new)

9j. Highlights the high indirect land use change impact of crop-based biofuels because, notably, of deplacement effects, also linked to human rights abuse, land grabbing and global hunger in third countries; calls on the Commission and the Member States to rapidly put in place temporary suspension measures for the production and blending of crop-based biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels in order to secure additional food supplies, stabilise global food commodity markets and phase out crop-based biofuels, not including advanced biofuels, by 2030;

Amendment 22 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas Russia’s unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine has resulted in severe loss of lives and livelihood as well as environmental and material damages while also disrupting food security both in Ukraine and globally;

Amendment 220 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 k (new)

9k. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU-grown plant proteins to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change and low input farming systems, including traditional and locally- adapted varieties and heterogeneous material.

Amendment 221 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 l (new)

9l. Points out that gene-edited plants and animals are patented and should therefore be avoided as they would further contribute to market concentration in seed, plant and animal production and the increase of input costs, in addition to them not providing any advantages over agro-ecological systems, which have proven benefits in terms of biodiversity and the climate when it comes to alleviating food insecurity; calls on the EU and its Member states to prevent patents on biological material used in or produced from means of conventional breeding and to safeguard the freedom to operate and the breeders’ exemption for all conventionally bred varieties;

Amendment 222 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 m (new)

9m. Calls for closing nutrient cycling loops, shorter food production and supply chains, reducing external inputs and balancing outputs better with the carrying capacities of farmed areas, inter alia to make farming more resilient and autonomous both on-farm and EU level;

Amendment 23 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the abandonment of rural farms within the EU has been on the rise in recent years, the number of young farmers is declining and generational renewal in the agricultural sector is under threat; whereas a key factor to reverse these tendencies is maintaining the viability of farms, especially small ones, and establishing a strong position for farmers in food supply chains, which would help them to fight with unfair trade practices;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas one major objective of the EU Green Deal, the Biodiversity Strategy, the Farm to Fork Strategy and its related policies is to transform the EU food system towards long-term resilience, healthy and short supply chain production ensuring food security1a; __________________ 1a European Commission, Drivers of food security, SWD(2023) 4 final.

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas despite a slight decreasing trend, per capita meat consumption in many EU countries remains 2 to 4 times higher than the recommended intake; whereas food contributes to around 45% of the environmental impacts of EU consumption; 1a; __________________ 1a European Commission, Drivers of food security, SWD(2023) 4 final.

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. D. whereas long-term sustainable and resilient agriculture means not only quality and affordable foods for EU citizens, but also an opportunity for the EU to help countries whose food supply is threatened by the whims of dictatorial regimes;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas well-designed agricultural and food policies can reduce the cost of sustainable and nutritious foods and increase the availability and affordability of healthy diets sustainably and leaving no one behind; whereas food choices are also significantly shaped by food environments, including food marketing and advertising, product placement and promotions, and labelling;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas well-designed agricultural and food policies can reduce the cost of sustainable and nutritious foods and sustainably increase the availability and affordability of healthy diets, thus leaving no one behind1a; __________________ 1a https://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/202 2/en/

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas food choices are significantly shaped by food environments, including food marketing and advertising, product placement and promotions, and labelling;

Amendment 3 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas nature and biodiversity are the foundations of food and, without strong political action to conserve and restore nature and biodiversity, including access to clean water and good conditions for pollinators, food security and the right to food will be irreversibly endangered;

Amendment 30 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas land used for livestock and animal feedstock production occupies nearly 80% of global agricultural land while producing less than 20% of the world’s supply of calories;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas consumer food prices, but also household income, are a crucial driver of food security; whereas, when faced with unprecedently high food prices, lower-income households, who spend a large share of their budget on food, may be pushed to choose more unhealthy and less diverse foods, making them particularly vulnerable to the risk of non-communicable diseases linked to poor diets;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas there is a hunger catastrophe in parts of the Global South while there is more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone, which shows the urgent need for a more fair and equal distribution of food and a sharp reduction of avoidable food waste;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. E. whereas the EU depends on Belarus and Russia for 59% of its imports of potassium-based fertilisers, while 31% of its imports of nitrogen-based fertilisers, for which the price of natural gas is crucial, come from Russia;

Amendment 34 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas the UN identifies the current global food system as the primary driver of the loss of biodiversity, wildlife and habitat;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

Ae. F. whereas past and forecast data on EU agricultural production in 2010- 2020 show that the EU is relatively self- sufficient in commodities that can be produced in Europe’s climate zones and is not overly dependent on food imports, which could potentially endanger the food supply; whereas there are still certain exceptions, particularly with regard to the importation of oilseeds and meal intended for animal feed;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas food imported from third countries is often subject to lower environmental, animal welfare and health standards compared to the EU, thus distorting the competitive balance in the common market, to the disadvantage of EU producers;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)

Af. whereas EU food security must never undermine third countries’ food security and food sovereignty;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)

Af. G. whereas the dependence of the EU food production chain on feed imports continues to have numerous negative direct and indirect impacts on the environment and climate change both inside and outside EU borders; whereas this vulnerability, together with rising input costs, for example, as concerns fertilisers and fossil fuels, leads to production problems for farmers, thereby threatening further food price increases and making the worsening affordability of food the EU’s most pressing food security issue;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)

Af. whereas in the EU nearly 57 million tonnes of food waste (127 kg/inhabitant) are generated annually with an associated market value estimated at 130 billion euros; whereas at the same time, some 36.2 million people cannot afford a quality meal every day; whereas food waste causes 6% of EU´s total greenhouse gas emissions;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas nature and biodiversity are the foundations of food and, without strong political action to conserve and restore nature and biodiversity, ~~food security~~at both European and international level, food security for all citizens and the right to food will be irreversibly endangered;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)

Ag. whereas in the EU nearly 57 million tonnes of food waste (127 kg/inhabitant) are generated annually with an associated market value estimated at 130 billion euros; whereas at the same time, some 36.2 million people cannot afford a quality meal every second day1a; whereas food waste causes 6% of EU´s total greenhouse gas emissions; __________________ 1a https://food.ec.europa.eu/safety/food- waste_en

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. whereas in the EU nearly 57 million tonnes of food waste (127 kg/inhabitant) are generated annually with an associated market value estimated at 130 billion euros; whereas at the same time, some 36.2 million people cannot afford a quality meal every day;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Recital A h (new)

Ah. whereas there is a need to reconsider the EU land use for food security as around 65% of agricultural land is used for animal production and 55% of cereals in the EU are used for feed and about 4% for the production of biofuels1a; __________________ 1a European Commission, Drivers of food security, SWD(2023)4final

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Recital A i (new)

Ai. whereas moving away from intensive livestock farming practices towards sustainable, extensive agriculture will deliver an immense reduction in methane emissions from the agricultural sector and reduce negative consequences on the environment, biodiversity, animal welfare and public health, with drastically reducing the number of farmed animals kept in the EU being an essential step in this process;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)

Ag. H. whereas the EU’s Soil Strategy for 2030 brings with it a clear necessity to ensure that soil conservation, sustainable use and renewal become the norm;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Recital A j (new)

Aj. whereas six of nine planetary boundaries to keep the planet habitable are already exceeded and the other three are nearly crossed, with intensive agricultural practices being one of the main drivers of the climate and biodiversity crises, undermining food security and availability;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Recital A k (new)

Ak. whereas in 2020, with food representing around 45% of the environmental impacts of EU consumption, the EU food system alone transgresses several planetary boundaries, including climate change (3.5 times), particulate matter (6 times) or freshwater ecotoxicity (5 times), whereas similarly, the biogeochemical flows of the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles have surpassed the planetary boundaries by 3.3 and 2 times (44); whereas this seriously compromises the long-term viability and resilience of the food system regarding its environmental foundation1a; __________________ 1a European Commission, Drivers of food security, SWD(2023)4 final, building on other scientific sources

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Recital A l (new)

Al. whereas EU agriculture’s dependence on synthetic fertilisers and other fossil and chemical inputs such as pesticides, of which the prices have increased sharply, threatens food affordability and security and deepens the climate and environmental emergencies;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Recital A m (new)

Am. whereas the Commission's recent analysis has identified that the current high input intensive agricultural model, based on chemical pesticides, is likely to pose a food security threat in the medium term due to a loss of biodiversity, the likely increase in pests, decline in soil health and loss of pollinators which are essential to agricultural production1a; __________________ 1a European Commission, Drivers of food security, SWD(2023)4 final

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Recital A n (new)

An. whereas agriculture is responsible for 10.3% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 70% of those come from the animal sector 1a; __________________ 1a EEA (2019), Annual European Union greenhouse gas inventory 1990-2017 and Inventory report 2019. These figures do not include CO2 emissions from land use and land use change.

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas nature and biodiversity ~~are the foundations of food and, without strong political action to conserve and restore nature and biodiversity, food security and the right to food will be irreversibly endangered~~interact with agriculture, food and nutrition on a number of key issues, by providing a variety of plant and animals from domesticated and wild sources;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Recital A o (new)

Ao. whereas about 60-70% of EU’s agricultural soils are currently either losing organic carbon, receiving more nutrients than they need (affecting also water resources and natural habitats), eroding or compacting, suffering secondary salinization, or some combination thereof1a. __________________ 1a Veerman, C., Correia, T.P., Bastioli, C., Biro, B., Bouma, J., Cienciala, E., Emmett, B., Frison, E.A., Grand, A., Filchev, L.H. and Kriaučiūnienė, Z., 2020. Caring for soil is caring for life: ensure 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 for healthy food, people, nature and climate: Interim report of the mission board for soil health and food. DG AGRI Report. doi: 10.2777/4833

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Underlines that sustainable farming that preserves natural resources, such as soil, water and forests, is a prerequisite to long-term food security in the EU and globally;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the just transition to agro- ecological and organic farming; ~~reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodivers~~draws attention to the preparation of a comprehensive impact study, which includes the impact on food security, a~~nd zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction~~ gricultural production and competitiveness in the European Union, as well as the impact of banning the use of pesticides ~~and their associated risks and the setting of EU food wast~~in sensitive are~~duction target~~as;

Amendment 53 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the ~~just transition to~~development and promotion of the agro- ecological and organic farming; ~~reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including~~highlights, however, that all policies towards food security, both on an EU and global scale, must be based on a balanced approach, balancing their economic, environmental and social implications and that those re~~lated~~sponse to the ~~reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets~~current crisis must not be based solely on increasing environmental ambitions without proper impact assessment provided;

Amendment 54 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the just and urgent transition to agro- ecological practices and organic farming that require less or no fertilisers to enable the European Union to break the vicious circle of dependence on Russian imports of especially fertilisers and fossil fuels; reiterates its full support for the European Green Deal and the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets which will be crucial to safeguard long- term sustainability of food production by e.g. protecting pollinators;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the just transition to agro- ecological and organic farming; encourages the transformation of the food production sector via the use of techniques, behaviours and practices that restore the soils and enhance ecosystem services such as regenerative farming as means to increase fertility, soil health, water availability, yields and ultimately nutrition and food safety; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero- pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the just transition to agro- ecological and organic farming; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets; points out, in this context, that the transition to less intensive forms of agriculture and the shortening of supply chains will bring about savings in input costs, whether for mineral fertilisers or fossil fuels, where the EU is still largely dependent on imports from authoritarian regimes;

Amendment 57 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the just transition to agro- ecological and organic farming; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, strategy, with a view to maintaining crop yields in the Member States in the context of the food shortages caused by the conflict in Ukraine, as well as for the biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the just transition to ~~agro- ecological~~sustainable and organic farming; reiterates ~~its support for the ambitions, targets and~~that the goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies~~; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those~~ must neither lead to a reduction or lowering of food safety, quality and supply standards in the EU nor have negative effects on farms; welcomes, where possible, their proposals related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets; stresses that these proposals must be supported by appropriate and comprehensive impact studies based on scientific evidence;

Amendment 59 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the just transition to agro- ecological ~~and~~, organic farming; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targetsand precision farming, which may contribute to the reduction of soil, water, and air pollution by decreasing the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, ultimately leading to a more resilient and sustainable agriculture; notes that sustainable agricultural practices create synergies and co-benefits such as reduced GHG emissions, which may provide carbon removal credits for rewarding farmers; recognizes the opportunity of a reduced need for fertiliser for ensuring the EU's strategic autonomy in this respect;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion in Ukraine exposed structural problems of EU food supply chains, while at the same time the primary production is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss; considering that the cost of non-action hugely outweighs costs related to transitioning to a resilient food system, the EU needs to further cut emissions, scale up nature-based solutions and move away from fossil-based fertilisers;

Amendment 60 #

Emma WIESNER, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Nils TORVALDS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the ~~just~~ transition to a~~gro- ecological and organic farming; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of~~n more sustainable and circular agriculture, using less fossil inputs and antimicrobials; reiterates its support for an impact assessment on the targets in the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero- pollution strategies~~; welcomes~~, especially in the light of Russia’s illegal invasion and war in Ukraine; notice their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the just transition to agro- ecological and organic farming; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the European Green Deal and its subsequent communications, specifically the farm to fork, biodiversity ~~and~~, chemicals, zero-pollution and soil strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and artificial fertilisers and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Supports~~Welcomes the Commission’s comprehensive analysis of the drivers of food security; underlines its conclusions pointing at the urgency of transitioning to a sustainable food system capable of ensuring food security in both the short- and long-term; supports, therefore, the just transition to agro- ecological and organic farming as well as agroforestry; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Ssupports the ~~just transi~~development and promotion tof agro-ecological and organic farming; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated biological farming; notes, however, that all food security policies, both at EU level and on a global scale, must be based on a balanced approach, striking a balance between the economic, environmental and social impacts, and that the response to the current criskis ~~and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets~~must not be based exclusively on scaling up the environmental ambitions without a proper impact assessment;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the just and feasible transition to agro- ecological and organic farming; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies without prejudices to national law; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to ~~the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risk~~novel genomic techniques and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the 50% target of reduction in the use and the associated risks of pesticides on health and environment, the setting of EU food waste reduction targets and the integrated nutrient management action plan dealing with an unsustainable fertiliser use and steering an effective reduction in fertilisers; calls on the European Commission to uphold its commitment and table a legislative proposal to prohibit the export of all pesticides and other hazardous chemicals banned at EU level, to put an end to double standards, and to ensure a level-playing field for the industry and harmonization between national legislations;

Amendment 67 #

Pernille WEISS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recognizes that consequences of climate change, such as droughts, can have significant negative effects on EU food production and agriculture; highlights in this regard the potential of biological solutions for i.a. improving crop resistance and nutrient uptake as well as for targeted plant protection; stresses that these biological solutions currently face regulative barriers in the EU; calls for a strict distinction between biological and chemical solutions to be applied in EU legislation to facilitate the approval and uptake of biological solutions;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Reiterates its support for the ambitions targets and goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets; emphasizes that these legislative proposals should be based on impact assessments, which also take into account the current geopolitical context, and do not undermine food security in any way;

Amendment 69 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for an increase in the CAP budget in the process of revising the Multiannual Financial Framework scheduled for 2023 - so that new CAP objectives, including in the area of environmental protection and animal welfare, can be adequately financed without jeopardising the viability of farms, especially small ones, and in order to reduce the farm abandonment, in particular by young farmers;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas protection of biodiversity not only has natural value, but also represents the true added value of agricultural production in the European Union, and whereas investing in distinctiveness is a necessary condition for allowing agricultural undertakings to distinguish themselves in terms of the quality of their production and thus to face the globalised market by safeguarding, defending and creating local economic systems around food value;

Amendment 70 #

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Reiterates the importance of supporting local production and the consumption of seasonal, local products from a short and verified supply chain that protects both small producers and, at the same time, consumers, reduces waste and losses, and is capable of providing healthy, certified, quality products with a reduced environmental footprint;

Amendment 71 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the need for the EU to reduce its dependence on imports from outside the EU, moving towards local food production, to support the shift to sustainable healthy plant-rich diets and to rebalance the proportion of EU land used for the production of animal feed with that for producing human food;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for an ambitious Soil Health Law aiming at restoration of soil and its microbiota, providing for accumulation of organic carbon lost among others due to an excess of nutrients, erosion and salinization, in order to enhance the plants natural defence system from abiotic and biotic stresses;

Amendment 73 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Is convinced that by speeding up the just green transition, the European Green Deal will contribute to greater food security and reminds that any short-term or interim solutions always run the risk of switching one dependence for another in the long-term;

Amendment 74 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. calls on the Commission, in line with the farm to fork strategy, to propose binding targets for the reduction of food waste and measures to help achieve them, including a large-scale campaign to raise awareness among consumers, as soon as possible;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines that any delays for the Soil Health Law foreseen for 2Q 2023 at the latest would be detrimental, as the lack of comprehensive EU legislative framework for soil protection leads to irreversible loss of soil in the Europe;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Regrets that the unjust, ‘blanket’ proposal of the European Commission to reduce pesticide use fails to take into account the professional aspects of agricultural production and the differing baselines of the Member States;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that the same agricultural production standards should apply to imported products as those applying to products produced in the EU;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that sustainability refers to balancing economic development, environmental impacts and social equality, including gender justice;

Amendment 79 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Whereas European farmers, whose work is of vital importance in ensuring food security, has, over the past decade, had to face a host of adverse factors, such as: the financial crisis and austerity measures, the long-term effects of the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU, the impact of COVID-19, the loss of the Russian market, the cut in the overall budget for the CAP, the new environmental demands flowing from the new CAP model and the Green Deal strategies and, lastly, the explosion in the cost of production, especially as regards energy and fertilisers, the new demands for cuts in the use of fertilisers and plant protection products;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas healthy soils are prerequisite to ensure food security and long-term agricultural sustainability, but several threats to soil have been identified in the EU, such as: climate change, sealing, compaction erosion, floods and landslides, droughts, hydrogeological instability, loss of soil organic matter, fires, storms, salinisation, contamination, loss of soil biodiversity, acidification and desertification;

Amendment 80 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Michal WIEZIK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Is concerned about the EU agriculture sector’s inherent social equality and gendered impact, as, amongst others, the trend of people facing moderate or severe food insecurity in the EU is rising since 2015 and women, children, and marginalised groups are most affected; regrets that social fairness and gender equality and its intersectional dimensions do not feature in a more proactive and binding way in the CAP and other related policies to strengthen social sustainability and resilience of EU agriculture and food systems; emphasises that higher wages, pensions and good social welfare systems help easing affordability of food;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Underlines the dependence of the agricultural production on pollinators; regrets therefore that a guidance documents to assess the risk of plant protection products and of the biocides on pollinators are still missing; calls on the Commission and Member States to pay due attention to the successful European citizens initiative "Save Bees and Farmers" calling for phasing out of synthetic pesticides in EU agriculture by 80% by 2030, starting with the most hazardous, to become free of synthetic pesticides by 2035 and restore natural ecosystems in agricultural areas;1a __________________ 1a https://europa.eu/citizens- initiative/initiatives/details/2019/000016_e n

Amendment 82 #

Pernille WEISS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Highlights the potential of vertical farming for food production independently of weather and seasons, which could attain higher yields with less water and pesticide use; calls for greater recognition of this practice in EU policy, as well as for initiatives to increase investments in R&D of vertical farming;

Amendment 83 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Emphasises the importance of clean, healthy and fertile soils for climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity, ecosystem services and food production; looks forward to the promised dedicated legislative proposal on soil health, and stresses the need to achieve good soil health by 2035 at the latest;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Highlights the positive effects of extensive farms and diverse landscapes and habitats on prevention of pest damage, restoration of biodiversity, stability of crop production and stimulation of agricultural productivity in the long run;

Amendment 85 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Underlines that agri- environmental-climate practices such as agroecology, agroforestry, regenerative agriculture, organic farming, precision and carbon farming have the potential to address climate, biodiversity, environmental, economic and social challenges; highlights the capacity of these practices to limit soil degradation and increase carbon sequestration; stresses that while ensuring sustainable production of goods and provisions of ecosystem services, these practices have the capacity to reduce the costs of food production by reducing the use of pesticides, fertilisers, antimicrobials and consumption of gas; highlights also the capabilities of these practices to prompt healthier, quality food production, premium for farmers, stability and diversification of income and long-term sustainable, resilient and future-proof production oriented on small and medium-size farmers;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a new Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products, including EU wide targets to reduce by 2030 the use and risk of chemical pesticides and in particular also the use of the most hazardous pesticides with 50%, in line with the EU’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies; highlights that this proposal should establish a long-term (post-2030) vision and clear pathways out of chemical pesticide dependency of European agriculture; notes that reducing the EU pesticide dependency is a driver of food security and self-sufficiency;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Whereas the abandonment of farmland in the EU has been increasing in recent years, the number of new farmers is decreasing and generational handover in the agricultural sector is under threat; whereas a fundamental factor in countering such trends is maintaining the viability of farms, especially small ones, and creating a strong position for farmers in food supply chains, which would help them to combat unfair commercial practices;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Is alarmed that the current EU agriculture system requires large numbers of precarious, low-wage, flexible, seasonal and undeclared workers, often women, with exploitation and abuse of workers being common, due to immense cost pressure on producers, undermining the EU’s own social and labour standards;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Notes the steps the Commission has so far taken to limit the effects of the crisis on food markets, including a EUR 500 million package and the temporary crisis framework which enables State aid measures to be adopted for producers hit by the rising cost of inputs, and the increased advance payments of immediate aid for farmers, temporary derogations in respect of set- aside and the temporary easing of the import requirements regarding animal feed; calls for flexibility as regards the national CAP strategic plans so that they may be continued for as long as needed in order to maintain foodstuff production in the EU and strengthen Europe’s leading position in the global food market;

Amendment 9 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the climate and biodiversity crisis is a direct threat to food production through extreme weather events (including exceptional droughts in Southern Europe), rapidly changing farming conditions and by spurring conflicts over scarce resources;

Amendment 90 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Reiterates that food losses and food waste must be reduced from farm to fork; welcomes, therefore, the upcoming revision of the Waste Framework Directive, including the setting of EU food waste reduction targets; calls for an enforceable EU-wide food waste reduction target of 50 % by 2030, based on a common methodology; underlines the positive effects that short food supply chains can have for reducing food waste1a, and calls furthermore for concrete measures and binding targets to reduce the loss of food at farm level; __________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0005_EN.html

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Emphasises the need for providing farmers with adequate support schemes to ensure a just transition and finance adaptation and mitigation measures as well as regeneration of degraded farmlands that will help farmers restore depleted soils and the ecosystem, improving food production and farmers’ livelihoods; calls on Member States to promote financial support under the CAP's ecoschemes to facilitate the transition;

Amendment 92 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Supports an introduction of payments for ecosystem services of agro- ecological practices;

Amendment 93 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. Underlines the need for flexibility in the short-term providing support and exceptional and temporary measures in times of crisis to avoid distortion on the market;

Amendment 94 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1g. Stresses the need for adoption of integrated and systems-oriented solutions to alleviate trade-offs between mitigation and adaptation measures that will reinforce long-term resilience;

Amendment 95 #

Michal WIEZIK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)

1h. Calls for targeted support schemes for education and awareness of farmers along with specialized training programmes in alternative agricultural practices designated for farmers to speed up the transformation to more sustainable and resilient food production methods;

Amendment 96 #

Emma WIESNER, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Nils TORVALDS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the strict application of the One Health principle in all policies that affect the availability and accessibility of food; stresses that food safety must never be jeopardised; reiterates the 50 percent reduction target of the usages of antimicrobials in agriculture and asks the Commission to evaluate how Member States have implemented the Veterinary Medicinal Products Package, especially the ban on the preventive use of antibiotics in groups of animals, the ban on the preventive use of antimicrobials via medicated feed and the import ban on meat that have been treated with antimicrobials for growth promotions;

Amendment 97 #

Heléne FRITZON, Biljana BORZAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB, Delara BURKHARDT, Günther SIDL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the strict application of the One Health principle to link human health, animal health and environmental issues in all policies that affect the availability and accessibility of food; stresses that food safety must never be jeopardised and emphasises the importance of steering policies in a just and socioeconomically fair way towards promoting nutritional, affordable and long-term sustainably produced food in line with nature-based solutions and for proper and transparent labelling to facilitate healthy choices by the consumer;

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the strict application of the One Health principle in all policies that affect the availability and accessibility of food; stresses that food safety and hence citizens’ health must never be jeopardised;

Amendment 99 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the strict application of the ~~One Health principle in all policies that affect the availability and~~principle of the accessibility of food; stresses that EU food safety must never be jeopardised;

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2023/02/27 DEVE 11 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms the right to food as a fundamental human right; and recalls Sustainable Development Goal 2 of eradicating hunger by 2030; stresses the need for the EU to champion the right to adequate food as a priority of food systems in order to achieve food security and improve nutrition; Is deeply concerned by the fact that one in three people worldwide still do not have access to adequate, sufficient food and healthy nutrition and that 2.3 billion people in the world were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021, further notes that many of these people are employed in agriculture; deplores the fact that in 2022, according to the World Food Programme, acute food insecurity is affecting a record 349 million people; Regrets that hunger and food insecurity are increasing across the world and that many countries are significantly off track to achieve the zero hunger target in 2030; recalls that malnutrition represents a lifelong burden for individuals and societies as it prevents children from reaching their full potential, thus curtailing human and national economic development;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1 a. whereas developing countries are susceptible to food insecurity particularly when depending on food imports; whereas recent crises have shown that global supply chains can be seriously disrupted; whereas food import dependencies have also arisen from changing dietary patterns, and notably a shift towards a handful of staple crops, i.e. wheat, rice and maize; whereas, according to the FAO, at the beginning of 2022, Ukraine and Russia accounted for nearly 30% of global wheat and maize exports, while Russia was the world’s top exporter of fertilisers, and whereas more than 30 countries, mainly in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, depend on Ukraine and Russia for over 30% of their wheat import needs; whereas Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is exacerbating this global food insecurity and could lead to a further 8 to 13 million people becoming food insecure, according to FAO simulations; whereas this dependency on food imports also makes a number of countries, notably in Africa, highly vulnerable to price shocks; whereas according to the FAO, Food Price Index hit high record in February 2022; whereas most food import dependent countries were already highly indebted before the Covid-19 pandemic; whereas the G7 Agriculture Ministers’ statement of 11 March 2022 declared that G7 Members commit to ‘fight against any speculative behaviour that endangers food security or access to food for vulnerable countries or populations’;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1 b. whereas the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy, whose targets aim to reduce the use of farm inputs and notably to decrease the overall use of chemical pesticides in the EU by 2030, address global climate and environmental challenges; whereas biodiversity and resilient ecosystems are essential to sustainable development; whereas agroecological principles are in line with biodiversity conservation, food autonomy and healthy nutrition; whereas biodiversity of crops is important as this allows individual farmers to adapt their agricultural planning to climate conditions and make food systems naturally more resilient against climate change, pests and pathogens; whereas at the same time this nature-based approach contributes to enhancing biodiversity; whereas EU support for sustainable food systems is one of the priorities of the multi-annual indicative programmes adopted with around 70 partner countries under the NDICI – Global Europe instrument for the 2021-2027 period;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the impact of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis and conflicts on food security in developing countries; draws attention to the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which are exacerbating global food insecurity; at the global food crisis the world is facing today is not a new crisis but an additional layer linked to global population growth, climate change, and especially weather extremes, environmental degradation, conflicts and notably Russia’s armed aggression on Ukraine, the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic uncertainty; highlights that this global food crisis is also exacerbated by the current food price spike and the remaining weaknesses of global food systems, notably related to persistent dependencies related to food imports, inequalities and lack of social safety nets in certain partner countries; Urges the EU to acknowledge that climate change, biodiversity, food security and health are interlinked and have to be addressed together, taking into account the ‘One Health’ approach; recalls that food systems are contributing to up to one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and use up to 70% of freshwater; Calls on the Commission to support local farmers in defining and implementing measures to forestall extreme climate events and natural disasters; calls also on the Commission to support the introduction of mechanisms, programmes and networks for measuring, monitoring, evaluating and sharing best practices between partner countries in the adaptation of agriculture to climate change and its impact on food security; Draws attention to the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on food prices, global supply of grains, as well as on the price of energy and fertilisers, emphasises that countries already facing difficulties are being hit hardest by those consequences, which are exacerbating global food insecurity; emphasises the importance of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and calls on Russia to stop using food security as a weapon of war, to respect the agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain and to lift the naval blockades of Ukrainian ports; welcomes the introduction of Solidarity Lanes to allow for agricultural products blocked in Ukraine to be exported, commends the Union on its commitment to mobilise over EUR 1 billion for those lanes and to provide Ukraine with support to export its agri-food products, taking into account Ukraine’s key role in global grain supply; stresses the importance of building conflict resilient food and agricultural systems and the need to ensure that food reaches the most vulnerable, and calls on the Commission to support such efforts;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Is concerned by the fact that one in three people worldwide still do not have access to adequate food; deplores the fact that in 2022, according to the World Food P~~Recalls that the SDG 2 cannot be achieved without strengthening women’s rights and recognises the potential critical role played by women farmers in ensuring food security; Notes that according to the FAO women make up 43% of the global agricultural labour force, and yet face significant discrimination when it comes to land and livestock ownership, equal pay, participation in decision-making entities and access to credit and financial services; Stresses that it is children and women who are the most vulnerable to food insecurity, stresses that the gender gap in food insecurity globally has widened in recent years, notably due to prevalent gender inequality and discrimination in the countries concerned; points out that ensuring food security is one way of reducing inequalities between women and men; Calls on the Commission and local and regional authorities in partner countries to ensure that women, including women’s organisations, are involved in defining programme,s a~~cute food insecurity is affecting a record 349 million people; stresses that it is children and women who are the most vulnerable to food insecurity;~~ nd implementing projects as well as in the decision-making processes to combat food insecurity; also calls on the Commission to support the advancement of women farmers and to promote women’s access to legal status including through birth registration and inheritance rights for property and access to land; Highlights that addressing food insecurity also requires partner countries to take action to reduce inequalities, including through taxation and social protection schemes, so as to ensure all people can access affordable and healthy food; also emphasises that the creation of viable jobs in agriculture is central to ensure the long-term viability of this sector globally; Recalls that food security requires physical and affordable access to water and that access to high-quality water starts with the production and ends on the consumers' plate, therefore calls on the Commission to increase its support for WASH services to ensure access to water and sanitation in developing countries;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Is concerned by continuing rise in food prices~~; recalls that the World Food Price Index increased by more than 60% between 2020 and 2022;~~ and the disruption of the global food market, that the invasion of Ukraine aggravated, in a context where both Russia and Ukraine are major food exporters; recalls that the World Food Price Index increased by more than 60% between 2020 and 2022; stresses that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in rising prices and reducing availability of agricultural products, fertilisers and energy; highlights that countries that were highly dependent on grain and oil imports from the Black Sea region were the first to suffer the effects of the crisis; Underlines the high dependence of developing countries on food imports and that a high dependency on food imports highly exposes populations to global market volatilities; Stresses that the Commission should develop a genuine integrated strategy with its partner countries to encourage the development, strengthening and scaling up of local food production capacities, reduce the vulnerabilities associated with international dependencies, especially on fertilisers and grains, while strengthening local and regional markets through infrastructure programmes, such as market infrastructure, cooling systems and roads, but also online farmers markets to enhance in particular smallholder farmers’ resilience, notably with the Global Gateway Initiative; Deplores the financial speculation on agricultural and food commodities, which is exacerbating price volatility and inflating wholesale prices; notes with concern that financial speculation on food commodities particularly affects developing countries and the most vulnerable populations, particularly in a context of war; In this context, calls on the Commission and Member States, also in collaboration with the relevant international organisations, to urgently put forward proposals to better regulate food prices at European and global level, aiming to stop financial speculation on agricultural and food commodities; notes that the ongoing review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFiD) is an opportunity to tackle food financial speculation; Calls on the Commission and European Securities and Markets Authority to evaluate the role and extent of speculation in the determination of commodities prices; underlines that transparent statistics on grain stocks from both public and private stakeholders are essential; calls on the Commission, Member States and food business operators to intensify their efforts to strengthen transparency rules on global agricultural prices and stocks, particularly by strengthening and extending the Agricultural Market Information System; Points out that developing countries are the most vulnerable to rising global food and agricultural prices, which threaten the affordability of food; calls on the Commission and Member States to work on the FAO proposal aimed at establishing a Food Import Financing Facility to help low-income countries that are the most dependent on food imports to access global food markets; also stresses the need to work on trade rules, including in the remit of WTO, with the objective to help low-income countries in building stronger local food systems; Stresses that food dependency aggravates indebtedness of developing countries, thereby jeopardising the achievement of food security; calls on the Commission and the Member States to evaluate all the means available to avoid any default in the balance of payments of food importer countries, including debt relief under the auspices of international initiatives, direct funding and restructuring of their debt; reiterates the importance of grant-based financing especially for Least Developed Countries;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the ~~importance of ensuring coherence among all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security;~~ principle of Policy Coherence for Development enshrined in Article 208 TFEU, according to which ‘the Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’ and the importance of ensuring coherence among all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of development cooperation to the benefit of developing countries and to increase the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security; insists that ensuring Policy Coherence for Development in the field of food security is important to contribute to safeguarding basic human rights and preventing humanitarian crises; Calls on the Commission to adopt a more systematic approach in defining and assessing the impact of EU policies in relation to the Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) objectives as anchored in the European Consensus on Development; calls on the EU to minimise the possible contradictions and build synergies with development cooperation policy, and to assess on a regular basis the compliance of EU policies, such as the CAP and trade policy, with Policy Coherence for Development, in particular by using the monitoring indicators of SDG 2; Recalls that biodiversity and its associated ecosystem services are essential to provide sustainable food production and to harness food security in developing countries; urges the EU and its Member States to remain fully committed to their international engagements on climate and biodiversity; stresses that EU trade, investment policies and development cooperation towards developing countries should follow the ambitions of the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy, notably in favouring the preservation of biodiversity and forests; in this respect calls for the prompt implementation of the regulation aimed at prohibiting the importation on the Union’s market of products associated with deforestation; Stresses that biofuel production should not jeopardise food security, particularly in developing countries; calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure food production is prioritised over crop-based biofuel production, especially in a context of inflation of food prices;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Stresses the importance of ensuring that Free Trade Agreements contribute to the objectives and standards enshrined in the TSD chapters to guarantee high environmental, social and health standards in line with the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Biodiversity Strategy and the legislative package “Fit for 55” notably the proposal for a new Regulation on the Sustainable use of Plant protection products and the targets included to reduce the use of hazardous pesticides; also stresses the importance of supporting developing countries in achieving higher standards, notably through technical support provided under the NDICI-Global Europe instrument; Denounces the EU’s double standards on pesticides, which allow the export from the EU of hazardous substances which are themselves banned in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure reciprocity in international trade agreements particularly in relation to agriculture and agricultural products and to lead by example by ensuring that hazardous pesticides banned in the EU are not exported to partner countries, preventing residues of banned pesticides from being tolerated in food on the EU market and strengthening the enforcement mechanism of the trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters;

Amendment 7 #

144, 151, 154, 155, 156, 161, 163, 173B, 174 Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the commitment by the EU and its Member States to allocate nearly EUR ~~7.7~~8 billion in humanitarian aid and development aid for global food security over the period 2021-2024~~; stresses, however, the need for European aid to reach the most vulnerable populations as quickly as possible and to adapt to the context of multidimensional crises;~~ , including a further EUR 600 million to help the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries deal with the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; calls on the Commission to report to the European Parliament, every year until 2024, on the goals, measures and results of that commitment; Stresses the need for European aid to reach the most vulnerable populations as quickly as possible and to adapt to the context of multidimensional crises, and the importance of a reinforced humanitarian approach; underlines the fact that, in 2022, the Commission has already allocated over EUR 900 million to humanitarian food assistance, i.e. 60% more than in 2021 and nearly 80% more than in 2020; Calls on the European Union and its Member States to increase development cooperation, humanitarian aid, food assistance and scale up essential nutrition services in the most vulnerable countries and regions, particularly the 19 ‘hunger hotspots’ identified by FAO and WFP which continue to suffer from a lack of humanitarian financing; Calls on the EU to ensure continuity between humanitarian aid, development cooperation and peace actions in order to tackle the deep-rooted causes of food insecurity and address the weaknesses of food systems in developing countries, in line with the nexus approach; Calls on the Commission, Member States and European development financing institutions to create synergies between the NDICI – Global Europe instrument and the new Global Gateway strategy, using the Team Europe approach, in order to coordinate investments in food security in partner countries; Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to increase climate- funding to developing countries and enhance cooperation with other multilateral development banks to facilitate climate adaption; points out that adaptation to climate change is essential to ensure resilient sustainable food systems in partner countries; Calls on the European Commission to ensure that a significant proportion of the 30% envelope of the NDICI – Global Europe funds assigned to combatting climate change is allocated to projects which improve resilience and adaptation of agriculture to climate change, including through hillside stabilisation, land reclamation, reforestation, irrigation, watershed management and support to education efforts around this issue; insists that those investments shall be in line with Agenda 2030, the Paris Climate Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity and take into account the FAO/CFS Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the context of national food security (VGGTs) and the FAO/CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems; Urges the European Commission, in the mid-term review process of the NDICI – Global Europe instrument, to closely examine the amounts and projects associated with food security in partner countries and to fully assess the effectiveness of the measures supported; points out that the mid-term review report should be published by the end of 2023; Welcomes the launch of several multilateral food security initiatives; calls, however, on the European Commission and Member States to play a leading role in coordinating the various initiatives to ensure an effective international commitment to global food security; calls on the EU and its Member States to support the establishment of an international food crisis preparedness and response mechanism, under the aegis of FAO and WFP, with the aim of identifying risks and vulnerabilities, particularly in critical food infrastructure and supply chains, and improving coordination of responses in the event of a crisis; furthermore supports the development of strategic food reserves, given the role that stocks can play in buffering the impacts of food crises; calls for the role of the Global Network Against Food Crises to be strengthened;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. CRecalls the need to increase food security in developing countries and enhance their capacity to meet the nutritional requirements of their populations; in that sense calls on the EU to also support local, regional and country initiatives in developing countries for food sovereignty; calls on the EU and its Member States, in particular through Team Europe, to help to build solutions with local actors, particularly local and regional authorities and NGOs, and to support initiatives tailored to local and regional realities in order to accompany partner countries towards food ~~autonomy, through the development of local agricultural production capacities and the transition to sustainable and resilient agri-food systems.~~ security and sovereignty, through the development of local and regional agricultural production capacities and the transition to ecologically sustainable and resilient agri- food and fisheries systems; calls on the EU to encourage solution-sharing between countries, particularly in small island developing states in the Indian Ocean, Caribbean and Pacific where climate change is a key factor in food insecurity; Stresses the importance of supporting local projects that encourage the transition to low-carbon agriculture and sustainable fisheries, simultaneously benefitting food security, environmental protection and the fight against climate change in partner countries; underlines that sustainable agriculture based on agroecological farming practices as defined in the UN Report A/HRC/46/33 contributes to food security and biodiversity; encourages the EU to prioritise in its external assistance to agriculture investments in agroecology, agroforestry and crop diversification; Recognises the crucial role played by small and medium scale farmers in ensuring food security as highlighted in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas; stresses there has been long- standing underinvestment in small-scale farming, including from donors; recalls that investments in the smallholder sector yield the best returns in terms of poverty reduction and growth, enhancing incomes of smallholder farmers, especially women smallholders; Therefore, calls on the EU, the Member States and the European banks for development to co-operate with small- scale farmers in developing countries to support them in shifting to sustainable farming practices, notably by promoting knowledge transfer and best practices through local farming organisations and co-operatives, boosting access to education and training, improving their access to credit, insurance, food market information and finance for research and innovation; also stresses the need to support small-scale farmers through programmes focused on climate-resilient agriculture respecting biodiversity and aiming to identify crops that are better adapted to local weather conditions, such as shift to more traditional crops, to promote the transition to agricultural infrastructure, inputs and irrigation systems that are less energy-intensive and consume less water and to support the financing of storage solutions in order to prevent farmers from harvest as well as post-harvest loss and to reduce food waste; In the light of the UN Report A/HRC/49/43 by the Special rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri, points out that the right to food is inherently tied to farmers’ seed systems and their indivisible right to freely save, use, exchange and sell farm-saved seeds; and calls on Team Europe to support programmes that take the needs of farmers’ seeds systems or informal seed systems into account and support seed banks or seed libraries that allow collecting, conserving and sharing of native seeds, landraces and farmers’ varieties with farmers and gardeners; Stresses the importance of the protection and promotion of the right to food security for local communities; deplores, in this context, the fact that land grabbing is rife in many countries, which undermines food sovereignty; calls on the EU to strongly support the prevention of land grabbing and stresses the importance of launching an inclusive process with the aim of guaranteeing the effective participation of civil society organisations and local communities in the development, implementation and monitoring of policies and actions related to land grabbing; calls for the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) to be observed in all projects that promote the protection of land rights, including in trade, and also for measures to ensure that projects do not endanger the land rights of small-scale farmers;

Amendment 9 #