Activities of Keith TAYLOR related to 2013/2110(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU approach to resilience and disaster risk reduction in developing countries: learning from food security crises PDF (201 KB) DOC (98 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the EU's long term resilience approach should address the deterioration of the ecosystem, particularly agriculture, water, biodiversity and fish resources, and calls on the EU to adopt a coherent policy to reduce vulnerability through its risk reduction strategy, which can be achieved by adopting sustainable agricultural production methods and systems, such as crop-rotation, agro-ecology, agro-forestry, organic agriculture and small-holder farming;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7a (new)
Paragraph 7a (new)
7a. Insists that disaster prone countries should play a leading role and should be the main actor in defining their priorities and transition strategies from humanitarian aid to a long- term development strategy, as they are better placed to know the local reality to define what is best for their own communities;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the EU to draw lessons from past decades of its cooperation policy and to put forward proposals to promote Policy Coherence for Development in practice by linking development aid and other EU policy areas, such as agriculture, trade, taxations, climate change and investment;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Urges the Commission to integrate the land grabbing issue in its policy dialogue with developing countries in order to make Policy Coherence the corner stone of development cooperation at national level as well as at international level and to avoid the expropriation of small farmers, further vulnerability of the poor in rural areas and unsustainable use of land and water;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Is of the view that the EU's Action plan for resilience should aim at implementing Policy Coherence for Development and address issues relating to food security and climate resilience by eliminating unsustainable practices such as dumping of agricultural products and unfair trade rules ; calls on the EU to address sustainable agriculture in a holistic manner at national and international level;