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Activities of Ángela VALLINA related to 2016/2223(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Resource efficiency: reducing food waste, improving food safety (debate) ES
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2223(INI)

Amendments (10)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that farmers’ livelihoods depend on getting produce to the market and that loss of produce at farm level equates to loss of investment and incomthe current agricultural policy and food and food marketing policy are responsible for the high level of food wastage;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the potential for optimisation of use of former foodstuffs and by-products from the food chain in feed production and its importance for primary production, but stresses the need for increased traceability;deleted
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes the view that regulation of agricultural production needs to be established as an instrument for matching supply and demand, and at the same time measures need to be introduced that will guarantee decent prices for producers and avoid the need constantly to increase the level of production in order to maintain a minimum level of income;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of cooperation, for example via Producer Organisations, for increased access to finance for innovation and investment in treatment technologies such as composting and anaerobic digestion or further processing of products which could allow farmers to access new market and customers;deleted
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the importance of redirecting aid towards production models based on agro-ecology, linking production to the land, and eliminating imports of animal feed that lead to the production of surpluses which flood the markets and destroy small farms in the European Union and in third countries;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the benefits of access to data and forecasts and developing advance production programmes for farmers, enabling them to better match supply to demandprioritising and promoting local and community- based markets and raising awareness of their advantages in terms of quality, job creation and minimiseing food wastage;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that increased research and information is needed on enabling access to secondary market opportunities and alternative uses for products which would otherwise buse-by dates, geared to each product, along with action to promote and boost consumption of fresh and loose produce, and to reduce ploughed back into the soil or wastedng-term packaging and storage;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers it essential to work towards preventing food from becoming a by-product;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that farmer-led initiatives can offer viable economic solutions and provide value for products which might otherwise go to waste, and highlights the potential of farmer-led social innovation projects such as gleaning and donation of excess foodstuffs to food banksproposals based on food sovereignty represent viable and sustainable solutions in order to guarantee populations' access to food and the right of small farmers to produce basic foodstuffs for their communities and make a living from their work;
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that some wastage at farm level is also due to the role played by retailers in relation to retailer standards regarding product specifications, cancelled orders owing to changes in consumer demanddemand imposed by distribution, and over- production as a result of requirements to meet seasonal demands.
2017/02/09
Committee: AGRI