8 Amendments of Marlene MORTLER related to 2020/2118(INI)
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that pastoral farming is an ecologically sound, environmentally friendly local method of food production and is therefore part of a sustainable food system; points out that pastoralists are particularly vulnerable to food security disruptions and the impacts of climate change; considers it essential to support pastoralists by ensuring safe access to local markets during the pandemic in order to make sure that they are able to continue to provide protein-rich food to the local population, that their herds have access to water and grazing land and that mobile community one-health teams monitor the situation and carry out interventions in individual cases but also, where necessary, with a view to maintaining public health; calls for cash transfers and food aid for pastoralists, as well as feed aid for herds, as part of livelihood support in humanitarian aid, when this is needed;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need to support the actions of the FAO and the WFP aimed at mitigating hunger and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to food, to organise cash transfers and in-kind food distribution, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems while focusing on smallholder farmers by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 and to capture other different crises, economic downturns and conflicts such as the desert locus upsurge in Eastern Africa;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that the safe and affordable food must be provided for a global population of approximately 10 billion people by 2050, while securing decent employment and livelihoods along the entire food value chain and to counter extreme food price volatility on national and international food markets;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines that reaching SDGs 1 and 2 requires a transdisciplinary approach in order to transform food systems in the way how food is produced, processed, consumed and traded; emphasises in this respect the need of a holistic transformation for accelerating fair, safe and healthy food systems in the context of the ambitious goals of the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses the importance of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 as a turning point to build back better from the COVID-19 crisis, launch new actions in order to deliver more progress on all SDGs and start a global transformation of our food systems;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that various global burdens such as the rapid population growth, climate change, scarcity of natural resources and changing consumption patterns are challenging for our food systems in their ability to ensure food security and food availability in a socially and environmentally sustainable way for all;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that sufficient measures are needed to improve the current situation in African countries, which are facing rapid population growth coupled with an uncertain capacity of their agriculture to ensure food production and to apply climate change adaptation measures;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Considers that limits of land availability and land degradation, water scarcity and constraints in food production are severe barriers to increasing agricultural supply and productivity, which are linked to socio- economic and institutional uncertainties in developing countries;