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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

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Committee: DEVE

Frances FITZGERALD

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 insecurity;~~ is deeply concerned that 2.3 billion people in the world were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021; notes that 924 million people (11.7% of the global population) faced food insecurity at severe levels, an increase of 207 million in 2 years1a; further notes that many of these people are employed in agriculture; stresses that it is children and women who are the most vulnerable to food insecurity; _________________ 1a Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/un- report-global-hunger-SOFI-2022-FAO/en

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Frances FITZGERALD

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 insecurity due to prevalent gender inequality and discrimination in the countries concerned;

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Committee: DEVE

Frances FITZGERALD

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;

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Committee: DEVE

Frances FITZGERALD

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;

2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE

Frances FITZGERALD

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

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Committee: DEVE

Frances FITZGERALD

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;

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Frances FITZGERALD

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;

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Committee: DEVE

Frances FITZGERALD

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/

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Frances FITZGERALD

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.; highlights the importance of a reinforced humanitarian approach;

2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE

Frances FITZGERALD

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;

2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE

Frances FITZGERALD

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;

2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE

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