7 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2021/2208(INI)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the severity and magnitude of food crises has risen since 2020, with 161 million people severely food insecure in 2021 and in need of urgent food assistance12 ; _________________ 12 Global Report on Food Crises 2021, September update.and with between 720 and 811 million people facing hunger; whereas this figure represents an increase of between 118 and 161 million affected people in relation to 2019; _________________ 12 https://www.fao.org/state-of-food- security-nutrition/en/
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the Russian aggression on Ukraine can dramatically increase food insecurity in many developing countries that are highly dependent on Ukrainian and Russian wheat imports;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas chronic poverty and, high and persistent levels of inequality and unsustainable food systems are the underlying causes of food insecurity and malnutrition;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the number of people in need of urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance is on the rise15 ; whereas the major drivers of this are conflict, climate variability and climate extremechange and its impacts, environmental degradation, economic shocks, global population growth and failed governance; _________________ 15 Global Report on Food Crises 2021.
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in global food systems, exacerbating inequalities and threatening the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable; whereas the supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic exposed the non-resilience of import- based food systems and the importance of sustainable agri-food systems;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas nutrition is an important investment as good nutrition during the first thousand days of a child’s life is critical to achieving full physical, intellectual and human potential; whereas good nutrition is therefore the cornerstone of prosperity for societies; whereas the school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have had a dramatic impact on the nutrition of children in developing countries;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas an active role of the EU in tackling food insecurity is essential, insofar it provides nearly half of the global official development assistance (ODA);