6 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2011/2175(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, according to the FAO study, the anticipated rise in the world’s population from 7 billion to 9 billion will necessitate at least a 70% increase in food supplies by 2050,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it vital to reduce food waste along the entire food chain, from the field to the fork; stresses the need to adopt a coordinated strategy followed by practical actionimportance of exchanging best practice at European level in order to improve the efficiency of the food supply chain;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is aware that in Europe, where the main food waste takes place at the retail and consumption levels, there is relatively little scope for regulation and legislation to improve the situation and that the main benefit must come from an exchange of best practice, improved routines in the treatment of food and a change in behaviour on the part of companies and individuals; urges the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to lend their support to campaigns aimed at those goals; notes, in this context, the importance of setting up a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) for food focussed inter alia on preventing food wastage;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission and the Member States to promote awareness-raising campaigns to inform the publicthe exchange of best practices aimed at raising public awareness about the causes and effects of food waste and ways of reducing it, fostering a scientific and civic culture guided by the principles of sustainability and solidarity; calls for the introduction of food education courses, particularly in secondary schools and colleges, so as to encourage better behaviour; stresses the important role played by local authorities and municipal enterprises in providing information and support to citizens on preventing and reducing food waste;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to determine ways and means of better involving agri- food businesses, wholesale markets, shops, distribution chains, and public and private caterers and restaurants in anti-waste practices; notes, in this context, the importance of setting up a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) for food focussed inter alia on preventing food wastage;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Member States to encourage and back initiatives geared at stimulating sustainable small- and medium-scale production that is linked to local and regional markets and consumption; acknowledges that local markets are environmentally sustainable and contribute to stability in the primary sector; asks that the common agricultural policy should in future earmark the necessary funding to promote stability in the primary sector, for example via direct sales, local markets and all efforts to promote low or zero food miles;