3 Amendments of Juozas IMBRASAS related to 2010/2100(INI)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
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2. Welcomes the coherence of the two Communications from the Commission on humanitarian food assistance and food security; calls for stronger coordination in order to better address the root causes of hunger and food insecurity; welcomes the fact that special attention is paid to those who are hardest hit in disasters, namely, women and children; considers that when a crisis occurs, it is essential to ensure the community’s capacity to obtain food in the short and the long term;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 4
4. Agrees that EU assistance programmes should focus on sustainable small-scale food production andincreases in the productivity of smallholder farms, sustainable small-scale food production and enhanced resilience of rural communities; considers that priority should be given to ‘ecologically-efficient’ approaches that strengthen biodiversity, prevent the degradation of fertile land, promote agro- ecological and low-external- input (LEI) practices, and excludes GMOs;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the fair integration of smallholder farmers in the value chain context can only be successful if conditions are created to facilitate their access to the means of production, processing and trade opportunities; calls on the EU and the developing countries to facilitate access to microcredit for small-scale farmers and local communities and to provide for other investments to increase their capacities, for example to supply them with seeds;