9 Amendments of Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS related to 2010/2100(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges; considers, however, that the world food crisis represents not only a humanitarian disaster on an unprecedented scale but also a major threat to peace and security worldwide, and that, even though credit should be given to the Commission's commitment to seeking out solutions that could lift a billion people out of extreme poverty, the Member States must, as a matter of urgency, raise their awareness at once with a view to making new investments in agriculture and rural development, guaranteeabove all in view of the new CAP text, introducing dedicated mechanisms for building sufficient levels ofly large world stocks of basic foodstuffs, removing their own barriers to trade, and reducing the debt of the countries most affected;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that agricultural development must be grounded in the right to nourishment and the right to produce food; stresses that the simple fact that food is available does not guarantee equal access to it, and that food security therefore cannot be ensured solely by stepping up production; insists that the EU must recognise and defend the developing countries' right to food sovereignty;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes the view that, in the light of FAO population projections indicating that, by 2025, more than half of the developing world’s population (some 3.5 million people) will be living in urban areas, a policy of support for urban horticulture could offer a pathway out of poverty, given the low start-up costs, short production cycles and high yields per unit of time, land and water, and could make the new cities greener;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers, furthermore, that in order to foster a form of subsistence farming that can provide sustainable livelihoods and development, aid should focus primarily on setting up new farming systems with facilities for generating energy from renewable sources such as wind and sun, so as to guarantee the autonomy and self-sufficiency of those systems, even in areas where there is as yet no electricity supply or where energy supply costs would prohibit or hamper the use of advanced technological systems;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that, in developing countries, there are major disparities in terms of food security between urban and rural areas, with the latter accounting for the vast bulk of food production yet still suffering from the greatest nutritional problems;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it essential to establish more sustainable and less energy-hungry forms of production at world level by channelling aid to developing countries into measures to create new farming capacity that has its own facilities for generating energy from renewable sources and is therefore energy self- sufficient;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes it is not desirable to over- emphasise non-food uses of agricultural products (e.g. biofuels), to avoid a situation of competition between food supplies and the current fashion for renewable energy production, which should be based exclusively on the use of crop residues (post-harvest waste, processing industry waste, animal manure), and under no circumstances on the use of primary agricultural products;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that the development of the farming sector requires long-term investment throughout the entire value chain, from producer to consumer, which means providing the necessary infrastructure, such as roads, market linkages and information on the markets themselves and on the scope for product diversification;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Insists on the need to reinforce research on a basis of public funding and to transmit know-how in the field of sustainable agriculture, which, among other things, must be characterised by energy self- sufficiency achieved by building facilities for generating energy from renewable sources such as wind and sun, for use in all agricultural production systems.