11 Amendments of George LYON related to 2010/2100(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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2. Recalls that agricultural development must be grounded in the right to nourishment and the right to produce fooe in the EU and developing countries must be well supported, the right to food is protected and the production of nutritional, safe and high quality food is strengthened; insists that the EU must recognise and defend the developing countries' right to food sovereignecurity;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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2. Recalls that agricultural development must be grounded in the right to nourishment and the right to produce food; insists that the EU must recognise and defend the developing countries' right to food sovereignecurity;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
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3. Recalls that since less-favoured communities tend to derive their subsistence from agriculture, the development of non-industrial forms of agriculture is necessarily a condition for realising the Millennium Development Goals; believes that subsistence agriculture can offer a response to the challenge of food self-sufficienccurity, by means of strengthening the vital role played by women, notably via on-the-spot processing and the widespread use of loans and microcredits, and involving small producers' cooperatives as key players in the definition of effective agricultural and commercial policies;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
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4. Believes that the EU should support regional commercial agreements promoting local products and enable economic development that prioritises local food production and local food processing capacity;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the fact that CAP reforms until now have considerably improved its impact on trade distortion and developing countries, and insists that this trend should be reinforced in the next CAP reform, notably through the phasing-out of export refunds by 2013;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
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5. Believes that price volatility results from the increased unregulated liberalisation of trade in agricultural products, and that it is necessary to create regulatory mechansafety nets against extreme price volatility should be available as a rapid reaction crismis that canool to ensure a degree of market stability and a more transparent food chain, thus responding to the need to guarantee producers a decent standard of living; increased market transparency is also required to ensure a fair return for farmers and a viable agricultural sector that will deliver food security;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
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6. Considers it essential to establish more sustainable and less energy-hungry efficient forms of production at world level particularly in relation to the challenges posed by the growing global population, increasing food demands and pressure on natural resources;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
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7. Believes it is not desirable to over- emphasise non-foodthere needs to be a balanced approach taken to the uses of land and agricultural products (e.g. biofuels), to avoid a situation of competition between food supplies and the current fashion for renewable energy productionresources for renewables and that the increased demand for renewables must not affect food supply;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
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9. Believes that a support strategy for developing countries to ensure food security and reduce poverty must include a plan for education and training, oriented towards job creation, which will enable young people to study agricultural sciencefocus on the sharing of traditional knowledge and best practice and will enable young people to study agricultural science and ensure innovation and knowledge are available to farmers with a view to developing better- quality, less costly and sustainable forms of production, thus containing the drift from the countryside and reducing poverty;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
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10. Insists on the need to reinforce research on a basis of public funding and to transmit know-how in the field of sustainable agricultureand innovation in agriculture and to transmit best practice and local knowledge in the field of sustainable agriculture, promoting activities which strengthen the position of smallholder farmers in optimising agri-outputs, adapting to the challenges posed by climate change and the increased demand on resources;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 10
10. Insists on the need to reinforce research on a basis of public fundingtechnological transfers to developing countries, research and access to innovation and new technologies (including biotechnologies, crop selection, and crop protection) as well as appropriate farm and soil management techniques, and to transmit the know-how to the farmers in the field of sustainable agriculture;