12 Amendments of Kriton ARSENIS related to 2010/2100(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas food prices have risen steadily since August 2010; whereas the volatility of commodity prices is impacting greatly on low income countries and the poorest and most marginalized segments of the population of developing countries,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas global demand for agricultural products is expected to increase by 70% by 2050; whereas food insecurity is further exacerbated by speculation on commodities, land degradation, water scarcity, climate change, global land acquisitions, global seed monopolies, demands for agro-fuels and energy-related policies,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the number of people suffering from hunger is unacceptable and regrets that the overall international efforts have so far fallen short of achieving MDG 1; calls for urgent steps to be taken to fulfil internationally binding commitments and make the right to adequate and nutritious food a reality;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
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, along the issue of food distribution amongst and within countries, with a particular focus on the poorest and marginalized segments of society;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU to increase support in favour of agriculturesmall-scale sustainable agriculture intended for local consumption in its development aid programmes and to invest in nationally led plans; emphasises the need for increased public investments in research for sustainable agro-ecological production systems;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees that EU assistance programmes should focus on sustainable small-scale food production and 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 and uses traditional seed strands;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that seed oligopolies exacerbate poverty and have devastating effects on the sustainability of small-scale farming, fostering dependency on a limited number of multinational corporations for the purchasing of seeds and specialized fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Expresses its concern that 2008, the year of the global food crisis, was also the greatest wheat-producing year in world history, thus emphasizes the role played by large institutional investors, such as hedge funds and investment banks in influencing commodities price indexes;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take bold, concrete action to effectively tackle financial speculation on grain and food, particularly with regards to grain and food commodity derivatives and stresses the urgent need to increase transparency in the trading of basic commodities markets;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses deep concern regarding the large-scale land acquisitions that are currently carried out by foreign investors in developing countries to the detriment of local smallholder farmers that need to be better protected, therefore calls on the EU to encourage governments of developing countries to commit to land reform in order to secure the land titles of indigenous farmers, smallholders and women farmers and prevent land- grabbing practices of corporations;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that the right to food has to take absolute precedence over energy security objectives; calls for the freezing of EU subsidies for biofuels as a means to achieve the EU energy strategy targets until further impact assessments which take into account the whole life cycle of biofuels, including indirect land-use change, have been undertaken;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for the complete phasing-out of export subsidies and a decoupling of direct payments from production, as well as for the removal of all other incentives in the CAP which result in trade-distorting measures;