Translation of "Food Security and Food Aid Committee " (English → French) :

having regard to the fact that the UN Committee on World Food Security is the adequate forum for agreement on policy guidance on this issue internationally and that it is in this forum that all concerned parties have a voice,

3. Points out that food security remains the raison d'être of agriculture, not only in the EU but also throughout the world, and in particular in the developing countries, since the world faces the challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050 while reducing the use of scarce resources, notably water, energy and land; calls for a sustainable, productive and competitive European agricultura ...[+++]l policy that makes a significant contribution to meeting the objectives set by the Treaties for the CAP and the EU 2020 Strategy priorities of smart, inclusive and sustainable growth; believes that agriculture is well placed to make a major contribution to tackling climate change, creating new jobs through green growth and supplying renewable energy whilst at the same time continuing to provide safe, high-quality food products and food security for European consumers;

3. Points out that food security remains the raison d’être of agriculture, not only in the EU but also throughout the world, and in particular in the developing countries, since the world faces the challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050 while reducing the use of scarce resources, notably water, energy and land; calls for a sustainable, productive and competitive European agricultura ...[+++]l policy that makes a significant contribution to meeting the objectives set by the Treaties for the CAP and the EU 2020 Strategy priorities of smart, inclusive and sustainable growth; believes that agriculture is well placed to make a major contribution to tackling climate change, creating new jobs through green growth and supplying renewable energy whilst at the same time continuing to provide safe, high-quality food products and food security for European consumers;

Second, the promise to improve international coordination and the governance of food security through a reformed Committee on World Food Security, which would become a central component of the global partnership for agriculture, food security and nutrition.

1. Stresses that the number of people suffering from hunger and poverty now exceeds 1 billion and that this is an unacceptable blight on the lives of one-sixth of the world's population; notes that the effects of longstanding underinvestment in food security, agriculture and rural development have recently been further exacerbated by food, financial and economic crises, among other factors, and that the overall efforts have so far fallen short of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); notes that collectively steps need to be taken to reverse this trend and gradually make the right to adequate food a rea ...[+++]lity in the context of national food security;

6. Believes that further, unregulated liberalisation of agricultural trade would lead to a further increase in food prices and even higher price volatility; stresses that the worst affected would be the most vulnerable, food-importing developing countries; stresses, furthermore, that world trade rules must under no circumstances go against the right of countries or regions to support their farming sectors with a view to ensuring food security for their population;