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World Food Day

World Food Day
World Food Day 2009
Observed byAll UN Member States
Date16 October
Next time16 October 2024 (2024-10-16)
An image produced as part of the World Food Programme's social media campaign for World Food Day in 2015.

World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on October 16 to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organizations concerned with hunger and food security, including the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. WFP received the Nobel Prize in Peace for 2020 for their efforts to combat hunger, contribute to peace in conflict areas, and for playing a leading role in stopping the use of hunger in the form of a weapon for war and conflict.[citation needed]

The World Food Day theme for 2014 was Family Farming: "Feeding the world, caring for the earth"; in 2015 it was "Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty"; in 2016 it is Climate Change: "Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too",[1] which echoes the theme of 2008, and of 2002 and 1989 before that. The theme of 2020 was "Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Our actions are our future."[2]

Origins

U.S. National Committee for World Food Day offices in Washington, D.C.

World Food Day (WFD) was established by FAO's Member Countries at the Organization's 20th General Conference in November 1979.

The Hungarian Delegation, led by the former Hungarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Pál Romány, played an active role at the 20th Session of the FAO Conference and suggested the idea of celebrating the WFD [3]worldwide. It has since been observed every year in more than 150 countries,[4] raising awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger.[5]

Themes

FAO World Food Day 1981 3pc Set Silver

Since 1981, World Food Day has adopted a different theme each year in order to highlight areas needed for action and provide a common focus. FAO issued World Food Day medals each year to commemorate and promote the anniversary.

Most of the themes revolve around agriculture because only investment in agriculture – together with support for education and health – will turn this situation around. The bulk of that investment will have to come from the private sector, with public investment playing a crucial role, especially in view of its facilitating and stimulating effect on private investment.

In spite of the importance of agriculture as the driving force in the economies of many developing countries, this vital sector is frequently starved of investment. In particular, foreign aid to agriculture has shown marked declines over the past 20 years.

Italian coin dedicated to the first World Food Day (1981)
Afghan coin dedicated to the first World Food Day (1981)
  • 1981: Food comes first
  • 1982: Food comes first
  • 1983: Food security
  • 1984: Women in agriculture
  • 1985: Rural poverty
  • 1986: Fishermen and fishing communities
  • 1987: Small farmers
  • 1988: Rural youth
  • 1989: Food and the environment
  • 1990: Food for the future
  • 1991: Trees for life
  • 1992: Food and nutrition
  • 1993: Harvesting nature's diversity
  • 1994: Water for life
  • 1995: Food for all
  • 1996: Fighting hunger and malnutrition
  • 1997: Investing in food security
  • 1998: Women feed the world
  • 1999: Youth against hunger
  • 2000: A millennium free from hunger
  • 2001: Fight hunger to reduce poverty
  • 2002: Water: source of food security
  • 2003: Working together for an international alliance against hunger
  • 2004: Biodiversity for food security
  • 2005: Agriculture and intercultural dialogue
  • 2006: Investing in agriculture for food security
  • 2007: The right to food
  • 2008: World food security: the challenges of climate change and bioenergy
  • 2009: Achieving food security in times of crisis
  • 2010: United against hunger
  • 2011: Food prices - from crisis to stability
  • 2012: Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world
  • 2013: Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition
  • 2014: Family Farming: "Feeding the world, caring for the earth"
  • 2015: "Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty"
  • 2016: Climate change: "Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too"
  • 2017: Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development.
  • 2018: "Our Actions Are Our Future, Ending World Hunger by 2030 is Possible"
  • 2019: "Our Actions Are Our Future, Healthy Diets for A # ZeroHunger World"
  • 2020: "Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together"
  • 2021: “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow”.
  • 2022: "Leave NO ONE behind".
  • 2023: "Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind"

Events

In over 150 countries, events mark World Food Day. Examples of events held across the world are listed.

India

World Food Day is celebrated in honour of the date of the founding of the FAO of the United Nations in 1945. It is also followed in India.

United States

World Food Day has been a tradition in the United States since one year after the first World Food Day in 1981. In the United States the endeavor is sponsored by 450 national, private voluntary organizations.[6] One example for World Food Day events is the World Food Day Sunday Dinners that Oxfam America sponsors in collaboration with several other non-profits.[7] Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu[8] and author Francis Moore Lappe[9] have teamed up with Oxfam America to promote World Food Day Sunday Dinners. The Iowa Hunger Summit has been held on or near World Food Day since 2007, and is organized by the World Food Prize in conjunction with their annual symposium in Des Moines, Iowa.[10]

Europe

In Italy, ministries, universities, research agencies, international agencies, and NGOs have organized many conferences as well as exhibitions and symposia. The Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Policies organized a meeting which focused on women's rights in rural areas in 2005.

In Germany, the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture have all become involved via press conferences.

Spanish television has been active in broadcasting events. FAO Goodwill Ambassador – Spanish soccer star Raul – has taken part in events and helped highlight food-security issues across his country.

The UK Food Group has also been active through conferences and media broadcasts.

In the emerging economies of Eastern Europe – i.e. Albania, Armenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovak Republic – a variety of activities have been held.

In Hungary, renowned experts have given presentations in the Hungarian Agricultural Museum and FAO, and WFD medals have been awarded to well-known Hungarian experts by the FAO Sub-Regional Representative.

On behalf of the Holy See, Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have sent an annual message for food producers and consumers on World Food Day.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Africa

World Food Day celebration at Kalakamati, Botswana

Angola celebrated WFD in 2005 through the 4th Forum on Rural Women, while in Burundi the second Vice-President planted potatoes to provide a symbolic example about food production.

In Central African Republic, the President of the Republic has inaugurated a bridge at Boda to coincide with World Food Day, making the agricultural production area more accessible.

In Chad, thousands of people have attended debates, conferences and activities including theatre, films, folk dance, visits to project sites and visits by agricultural companies.

In Ghana, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has hosted a food security conference, while Namibia has run an awareness campaign through national media.

In Botswana, the National Food technology research center recently exhibited its products and services at the World Food Day commemoration held at Kalakamati Farm on 19 October 2017.

Egypt has hosted a Forum on nutrition issues. Morocco and Tunisia have held seminars and exhibitions.

In Nigeria, organizations and individuals involved in feeding programs (e.g. Foodbank Nigeria) connect with other stakeholders in food production, agro-allied industries, wholesalers and community-based organizations to address food security challenges. For example, since 2009, Northern Nigeria is unstable. According to the humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger (AAH), the ongoing and deepening humanitarian crisis in Northeast Nigeria has led to the displacement of over 1.5 million people, causing four million people to experience acute food insecurity and be in need of humanitarian assistance (Action Against Hunger). Since 2010, the AAH have been working with both "national agencies" and "local communities" to build capacity to treat deadly malnutrition caused by food insecurity (Action Against Hunger).[18]

Asia

25 Philippine peso coin with World Food Day

The Government of Bangladesh has been involved through organizing a food festival.[19]

In China in 2005, celebrations were organized in Qujing City, where numerous ethnic minorities live, by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Government of Qujing City, with the participation of a number of senior officials of the Government.[20]

In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, seminars have been held and visits made to various project sites.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Indonesia has in the past organized a major Food Expo in Bandung, West Java, while a Farmers' and Fishermen's Workshop of NGOs was held in Bali.

In Armenia, staff from the Ministry of Agriculture, non-governmental organizations, Armenian State Agriculture University, the donor community, international organizations, and the mass media have participated in the World Food Day ceremony.

In Afghanistan, representatives of Ministries, embassies, UN agencies, International Financial Organizations, National and International NGOs, and FAO staff have attended the World Food Day ceremony.

In Cyprus, special ceremonies have been organized in primary and secondary schools, where teachers explained the significance of World Food Day.

In Pakistan, a Society Named as MAPS (Mentor Amiable Professional Society) celebrates world food day by providing food packages to poor & née-dies and tells the importance of food to the people by organizing workshops.

In the Philippines on 16 October 2015, writer and real estate entrepreneur Wilson Lee Flores started celebrating "World Pandesal Day" at the non-partisan Pandesal Forum of his Kamuning Bakery Cafe in Quezon City. He and celebrities like GMA Network, Inc. Chairman Felipe Gozon, Senator Sonny Angara and actor Dingdong Dantes gave away 30,000 "pugon" or wood-fired brick oven breads and other gifts to urban poor families. In 2016, he repeated this civic project with celebrities like Quezon City Vice-Mayor Joy Belmonte and business leader James Dy of the Philippine Chinese Charitable Association, plus undertaking free medical, dental and optical missions for urban poor families. In 2017, the celebration included 50,000 breads, sardines, hams, noodles, and juices from various companies, plus two dates for free medical, dental and optical clinics on 8 October and 29 October. Special guests at this third "World Pandesal Day" were led by Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, Vice-President Leni Robredo and Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Ronald Dela Rosa accompanied by Quezon City senior superintendent Guillermo Eleazar.

In Mongolia, for the World Food Day celebration in the country, it has become a tradition that the research conference "Food security" is annually organized by Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry and UN FAO representative office in Mongolia in cooperation with the Mongolian Food Industry Association. This event provides an opportunity to promote research work, to highlight the contributions of scholars and researchers to the country's food security, to strengthen the cooperation and collaboration between research institutions, NGOs and food related public organization, to transfer the technological research in the industry, and to develop research-based policy and regulations.

Latin America

In Chile, exhibitions of indigenous food products have been prepared by the local communities.[citation needed]

In Argentina, senior officials of the Government, academics, international organizations and the press have participated in the main ceremony.

In Mexico in 2005, a National Campaign for a "Mexico Without Hunger" was held, with the involvement and support of civil society and students.[citation needed]

In Cuba, producers have been able to exchange views and experiences at an agricultural fair. The media strongly supports awareness campaigns on World Food Day.[citation needed]

In Peru, during 2017, the Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry (Minagri) started a campaign to promote consumption of native, high-protein foods such as quinoa, kiwicha, and legumes, among others.

In Venezuela, there has been national coverage of events.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ UN's World Food Day website, accessed 15 September 2016
  2. ^ "World Food Day: Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Our actions are our future. | The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ "The Postal History of ICAO". applications.icao.int. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Annexes". www.fao.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. ^ NEWS, SA (13 October 2022). "World Food Day 2022: Know How The World is Being Nurtured". SA News Channel. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Directory of Organizations". World Food Day USA.
  7. ^ "World Food Day Sunday Dinner". Oxfam America.
  8. ^ "Video from Archbishop Desmond Tutu on World Food Day". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Video from Francis Moore Lappe on World Food Day". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Iowa Hunger Summit". World Food Prize. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
  11. ^ "Message to the XIV World Food Day". Vatican.
  12. ^ "Message to the XII World Food Day". Vatican.
  13. ^ "World Food Day observed in some 150 countries". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
  14. ^ "World Food Day 2004 highlights the importance of biodiversity to global food security". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
  15. ^ "Feeding the hungry is moral obligation, pope says for World Food Day". Catholic.org. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008.
  16. ^ "Global food crisis caused by selfishness, speculation, says pope". Catholic News. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008.
  17. ^ "Pope Benedict Sends Message to Mark World Food Day". Vatican Radio. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012.
  18. ^ "Action Against Hunger Logo Nigeria". Action Against Hunger. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  19. ^ Xiaoxia (17 October 2019). "Bangladesh observes World Food Day". Xinhuanet: Asia and Pacific.
  20. ^ Ashan, Khan (30 December 2021). "World Food Day". Medium.

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