World Food Day – October 16

Published on June 3, 2017 , under Images

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World Food Day , now also known as Food Engineers Day is observed by all UN Member States on October 16 around the world every year to honor the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. World Food Day is observed globally but not a public holiday. Every year, a large number of events – from marathons and hunger marches, to exhibitions, cultural performances, contests and concerts – are organized in around 150 countries across the world to celebrate World Food Day raising awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger.

Since 1981, various themes described below have been adopted to celebrate this day and highlight the importance of food security and the steps needed to be taken during the approach.

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 Bio energy
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”

FAO, headquartered in Rome,Italy is calling on countries to address food and agriculture in their climate action plans and invest more in rural development. Growing food in a sustainable way means adopting practices that produce more with less in the same area of land and use natural resources wisely. It also means reducing food losses before the final product or retail stage through a number of initiatives including better harvesting, storage, packing, transport, infrastructure, market mechanisms, as well as institutional and legal frameworks.

Here are few World Food Day Greetings, E-cards & Images.