World Food Day
On October 16 each year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day, the founding day of the organization in 1945 A.D. On this day, more than 150 countries around the world organize events that promote awareness and work globally for: They suffer from hunger, in terms of the need to ensure food security and a nutritious diet for all, and this day is an opportunity to demonstrate a commitment to achieving sustainable development and eliminating hunger by 2030
The right to food
The right to food is a basic human right, and its goal is to provide developing countries with food through investment in food systems, rural development, and to address major global challenges, such as protecting the global climate, and addressing some causes of migration, and this goal has been achieved over the past twenty years , As 72 countries succeeded in reducing the proportion of people who suffer from hunger by the year 2015 AD, thus the probability of a child dying before the age of five decreased by almost half, and the rates of extreme poverty decreased by half since 1990 AD. [1]
Eliminating hunger changes the world
There are several outcomes for ending hunger, which are: [2]
Save the lives of more than three million children in one year.
The GDP of developing countries increased by more than 16%, due to the elimination of undernourishment for children.
Having healthy children by providing mothers with healthy food.
Increase work by more than 9%, by ending child deaths related to nutrition.
Building a safer and more prosperous wor
World Food Day goals
World Food Day aims to: [3]
Encourage the participation of rural people, especially women and marginalized groups, in decisions and activities that affect their living conditions.
Increase public awareness of the problem of hunger around the world.
Promote international and national solidarity in combating hunger, poverty and malnutrition.
Promote technology transfer to the developing world.
Encouraging interest in agricultural food production and stimulating national and non-governmental efforts to achieve this goal and encouraging economic and technical cooperation between developing countries.
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