World Food Day is celebrated every year on 16th October. This day celebrated to honor the date of the establishing of the Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) of the United Nations in 1945. This day is celebrated extensively in over 150 countries around the globe by many other organizations that concern about food security, like the International Fund for Agricultural Development and World Food Programme. The main principle of World Food Day and the reason behind the celebration of this day every year is to improve the food security all around the world mainly in times of crisis. This day helps to increase awareness of the absolute need for prosperous and safe agriculture policies to be implemented by governments around the world to make sure there is enough food available for everyone.
History of World Food Day
World Food Day (WFD) was founded in November 1979 by Food and Agriculture Organization’s Member Countries during the 20th General Conference of the Organization. The Hungarian commission headed by the former Hungarian Agriculture and Food Minister Dr. Pál Romány played a significant role at the 20th General Conference of the FAO as he proposed the idea of celebrating the WFD all over the world. From that time this day is celebrated every year in over 150 countries, increasing awareness about the problems of poverty and hunger. From 1981, this day has adopted various themes every year, and many of the themes are about agriculture. In recent times, World Food Day focuses on various features of food safety and agriculture like biodiversity, climate change, and also it focuses on fishing communities.
This year the theme of the World Food Day is "Our Actions are Our Future".
We celebrate the Mediterranean Food in ours schools.