International Food Day
67World Food Day (WFD)
As I was invited to make a presentation about World Food Day both for students and their parents I thought I could also make a hub about it.
If you ask me about world days in general I would say that I do not give them much attention most of the time. But in this case I believe that it is not only an interesting subject but also a very actual issue that must be attended urgently.
October 16th - International Food Day
In this same day back in 1945 the United Nations founded the FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization. But the World Food Day (WFD) was only established in 1979 and started to have different themes since 1981.
The different themes of each year WFD:
- 1981/2 - 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
FAO - World Food Day 2008
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The Future of Food
One of the best-reviewed documentaries of 2005 is now available on DVD in this deluxe two-disc edition. There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America, a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat.
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Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Food and Nutrition (Taking Sides)
Taking Sides presents current issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills.
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Fast Food Nation
On any given day, one out of four Americans opts for a quick and cheap meal at a fast-food restaurant, without giving either its speed or its thriftiness a second thought. But the industry's drive for consolidation, homogenization, and speed has radically transformed America's diet, landscape, economy, and workforce, often in insidiously destructive ways.
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To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: What You Need to Know to Choose the Healthiest, Safest, Most Earth-Friendly Food
Food journalist and former professional chef Cindy Burke writes in the introduction to this book: "Organic food can be so expensive and difficult to find that I always wondered if I was spending my money wisely."
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The World Food Economy
The questions of population growth and food supply have long been of central concern to economists. The World Food Economy seeks to examine the lessons of the past for wealthy nations, where agricultural output has steadily risen for decades, as well as for developing nations where the advances of the "Green Revolution" in the 1960s have introduced new problems in addition to solutions.
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TeleFood Campaigns
Today there are more than 150 countries participating in this event and there are thousands of organizations that help to spread the word all over the world. Since 1997 TeleFood campaigns were brought to light and they have also helped the cause by raising over US$ 20 million in donations until now.
These project campaigns help funding small projects which are directed for small-scale poor farmers in order to allow them to produce more food, raise their revenues and make their access to food much easier.
Even though being very small scale projects they have been very useful for lots of small farmers around the world.
How come there is still people who does not have enough food?
It is somehow strange that although there is enough food produced in the world to feed everybody there are still so many people starving to dead.
It is estimate that at least 923 million people (mainly living in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa) do not have access to enough food and this means that their productivity it is diminished and their children have under growing problems.
This is even worst if we think about the health problems that come along within those communities.
World Food Security
The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy are subjects that have great influence in the food problematic as they cause even more difficulties to small farmers than everyone could imagine and that makes the need for solutions much more pressing.
With the energy crisis there was the need to start using more bioenergy sources but this also made food prices to grow immensely which put poor countries in an even worst situation.
World Foodless Day 2008
WFD Video : Adapting to Climate Change in Bangladesh
FAO Newsroom RSS
- Food standards commission targets dangerous bacteria and chemicals
The Codex Alimentarius Commission concluded a week-long meeting and adopted more than 30 new international standards, codes of practice and guidelines to improve worldwide food safety and protect... - 4 days ago
- Rural makeover in the Balkans
While the Western Balkans are seeing healthy economic growth overall, rural areas are falling behind, according to a new FAO-World Bank report. Agricultural trade deficits are widening, climate... - 8 days ago
- Zimbabwe: higher production but food insecurity persists
High food insecurity persists in Zimbabwe in spite of improvements in agricultural production and a more liberal import policy this year, according to a new FAO/WFP report. - 2 weeks ago
- Red Locust disaster in Eastern Africa prevented
An international Red Locust emergency campaign in Eastern and Southern Africa has succeeded in containing a massive locust outbreak in Tanzania. It is the first time that biopesticides are being... - 2 weeks ago
- Africa’s sleeping giant
A vast stretch of African savannah land that spreads across 25 countries has the potential to turn several African nations into global players in bulk commodity production, according to a study just... - 3 weeks ago
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World Hunger
Vanguard Corporation, an agricultural company led by a greedy and mercurial CEO, has developed a new line of genetically modified seed products. Designed to significantly increase crop yields and resist drought, pests, and disease in the hopes of reducing hunger in Third World countries, the seeds should also earn huge profits for the firm.
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The Nutrition Transition: Diet and Disease in the Developing World (Food Science and Technology International)
"...well written and informative...provides interesting information on nutrition with a global perspective in a readable and highly understandable presentation"
-E STREAMS (June 2003)
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Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World
Can developing countries meet the food requirements of their growing populations without jeopardizing a natural resource base that is already under great stress? Can increases in food production achieved in the past two decades be sustained in the next two decades? Can developing countries achieve freedom from hunger and malnutrition for their entire populations? How can food security be reconciled with environment quality in an industrializing society? Leading authorities, from soil scientists to economists, address these critical questions in Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World.
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Get Involved!
Get to know more about FAO and World Food Day at their official site:
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Here you can also download the Get Involved WFD 2008 Leaflet (pdf file)
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yep ... I will really check into it here...and it is so right..all of the countries in this world have something to offer to everyone in need...and it is not just the USA...if we are to be a world of humans doing what God wants we need to work together and at least see that the children eat...and anyone who is hungry...I am just apalled at what food is wasted and thrown away...big stores can't give food away that is not bought cause it might be no good...
which I guess is right..but I see things that the plastic wrappers to say milk are broken and they throw them away. the milk carton isn't damaged but just the wrapper is broken...I have seen them throw away tons of aspargus..onions, apples that were good but sat for a while...and everyone is so afraid of being sued...
I feel we are here to help anyone we can anyway we can...and like I have said each of us and each country has something special to offer...and we should think about sharing and caring for each person who is in need...and that is being done through many,many ways I know..Thank You my Love funride for such a wonderful Hub...I so admire you sweetie and hope all is well for you...G-Ma :o) hugs
Great hub - we will try and do something on the 16th. I shudder to think how the current world financial crisis will affect the poor and needy of this world and, as you've reminded us, there are still plenty of such people.
Bob - thanks for your interest and for all your activity and support to this cause.
G-Ma - your thoughts are so true and full of brotherly love. I too believe that apportioning it is one of the strategies which should be better performed and optimized. I love you and your BIG heart :-)
Peter - as I told in the begining I´m going to present this theme to young people and their parents and while I was researching I thought I should do more and so I decided to "talk" to much more people and help to spread the word here at HP.
Thanks for publishing this material on World Food Day. We all need to think about it more intensely.
Thank you, Patty. Things will only change if we all make it happen!
Great info and photos. You are doing a great job getting this info out as it is much needed to be heard. We are living in hard times and it is nice to have people like you out there who care.
Be well, Laurie
Thanks Laurie, coming from you (Inspire Wisdom) that comment means a lot to me. I hope this hub can inspire others to care about those problems.
Wonderful hub and an interesting read. I hate to say, but the only reason some peopel are starving and others eat well is because of greed. We could figure out a way to help all humans have enough food to eat if we really wanted to. Many people volunteer, but the world needs to work together on this issue more. Hopefully someday.
You´re right SweetiePie, it´s something which would be easy if everybody stop for a moment and realize how small it would be the effort that each of us had to make to solve the problem. Let´s hope that day is near.
That is a really nice page about an important topic, great layout and content.
Thanks Tony, your comments are much appreciated ;-)
Excellent hub! We should always try to make this world better!
Thank you for enlightening me that World Food Day is about more than just making a dish for the class. I just dvr'ed a doc about the food crisis, gotta go and watch it now! Great job!
Thanks Michelle, you`re right but unfortunately everything we have done so far still seems not enough :(
Hi Petunia, welcome to hubpages! I`m glad this hub was useful to your enlightenment ;)
Have fun!
International Food Day in the News
- Obama to announce food boostBigPond News1 second ago
President Obama will announce an international initiative worth $15 billion for global food supplies today.
- Huge world food program set to beginSydney Morning Herald43 minutes ago
US President Barack Obama is to announce an international initiative worth $US15 billion ($A19.25b) to boost global food supplies, a UN agency says.
- Obama to unveil $19bn food planDaily Telegraph55 minutes ago
US President Barack Obama is to announce tomorrow an international initiative worth $US15 billion ($19.25 billion) to boost global food supplies, the head of the International Fund for Agricultural Development said.
- World Food Programme appeals for $23 million to help Yemenis women and childrenNews-Medical-Net1 second ago
The World Food Programme (WFP) issued an urgent appeal on Tuesday for $23 million in "financial support from international donors for food aid to Yemen specifically targeted at women and children," AFP/Google.com reports.
Bob Ewing says:
9 months ago
Over the years I hahve been invovled in a few World Food day activites, good to see it here, nice job.