International Food Day
71World 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.
FAO - World Food Day 2009
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 - The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
- 2009 - Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis
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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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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.
FAO - World Food Day 2008
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 security in the Pacific at risk due to climate change
Climate change is projected to impact heavily on agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the Pacific islands, leading to increased food insecurity and malnutrition. FAO urged governments and donors... - 3 days ago
- Groundbreaking treaty on illegal fishing approved
A new treaty that aims to close fishing ports to ships involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing has been approved by FAO's governing Conference. Once it enters into force, it will be... - 4 days ago
- Stronger world food security governance agreed
The Conference of FAO's 192 Members has agreed to enlarge and strengthen FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS) clearing the way for the creation of a stronger global governance of food... - 5 days ago
- Libya and FAO agree on close cooperation
Libya and FAO will work closely together over the next five years to strengthen food security and sustainable development in the country. - 9 days ago
- FAO strengthens offices in Bridgetown, Cairo and Tunis
FAO has signed agreements with the Governments of Barbados, Egypt and Tunisia to increase the capacity of the UN agency's decentralized offices to respond to the needs of member countries in a... - 9 days 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)
"...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:
WWW.FAO.ORG
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Here you can also download the Get Involved WFD 2009 Leaflet (pdf file)
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International Food Day in the News
- Grace Academy students cap food drive with day of serviceChattanooga Times Free Press15 hours ago
Students at Grace Baptist Academy capped a week-long food drive with a community service day, Nov. 16-20.
- Faith Groups Invited To Interfaith Harmony DayBenton County Daily Record10 hours ago
The planning committee for Interfaith Harmony Day is seeking additional faith groups to get involved. The annual event is a local celebration of an international holiday created by the Baha’i Faith to honor all of the world’s religions.
- Americans Toss Out 40 Percent of All FoodCommonDreams.org28 hours ago
by Robert Roy Britt U.S. residents are wasting food like never before. While many Americans feasted on turkey and all the fixings yesterday, a new study finds food waste per person has shot up 50 percent since 1974. Some 1,400 calories worth of food is discarded per person each day, which adds up to 150 trillion calories a year. The study finds that about 40 percent of all the food produced in ...
- Children mark UN Day of ToleranceGulf Daily News23 hours ago
CHILDREN at the AMA International School celebrated the United Nations International Day of Tolerance. It was held under the theme 'Tribute to Peace and Human Security'.
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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!
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it is really a great job on world food day. well presented article.
Hi Abhinav, I´m sorry you didn´t like this hub. What do you think should be updated?
Hi Sukkran, how are you doing? Thanks for passing by and commenting.
Bob Ewing says:
14 months ago
Over the years I hahve been invovled in a few World Food day activites, good to see it here, nice job.