Recently World Food Day is celebrated on 16 October.

Recently World Food Day is celebrated on 16 October.

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Category : Important Days Published on: October 17 2023

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  • World Food Day is celebrated every year on 16 October to save the world from malnutrition and starvation.
  • Through Food Day, human development focuses on issues related to unemployment, poverty and food security.
  • On this day, many types of food related programs are organized to create awareness at various places.
  • This day commemorates the establishment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
  • FAO was established on October 16, 1945.
  • This year the theme of World Food Day has been 'Water is life, water is food, leave no one behind'.
  • FAO had announced to celebrate this day in the year 1979.
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