The importance of food in one life is unmeasurable and there are large numbers of people who can’t get the enough amount of foods. World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on October 16. The day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the founding of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) OF THE United Nations in 1945.
16 October is marked not only to celebrate the food that we get to eat every day, but to also spread awareness about those who struggle to get even one meal in a day. The day was first established in November 1979. The idea was suggested by former Hungarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr Pal Romany. Since then the day has been celebrated by more than 150 countries around the world. It was celebrated to mark the launch of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. The main focus of World Food Day is to celebrate the promotion of food security across the glob.
The theme of World Food Day 2022 is “Leave No One Behind”. The emphasis of this theme is bringing everyone from the society into the development together and move forward. The main problem behind this cause is accessibility to food resources. The theme of World Food Day 2020 is "Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Our actions are our future." The theme of World Food Day 2019 was “Our Actions Are Our Future. Healthy Diets for A #ZeroHunger World".
On World’s food day let us learn about some pathetic and interesting facts about food and Hunger.
1. By 2050 the climate change and erratic weather patterns may push another
24 million into hunger since agriculture is directly related to climate change.
2. About 821 million people are chronically undernourished.
3. More than 785 million recorded in 2015.
4. About 60% of the hungry people in world are women.
5. Every one in five births happens without a skilled birth attendant.
6. About 50% of deaths in children are under 5 years due to under-nutrition.
7. Approximately 1/3 rd of all food produced worldwide, about $ 1 trillion dollars around the world is wasted.
8. India ranks 100th among 119 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017, and it has been consistently ranked very poorly.
9. As per United Nations 155 million children are chronically malnourished.
10. In Asia around two-thirds of the people are hungry and two billion people from all parts of the world are suffering from malnutrition.
