The world celebrates World Food Day on October 16 every year to address the suffering of people affected by hunger around the world. This day also calls for collective global efforts to achieve global food security and ensure healthy food for all.
Official Date: 16 October
Key Focus Areas
- Raise awareness on the problems of hunger and food shortage that the world is currently witnessing.
- Focus on the importance of searching for new solutions and food sources, especially with the ongoing crises around the world.
- Reduce the environmental factors which have a direct effect on global food security, such as deforestation and drought.
- Support humanitarian initiatives that aim at combating hunger, such as the 1 Billion Meals Endowment in the UAE.
- Support the plans set for achieving food sustainability around the globe.
- Support farmers and agricultural sectors who play an essential role in fighting world hunger.
- Monitor food production lines to ensure the application of the highest quality standards to achieve food security for all.
- Support the efforts of international organizations to address malnutrition in developing countries.
- Provide charities and institutions active in humanitarian work with available statistics and research results on the problem of hunger to increase global awareness.
- Research future food threats, and develop the necessary plans to address them.
Top Facts
- Hundreds of millions of people around live under the starvation line worldwide.
- 3 billion people around the world do not have the capability to eat a healthy diet.
- One-third of infant deaths are due to causes related to malnutrition.
- One out of every 12 people dies due to malnutrition.
- Non-breastfeeding is one of the top causes of malnutrition in children.