World Food Day
This #WorldFoodDay, join us in our global movement for One Future, #ZeroHunger & share this video! pic.twitter.com/rI1LfKL2wi
— World Food Programme (@WFP) October 16, 2015
#StoryOfTheDay: Family dinner time around the world – in pictures @Guardian http://t.co/DvVx0Ucyoi #WorldFoodDay pic.twitter.com/EZvsxPAw1j
— World Food Programme (@WFP) October 16, 2015
The 16th of October is World Food Day. Spearheaded by the United Nations, the chosen date commemorates the establishment of the Food & Agriculture Organisation. Now in its 70th year, the message of the organisation and the day remains the same.
“Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO’s efforts – to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. Our three main goals are the eradication of hunger, the elimination of poverty, and the sustainable management and utilisation of natural resources…for the benefit of present and future generations”
#ZeroHunger
The Sahel & West Africa are one of the poorest & most food-insecure regions in the world #WorldFoodDay #ZeroHunger pic.twitter.com/KwdFNGlq4K
— OCHA ROWCA (@OCHAROWCA) October 16, 2015
#WorldFoodDay: WFP’s Ertharin Cousin on what we need to do to reach #ZeroHunger: pic.twitter.com/8RnW4WOgKp
— WFP Media (@WFP_Media) October 16, 2015
The key aim of World Food Day, and the UNFAO in general, is to draw attention to hunger and malnutrition, and through this awareness, draw increased support to help alleviate these issues. Through the use of #ZeroHunger, the UNFAO is using World Food Day to promote this aim. The organisation aims to end hunger, universally, by the year 2030.
Climate change
We must not let this happen. #ZeroHunger is everyone’s responsibility. Read more at: http://t.co/Z6jz2yND4N #COP21 pic.twitter.com/EcqPIkwOJK
— ZeroHunger Challenge (@ZeroHunger) October 8, 2015
A #ZeroHunger future needs resilience to #climate change http://t.co/wuHkGvTKQu #COP21 pic.twitter.com/ncq5x1Yvr0
— World Food Programme (@WFP) October 16, 2015
At the heart of the UNFAO’s methods to combat hunger, is the comprehension of the real challenges that climate creates. Climate change refugees are already a reality. Driven from their lands by changing conditions, agricultural and pastoral lifestyles are under threat – and with it, people’s livelihoods. The UNFAO recognises this challenge, making sustainable management one of their key areas of advocacy. A multi-pronged approach is needed to tackle global hunger, and donations are only one step. On a global scale, pollution has a direct effect on the environment, and by extension, the ability of some to feed themselves. World Food Day is vital in helping to bring awareness of global issues with nutrition and hunger, and the factors that cause them.
