16 Oct : World Food Day

The World Food Day (WFD) was established by FAO's Member Countries at the Organization's Twentieth General Conference in November 1979. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. This is a worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger.

The Right to Food was chosen as the theme for 2007 World Food Day. The right to food is the inherent human right of every woman, man, girl and boy, wherever they live on this planet.

With more than 850 million people still deprived of enough food, the Right to Food is not just economically, morally and politically imperative - it is also a legal obligation, according to FAO.

«The right to food is not a utopia. It can be realized for all. Some countries are on the way to doing this, but everyone should contribute to make this happen» said Barbara Ekwall, coordinator of the Right to Food Unit of FAO.