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World Food Day is celebrated every year
on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Collective action across
150 countries and in
more than 50 languages makes World Food Day one of the most celebrated UN days of the year worldwide. Hundreds of events and outreach activities bring together a wide range of stakeholders, including governments, civil society organizations, the private
sector, farmers, and youth.
On
Friday, 14 October, FAO Director-General
QU Dongyu, will
officially launch this year’s celebrations with a hybrid event in Rome together with the Mayor of Rome
Roberto Gualtieri
and
the heads of
the other UN Rome-based agencies Alvaro Lario,
President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),
David M. Beasley,
Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP).
The Ceremony will also feature special messages from Pope Francis,
the President of the Italian Republic
Sergio Mattarella, and UN Secretary-General
António Guterres.
European Space Agency Astronaut and FAO Goodwill Ambassador Thomas Pesquet,
renowned chef and food hero Joan Roca, and Lebanese media professional and FAO Regional Goodwill Ambassador for the Near East and North Africa, Darine
El Khatib will join
Junior World Food Day celebrations in the afternoon.
The celebrations will also
highlight people whose actions are transforming agrifood systems
with FAO’s first-ever
Achievement Awards,
conferred to entities or individuals, including FAO teams or employees, for outstanding technical cooperation or humanitarian work at
country level.
World Food Day 2022 launches a resounding call to
Leave no one behind, through Better Production, Better Nutrition, a Better Environment, and a Better Life.
It calls for global solidarity to transform agrifood systems in a bid to foster inclusive economic growth, address inequalities, increase resilience,
and achieve sustainable development.
to.
Today,
as many as 828 million people suffer from hunger and 3.1 billion people
- almost 40 percent of the world’s population – cannot afford a healthy diet. The climate emergency, conflicts, rising prices, environmental degradation and the knock-on effects
of the COVID-19 pandemic are all impacting on food access and security. We need to build a sustainable world where everyone, everywhere has regular access to enough nutritious food.
World Food Day once again recognises
#FoodHeroes throughout
the agrifood system who, no matter the circumstances, continue to produce, plant, harvest, fish or transport our food, but also advocate for change, helping to grow, nourish and sustain our world.
Focus on emergencies on 13 October
In addition, on 13 October, the World Food Day side-event
Agricultural aid: A game plan to tackle the hunger crisis organized by FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) will take place with the participation of the FAO Director- General, the OER Director Rein Paulsen,
and representatives from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). The aim is
to rethink the ways that we can tackle acute hunger at its roots rather than dealing with the symptoms.
The event
can be
followed
on Zoom (register
here).
Media
The main World Food Day 2022 ceremony (10:00-11:00 CEST)
and Junior World Food Day (14:00-15:30 CEST) -
will be webcast
here
and can also be followed on Zoom (register here).
Journalists who wish to attend the 14 October events in person, need to send request to [log in to unmask] with scanned
copies of a valid press card or letter of assignment on company stationery, and a copy of a valid ID (passport, identity card)
before Thursday, 13 October 12:00 CEST.
To request interviews with FAO experts
please contact:
Qingqing Wang
[log in to unmask]
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The event will be webcast live
here
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To attend the events in person, please send request to [log in to unmask]
with scanned copies of a valid press card or letter of assignment on company stationery, and a copy of a valid ID (passport, identity card)
before Thursday, 13 October 12:00 CEST.
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