World Food Day
Annual Celebration in honor of founding of Food and Agriculture Organization of UN in 1945
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World Food Day is an annual celebration held on October 16th to commemorate the founding of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. The day raises awareness about global hunger and food security issues, bringing together people worldwide to address challenges in food production and distribution.
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Key facts
- Observed by
- All UN Member States
- Date
- 16 October
- Next time
- 16 October 2026 ( 2026-10-16 )
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.fao.org/world-food-day/about/en
- Image
- FAO World Food Day 2003 Silver Obverse.jpg
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An image produced as part of the World Food Programme's social media campaign for World Food Day in 2015. World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on October 16 to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organizations concerned with hunger and food security, including the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. WFP received the Nobel Prize in Peace for 2020 for their efforts to combat hunger, contribute to peace in conflict areas, and for playing a leading role in stopping the use of hunger in the form of a weapon for war and conflict.
Each year, a new theme is selected. Themes tend to focus on a common issue that connects to hunger and food security. Previous themes have been on protecting and improving agriculture, climate change, poverty, food, water and health shortages.