Happy World Food Day.
Let us pledge to save ourselves by having good organic farming and not to waste any food. Think there are plenty who suffer from poverty - without food.
World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organisations concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
The World Food Day theme for 2014 was Family Farming: “Feeding the world, caring for the earth”
Five key facts about global hunger
- One in nine people on Earth do not have enough food to lead an active, healthy life – around 795 million people.
- Although Asia is the continent with the most hungry people – around two-thirds of the total, Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest prevalence (percentage of the population) of hunger. One person in four in the African continent is undernourished, according to the World Food Programme.
- Poor nutrition causes nearly half of all deaths (45%) in children under the age of five – which is around 3.1 million children every year.
- If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million, according to the WFP.
- According to the Global Hunger Index, 52 countries are suffering from "serious" or "alarming" levels of hunger, of which the Central African Republic suffers the greatest level of hunger (which is defined by a number of factors, including child mortality).
Source: World Food Programme
ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் சபையில், 1945-ஆம் ஆண்டு தொடங்கப்பட்ட உணவு மற்றும் வேளாண்மை துறையின் நினைவு நாளாக 1978-ல் அதன் 20-வது மாநாட்டில் ஹங்கேரி நாட்டின் முயற்சியால் உலக உணவு தினம் ஒவ்வொரு ஆண்டும் அக்டோபர் 16 அன்று உலகம் முழுவதும் கொண்டாடுகின்றனர். நவீன உணவுத் தொழில்நுட்ப முறையில் உணவு தானியங்களின் உற்பத்தி காலத்தை அதிகரித்தாலும், வளர்ந்து வரும் மக்கள் தொகையின் விகிதத்தோடு ஒப்பிடும்போது, தற்போது நிலவி வரும் உணவுப் பற்றாக்குறை எதிர் காலங்களில் மென்மேலும் அதிகரித்து ஒவ்வொரு நாட்டிலும் மிகுந்த நெருக்கடியை ஏற்படுத்தும் அபாயம் உள்ளது. ஆகையால் விஞ்ஞானிகள் தானியங்கள், பழங்கள், உணவுப் பயிர்களின் உற்பத்தியின் வேகத்தை அதிகரிக்க ஆராய்ச்சியில் ஈடுபட்டுவருகின்றனர்.
In spite of the importance of agriculture as the driving force in the economies of many developing countries, this vital sector is frequently starved of investment. In particular, foreign aid to agriculture has shown marked declines over the past 20 years.
- 1981: Food comes first
- 1982: Food comes first
- 1983: Food security
- 1984: Women in agriculture
- 1985: Rural poverty
- 1986: Fishermen and fishing communities
- 1987: Small farmers
- 1988: Rural youth
- 1989: Food and the environment
- 1990: Food for the future
- 1991: Trees for life
- 1992: Food and nutrition
- 1993: Harvesting nature's diversity
- 1994: Water for life
- 1995: Food for all
- 1996: Fighting hunger and malnutrition
- 1997: Investing in food security
- 1998: Women feed the world
- 1999: Youth against hunger
- 2000: A millennium free from hunger
- 2001: Fight hunger to reduce poverty
- 2002: Water: source of food security
- 2003: Working together for an international alliance against hunger
- 2004: Biodiversity for food security
- 2005: Agriculture and intercultural dialogue
- 2006: Investing in agriculture for food security
- 2007: The right to food
- 2008: World food security: the challenges of climate change and bioenergy
- 2009: Achieving food security in times of crisis
- 2010: United against hunger
- 2011: Food prices - from crisis to stability
- 2012: Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world
- 2013: Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition
- 2014: Family Farming: “Feeding the world, caring for the earth”
- 2015: “Social protection and Agriculture."
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