World Food Day

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The World Food Day (also Welthungertag ) held every year on October 16 and is meant to draw attention to millions more people in that world hunger suffer. World Bread Day takes place on the same day.

history

World Food Day was introduced in 1979. Since then it has taken place every year in different countries. In addition to official meetings on that day, dealing with the topics of world hunger and food security deal, often take advantage of NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations, NGOs) the day to draw attention to the global hunger problem.

The date was chosen because on 16 October 1945, the Food and Agriculture Organization (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO) with the task of global food ensure a specialized agency of the United Nations was founded.

World Bread Day

Due to the importance of bread in fighting hunger, World Bread Day also takes place on World Food Day. This was called in 2006 by the International Union of Bakers and Confectioners UIBC, based in Madrid. The background is that the food and agriculture organization (FAO) in question has the motto “Fiat panis” (Latin for: “Let there be bread”) in its logo. With the international day of action, the importance of bread for global nutrition is to be brought into the focus of the world public. Germany is the country with the greatest variety of bread in the world. In 2014, German bread culture was included in the list of intangible cultural assets by the German Commission for UNESCO.

numbers

After global hunger had fallen steadily for a decade, the number of undernourished people rose from 777 million (2015) to 815 million (2016). This affects 11 percent of the world's population. According to the FAO, 821 million people suffered from hunger in 2017 .

subjects

  • In 2004 the motto included the importance of biodiversity in terms of securing the available food sources
  • In 2007 the theme was The right to food - is not a utopia
  • The motto for 2008 was Securing World Food: The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
  • 2015 The day was themed social protection and agriculture - breaking the cycle of rural poverty (social protection and agriculture - the cycle of rural poverty break) , the leading event should be on the Expo 2015 held in Milan; in addition, a World Food Week was proclaimed by the FAO ; in 2009 she warned against a “century of hunger”.
  • 2017: Change the future of migration: Invest in food security and rural development
  • 2018: Our Actions are our Future - A #ZeroHunger world by 2030 is possible. ( Our actions are our future - a world without hunger in 2030 is possible ). The motto refers to the 2030 Agenda .

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : World Food Day  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German bread Institut eV: German bread Institut eV Accessed on 25 October 2019 .
  2. ↑ Peter Wagner: World's most expensive baking book for 525 euros: Fettes Brot . In: Spiegel Online . October 16, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed October 25, 2019]).
  3. ↑ AnydayGuide: World Bread Day / October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019 (British English).
  4. ↑ German bread culture . DUK. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b SOFI 2018 - The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World , FAO
  6. ↑ fao.org: World Food Day 2015
  7. ↑ fao.org: World Food Week 2015
  8. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt , June 20, 2009: "A century of hunger threatens"