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Today is World Food Day

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published Oct. 16, 2024 08:00

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World Food Day is celebrated every year on October 16. It was established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1979. In 2024, World Food Day is celebrated under the theme "The Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future." The theme is to draw attention to everyone's right to access diverse, nutritious, safe and accessible food

The goal of this year's celebration is to raise awareness of the need to provide enough nutritious food for all people, especially in the face of problems such as climate change, conflict and economic crises. On this day, we are directing attention to raising awareness of the global problems of hunger, food security, food waste and taking action to solve them.

Food production involves a huge consumption of natural resources, energy and human labor, and wasting food causes losses not only economically, but also ecologically. The planet has limited resources, while UN projections indicate that in 2050 the global population will reach 9.7 billion people. People who will need to be fed.

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