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. It is also the Food Engineer day. World Food Day (WFD) was established by FAO's Member Countries at the Organization's 20th General Conference in November 1979.
Since 1981, World Food Day has adopted a different theme each year, in order to highlight areas needed for action and provide a common focus.The World Food Day theme for 2009 is "Achieving food security in times of crisis".
This year's theme
| Year | Theme |
| 2009 | Achieving food security in times of crisis |
Previous themes
| Year | Theme |
| 2008 | World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy |
| 2007 | The Right to Food |
| 2006 | Investing in agriculture for food security |
| 2005 | Agriculture and Intercultural Dialogue |
| 2004 | Biodiversity for Food Security |
| 2003 | Working Together for an International |
| 2002 | Water: Source of Food Security |
| 2001 | Fight Hunger to Reduce Poverty |
| 2000 | A Millennium Free from Hunger |
| 1999 | Youth Against Hunger |
| 1998 | Women Feed The World |
| 1997 | Investing in Food Security |
| 1996 | Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition |
We should celebrate the Food Day.
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