World Food Day 2021.
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World Food Day 2021: It is celebrated annually on 16 October across the globe to honour the establishment of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. Let us read more about World Food Day, 2021 theme, and its importance.
This year marks the 76th anniversary of FAO. It is celebrated by several organisations that are concerned with food security like International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Program, etc. This day generates awareness globally for those who suffer from hunger and to ensure the need for food security and nutritious diets for all. The main focus of this day is that food is a basic and fundamental human right.
World Food Day 2021 is devoted to highlighting food and agriculture as an important part of COVID-19 response. PM Narendra Modi will also be launching a commemorative coin to mark the special day.
World Food Day 2021: Theme
The theme of World Food Day 2021 is "Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Our actions are our future."
The theme of World Food Day 2019 was “Our Actions Are Our Future. Healthy Diets for A #ZeroHunger World". It focuses on tackling global hunger. Due to globalisation, urbanisation and income growth, our diets and eating habits are changed. Instead of seasonal, fiber-rich food and plant-based food we are shifted to refined, starches, sugar, fats, salt, processed food, meat, etc. It has been seen that in urban areas the time spent preparing food or meals is very less because people these days rely on ready mate food, supermarkets, fast food, street food, etc.
Due to unhealthy diets and sedentary lifestyles obesity in people is increasing in developed, low-income countries. According to FAO, 670 million adults and 120 million girls and boys of the age group 5 to 18 years are obese and 40 million children under 5 are overweight. Around 820 million people suffer from hunger.
World Food Day: History
The member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organisation established World Food Day in November 1979 at the organisations 20th General Conference and called for the observance of World Food Day on 16 October, 1981. This decision was ratified by the UN General Assembly on 5 December, 1980 and urged governments and international, national and local organisations to contribute to celebrating World Food Day. Since 1981, World Food Day has been held every year.
World Food Day: Celebrations
This year people are urges to celebrate with those people who produce, plant, harvest, fish, or transport our food and call on the public to thank these #FoodHeroes who, no matter the circumstances, continue to provide food to their communities and beyond - helping to grow, nourish and sustain our world. You can also use digital platforms to spread the day and its importance.
Various events are organized on this day. At FAO, headquarter in Rome, Italy program on large scale is organised. It mainly focuses on the attention towards food supply. Some UN Organisations and universities organise symposia, conferences, workshops, presentations on topics like food production, distribution, and security.
India is a country with diverse cultures and traditions. Festivals are celebrated across the country in different styles and manners from one state to another. On this day, some families preserve food and distribute it to the needy and poor. In some private companies and Government organisations there is a scheme in which salary is deducted from those employees who voluntarily want to donate to the food bank and the collected money may be utilised at the time of natural calamities, disasters, etc.
About the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
It is a specialised agency of the United Nations that works towards defeating hunger via international efforts. FAO aims to achieve food security for all and to make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active healthy lives.
What is a healthy diet and its importance?
A healthy diet meets the nutritional needs of people by providing sufficient, safe, nutritious, and diverse foods to lead a good life and reduce the risk of disease. We can't ignore the fact that nutritious diets at times are costly and is not affordable to many people.
Do you know that an unhealthy diet is the main risk factor for several deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancers? Nearly one in three people is affected by obesity and some other forms of malnutrition. No doubt, there are solutions to reduce all forms of malnutrition but the global commitment and action to be taken are required with full commitment.
The combination of good nutrition and healthy weight reduces the risk of chronic diseases. If you eat healthy, nutrients will reach your body and you will remain healthy, active, and strong. Physical activity with a healthy diet also plays an important role.
The some facts about food and nutrition across the world:
- Approximately 1/3 rd of all food produced worldwide, about $ 1 trillion dollars around the world is wasted.
- According to a joint report by the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank and the UNICEF the wasting prevalence in 2017 was estimated at almost 8 percent across the globe.
- One in eight people in the world today are undernourished while 1.9 billion people in the world are overweight.
- Though India is gifted with enough agricultural lands and resources and also produces enough food, yet the food does not reach so many hungry women and children in the rural villages and remote corners of India. India ranks 100th among 119 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017, and it has been consistently ranked very poorly.
- As per United Nations 820 million people suffer from hunger and 155 million children are chronically malnourished.
- In Asia around two-thirds of the people are hungry and two billion people from all parts of the world are suffering from malnutrition.
- In every five seconds a child dies due to a hunger-related disease.
- According to UNICEF approximately 3.1 million children die from undernutrition each year.
- According to the Global Hunger Index (GHI), 52 countries are suffering from serious or alarming levels of hunger.
- By 2050 the climate change and erratic weather patterns may push another 24 million
- into hunger since agriculture is directly related to climate change.
- The World Food Day theme for 2012 is “Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world”.World Food Day has been a tradition in the USA since the first World Food Day in 1982.In the United States the endeavor is sponsored by 450 national, private voluntary organizations.The Iowa Hunger Summit has been held on or near World Food Day since 2007. It is organized by the World Food Prize in conjunction with their annual symposium in Des Moines, Iowa.Water supply is now the principal constraint on efforts to expand world food production.
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