The World Food Day is celebrated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on October 16 every year.
This year, the World Food Day is celebrated under the theme: Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together. Our Actions are our Future.
Theme highlights the need to work in such a way that every person gets the required amount of nutritious food to lead active and healthy lives.
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- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) designated 16 October as World Food Day in 1979.
- World Food Day is also commemorated as the anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- World Food Day 2020 holds significance as this year marks the 75thanniversary of FAO, which works in over 130 countries worldwide.
- The goal of FAO is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food.