October 16th World Food Day World Food
Day is a day of action dedicated to
eliminate global hunger held Hanwell
Aeon 16th October people from around the
world come together to declare their
commitment to eradicate worldwide hunger
from our lifetime World Food Day is a
chance to show our commitment to
sustainable development goal - to
achieve zero hunger by 2030
facts to know about hunger the world
produces enough food to feed everyone
yet 815 million people suffer from
hunger hunger kills more people every
year than malaria but tuberculosis and
AIDS combined the cost of the
malnutrition to the global economy is
the equivalent of 3.5 trillion US
dollars a year one third of the food
produced worldwide is lost or wasted the
world will need to produce 60 percent
more food by 2050 to feed a growing
population no other sector is more
sensitive to climate change than
agriculture and what can you do to
change this if you provide a cup of food
to children in schools in underdeveloped
countries you provide a nutritional
safety net that keeps kids especially
girls in school so they get an education
food assistance in crisis situations
saves lives and is often the first step
on the road to recovery food can also
protect livelihoods and support
education
we need to connect farmers to the people
and resources so in this way they
increase their production and can feed
their families and increase their
incomes technology can revolutionize the
face of hunger today in Syria the
refugees from the rack get a voucher on
a cell phone to spend in a local store
the store keepers love it
the farmers love it and it saves money
and here are many more possibilities
then why should you care about World
Food Day and zero hunger despite a
recent increase in hunger figures
reaching zero hunger is possible out of
the 129 countries monitored by Food and
Agriculture Organization 72 have already
achieved the target of having the
proportion of people who suffer from
hunger by 2015