WORLD FOOD DAY-2012
(16 OCTOBER 2012)
16 October every year:
Raising awareness of food security and strengthening solidarity in the
struggle against hunger.This day, declared by the UN General Assembly,
aims to heighten public awareness of world food problems and strengthen
solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty. The theme
for World Food Day 2012 is 'Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world', highlighting the role of cooperatives in improving food
security and contributing to the eradication of hunger – during International
Year of Cooperatives 2012.
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The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said this theme has been chosen to highlight the role of cooperatives in improving food security and contributing to the eradication of hunger.FAO’s Sub-regional Representative for the Pacific Islands based in Apia, Samoa, ViliFuavao, said that 2012 will mark the 67th Anniversary of the organisation’s founding, and the 32nd observance of World Food Day.He said FAO was informing all stakeholders and the public of the official theme now so that everyone can share it with their local stakeholders and partners with a view to providing them enough lead time to plan their respective World Food Day activities. Some activities may even be initiated now as the theme is very topical and that 2012 has been declared the ‘International Year of Cooperatives’.Hunger is the world’s greatest solvable problem. That was the consensus among members of some of the nation’s leading international humanitarian organizations who came together recently for an initial meeting to start planning for World Food Day.While hunger is sometimes pushed to the back burner to deal with more immediate, pressing concerns, World Food Day is designed to move global attention from those problems and observe the challenge.While October 16th may seem far away, it’s never too early to start planning and figuring out what organizations in your community are doing to observe World Food Day. Interested in adding your thoughts? A good place to start would be by looking at the many organizations which are signed on in the effort to address the issue of ending world hunger.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said this theme has been chosen to highlight the role of cooperatives in improving food security and contributing to the eradication of hunger.FAO’s Sub-regional Representative for the Pacific Islands based in Apia, Samoa, ViliFuavao, said that 2012 will mark the 67th Anniversary of the organisation’s founding, and the 32nd observance of World Food Day.He said FAO was informing all stakeholders and the public of the official theme now so that everyone can share it with their local stakeholders and partners with a view to providing them enough lead time to plan their respective World Food Day activities. Some activities may even be initiated now as the theme is very topical and that 2012 has been declared the ‘International Year of Cooperatives’.Hunger is the world’s greatest solvable problem. That was the consensus among members of some of the nation’s leading international humanitarian organizations who came together recently for an initial meeting to start planning for World Food Day.While hunger is sometimes pushed to the back burner to deal with more immediate, pressing concerns, World Food Day is designed to move global attention from those problems and observe the challenge.While October 16th may seem far away, it’s never too early to start planning and figuring out what organizations in your community are doing to observe World Food Day. Interested in adding your thoughts? A good place to start would be by looking at the many organizations which are signed on in the effort to address the issue of ending world hunger.
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Prof. John Kurakar
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