{"id":210928,"date":"2018-10-16T14:10:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T11:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=210928"},"modified":"2018-10-16T14:10:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T11:10:10","slug":"october-16-is-world-food-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/october-16-is-world-food-day\/","title":{"rendered":"October 16 is World Food Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>World Food Day was first launched in 1945. The reason World Food Day was created was to celebrate the launch of the United Nation\u2019s Food and Agriculture Organisation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WFD was established by FAO&#8217;s Member Countries at the Organization&#8217;s 20th General Conference in November 1979. The Hungarian Delegation, led by the former Hungarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr.\u00a0<a title=\"P\u00e1l Rom\u00e1ny\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/P%C3%A1l_Rom%C3%A1ny\">P\u00e1l Rom\u00e1ny<\/a>, played an active role at the 20th Session of the FAO Conference and suggested the idea of celebrating the WFD worldwide. It has since been observed every year in more than 150 countries,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Raising awareness\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raising_awareness\">raising awareness<\/a>\u00a0of the issues behind poverty and hunger.<\/p>\n<p>Today it is celebrated widely by many other organizations concerned with\u00a0food security, including the\u00a0World Food Programme\u00a0and the\u00a0International Fund for Agricultural Development.<\/p>\n<p>The main principle which World Food Day celebrates is the furtherance of food security all over the world, especially in times of crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of the Food and Agriculture Organisation by the UN has played a huge role in taking this worthy goal forward.<\/p>\n<p>Its annual celebration serves as a marker of the importance of this organisation and helps to raise awareness of the crucial need for successful agriculture policies to be implemented by governments across the world to ensure there is ample food available for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: public domain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Food Day was first launched in 1945. 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