On 16 October, the world celebrates World Food Day, a day proclaimed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ), which is widely celebrated by many other food security organizations, including WFP. .

World Food Day aims to raise public awareness of the suffering of the world's hungry and undernourished, and to encourage people around the world to take measures to fight hunger. More than 150 countries celebrate the event every year. World Food Day, and local communities are active in almost every community.

The theme of World Food Day 2017 is “Let us change the future of migration: invest in food security and rural development