Celebrated annually on October 16, World Food Day is a call to action by the United Nations (UN) to eliminate hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity.
This year, the theme is “Water is life, Water is Food”.
Almost one in 10 people globally are undernourished, and more than three billion can’t afford a healthy diet, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Conflicts such as the war between Ukraine and Russia, the battle between Israel and Hamas, and civil wars in Syria, Sudan, and Yemen, as well as in other parts of the world, have an impact on food accessibility.
Climate change, rising food and fuel prices are all contributing to growing food insecurity around the world.
In light of these ongoing challenges to global food security, the FAO…