World Food

Is the tide turning on hunger this World Food Day?

16-Oct-2014 By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

The number of hungry people in the world fell by more than 100 million over the last decade – so is this World Food Day a time to rejoice?

How will big brands celebrate World Food Day?

14-Oct-2013 By Jenni Spinner

Dow, Unilever, and other food-focused companies are pitching in to fight hunger and improve access to healthful, sustainable food.

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Fat chance for action on World Food Day

16-Oct-2009

‘Hunger down 50 per cent this year’, ‘Malnutrition eradicated in Africa’. Alas, dream headlines not gracing any newspapers this World Food Day. But if we hope to read them one day, governments, industry – and yes, individuals – need to stop thinking of...

World food day to fight hunger

04-Aug-2003

The theme of this year's World Food Day will be 'International
Alliance Against Hunger,' emphasising the need for global
mobilisation to create the political will to eradicate hunger, the
United Nations Food and Agriculture...

World Food Day to fight hunger and poverty

16-Oct-2001

The destination for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
World Food Summit next month may still be under discussion but
today the FAO will focus on World Food Day