The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is inviting children and young people to share their ideas on the threat of climate change to food security through the international World Food Day contest.

Children and teens aged 5 to 19 are encouraged to learn about the theme and use their imagination to digitally design, draw or paint a poster. For the first time this year, young people aged 13 to 19 can produce a 1-minute video, and upload it to YouTube with the hashtag #WFD2016VideoContest.

Contestants can view their posters in the gallery section of the World Food Day poster contest website at http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/2016/contest/poster, http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/2016/contest/video

1)    World Food Day Poster Contest

Entering is simple. Children or their teachers can go to:  

http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/2016/contest/poster

and submit a poster on climate change, food and agriculture.

The deadline for entries is 30 September 2016.

2)    World Food Day Video Contest #WFD2016VideoContest

Young people aged 13-19 can upload the video to their personal YouTube account, adding the hashtag #WFD2016VideoContest to the title.

Students or their guardians, will also need to submit the YouTube link through the video contest page on the World Food Day website http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/2016/contest/video.  

Winners of the poster and video contest will be announced on the World Food Day website, on FAO social media and promoted by FAO offices all over the world. They will also be featured in an exhibition at FAO headquarters in Rome during World Food Week (10-14 October 2016) and receive a surprise gift bag and Certificate of Recognition signed by a United Nations official!

For more information, pleaser contact  Ms Vu Thi Ngoc Diep at [email protected]