Thank you to everyone involved for joining the global call to action this #WorldFoodDay, and for never giving up.
2022 finds us with an ongoing pandemic, conflicts, a climate that won’t stop warming, rising prices and international tensions. This is affecting global food security.
We need to build a sustainable world where everyone, everywhere has regular access to enough nutritious food.
No one should be left behind.
Like the song says, we are all connected! Students from Cuba, Egypt, Ireland, Italy and Rwanda were joined together to work on this creative project. Get inspired by the lyrics to learn actions you can take to build a sustainable future with food for all.
Discover how to be a food hero by having a look at our youth activities.
This multilingual App allows you to get closer to FAO than ever before! Learn about the Organization's mandate, history, artworks, and architecture at headquarters. Our special youth itinerary is designed for students and packed with interactive features.
Remember to take a selfie using one of our virtual backgrounds and share your visit at FAO!
Find out about all the events and promotional activities happening worldwide for World Food Day.
Milan (Italy)
Thanks to a collaboration with Major Events Media the Christmas...
Kigali (Rwanda)
The Dome at the Kigali Convention Center, one of the region's leading conference venues, joins our global call and lights up in blue in honor of...
Whether you're a government, city, private business, non-government or civil society organization, journalist or individual, you can get involved and call for action. We can provide you with multimedia content in several languages to share and support your World Food Day activity.
Get inspired for your activity or event by watching the World Food Day 2021 highlights video.
Contact us if you need more information.
When Shelley Burich started growing vanilla some 15 years ago, it was merely a hobby next to her full-time job as CEO of a charity...
The Roca brothers – Joan, Josep and Jordi – are third generation restaurateurs in their family who had a dream to start a new venture...
Apples are of great importance for Nepal, and any problem in production affects female farmers in particular: “Apples are the only...
When Jacob and Jessica Beaton traded suburban life for a 140-acre farm in British Columbia, they relied on YouTube videos to learn...
In the early days of Italy’s first lockdown due to the COVID-19 virus, when everybody was instructed to stay home, a group of young...
When Edy Prasetyo began farming catfish in 2001, he couldn’t have imagined how popular it would become for Indonesian...
Marula has long been a staple in Namibian homes, where both the nut and the fruit have a reputation for being healthy and the nut...
At 57, Marina Rukhaia has had a more eventful life than many in her village of Etseri in the northwest of Georgia. These days, she...
When COVID-19 first hit Mazeda Begum’s informal settlement in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s sprawling capital, she and her husband...
Honeys are as diverse as the flowers that lend their pollen to the bees that visit. And if anybody can tell a story about this delicious...
When Edik Harutyunyan began farming 20 years ago, he had little more than a small plot of land and a big goal. He wanted to prove...
Rebecca Clopath is a well-known Swiss chef renowned for her nature-focused approach to preparing food. Despite her impressive...
Zeinabou Mint Smail comes from the traditionally pastoral region of Assaba in Mauritania. Her family members were...
Ever since she was a child growing up in the district of Pucara, in the Junín region of central Peru, Ninfa Medina wanted to have a...
Whenever people highlight the poverty of Amazon communities, Shakira Andy makes an effort to correct them.
"For...
The story of Esteban Gallie begins with his great-grandfather, who at the end of the 19th century owned his own farm called Morro...
Camembert, burrata, gruyere... they are not cheeses one associates with Siberia, but Nikita Rossov makes them all. In all, the young...
Chef, Writer and TV Host, Sophia Roe lives in Brooklyn, New York and is passionate about food. She loves to discover where her food comes...
Rodrigo Pacheco is a world-renowned Ecuadorian chef known for much more than his delicious recipes. This food hero is also cooking...
Since 2018, European Space Agency Astronaut (ESA) Thomas Pesquet has been working with FAO to advocate for greater food security,...
In Türkiye, Gürsel Appa has become a successful role model for women farmers, demonstrating how women’s empowerment in agriculture...
The FAO Ukraine team is a group of like-minded professionals who are extremely committed to their work. Before the war, the...
Growing up on the coast of Goa sparked a fascination in Gabriella D’Cruz for exploring the tidepools of the Arabian Sea. Over...
Thanks to everyone who participated and we hope to hear from you again next year.
Collective action across 150 countries worldwide is what makes World Food Day one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. Hundreds of events and outreach activities bring together governments, businesses, CSOs, the media, the public, even youth, in over 50 languages. They promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure healthy diets for all, leaving no one behind.
#WorldFoodDay 2022 is being marked in a year with multiple global challenges including the ongoing pandemic, conflict, climate change, rising prices and international tensions. All of this is affecting global food security.
It’s time to work together and create a better, more sustainable future for all. Make #WorldFoodDay YOUR day. Join the call by organizing an event or activity or show how you are taking action.
