Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

16 October 2025

World Food Day

Mohamed Ali Gaidi

22/02/2022

Tunisia

Mohamed Ali Gaidi takes his sheep out to graze at dusk. This is his favorite part of the day, walking with his sheep and observing them to see if they are in good health. He then goes back to his home, which he shares with his parents and his sister in a small town in the Béja region of northwestern Tunisia. Growing up in a rural area in one of the poorest parts of the country, he cultivated his passion for sheep farming: “It's a part of me, like breathing,” he says.