Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

16 October 2025

World Food Day

#FoodHeroes 

Join us in celebrating the work of #FoodHeroes - the women, men, boys, and girls who are helping to realise the right to food for all, nurturing our communities and making a positive change, even under challenging circumstances. 

Young singers of the World Food Day music video
09/09/2024

Italy

Rapping in a mix of eight languages, a diverse group of some 40 young people are spreading the message of this year’s World Food Day...

Prisca da Costa
07/09/2024

Timor Leste

In the small village of Betano, nestled in the lush landscapes of central Timor-Leste, a simple dispute over a humble legume...

Sribash Chandra Das
07/09/2024

Bangladesh

In the village of Subarnarchar, southeast of Bangladesh’s capital...

Ameera Khamees Alassi
07/09/2024

Palestine

For Ameera Khamees Alassi, the day begins at the break of dawn. By 6 a.m., she is up and...

Stella Jean
25/09/2024

Italy/ Haiti 

Ebru Baybara Demir
25/09/2024

Turkey

Walter El Nagar
14/08/2024

Switzerland

Abdul Amir Salman Aissa
14/08/2024

Iraq

Nissa Wargadipura
14/08/2024

Indonesia

Goretty Cueto Buelvas
14/08/2024

Colombia

Alfred Bolo
07/08/2024

Kenya

Lauriel Williams
07/08/2024

Grenada

Jazgul Tolomusheva
06/08/2024

Kyrgyzstan

Once a week, in a gravely backyard in Bokonbayevo, on the southern shore of Kyrgyzstan’s majestic Lake Issyk-Kul, a gaggle of...

Asma Rouissi
19/09/2024

Tunisia

Kinley Wangmo
18/09/2024

Bhutan

Seleni Grajales
18/09/2024

Belize

Seleni Grajales’ days were always busy. But since 2022, things got even busier for the principal from Belize,...

Saboto Caesar
18/09/2024

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 

Anthony Rahayel
25/09/2024

Lebanon 

Cuthbert Monrocq
04/10/2024

Saint Lucia

María Piñan
08/10/2024

Ecuador

Judy Kipkenda
07/10/2024

Ricardo Frugoli
09/10/2024

Brazil

Chef Max Mariola
08/10/2024

Italy

The Harlem Globetrotters
11/10/2024

United States of America

Chef Binta
16/10/2024

Ghana