World Food Day

  

World Food Day 2011 theme: Food prices. From crisis to stability

October the 16th is World Food Day (WFD). This date is when the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations started in 1945. WFD itself didn’t start until 1979. It was created by the FAO at the Organization's 20th General Conference. Attendees suggested the idea of having a day to focus on food issues worldwide. Today, over 150 countries around the world celebrate WFD. The day hopes to raise awareness of many food-related problems. In particular, the tackling of poverty and hunger, and addressing potential disasters created by global warming and overpopulation. WFD has had a different theme since 1981. These have focused on poverty, hunger and malnutrition, food security, and the right to food.

Countries celebrate World Food Day in many different ways. There are events held all over the world. There are large campaigns in countries that experience serious food shortages. Many African nations organize thousands of activities. These have included planting potatoes in Angola to regenerating farms in Zimbabwe. In Europe, Spanish soccer star Raul served as the FAO’s Goodwill Ambassador and appeared in many campaigns in Spain. Agriculture plays a big part in many campaigns. The industry plays a relatively small part in many developed countries, but it is essential for the survival of billions in poorer nations. A key issue for the success of WFD is for rich nations to give more development aid to poor countries. 

 The reading is from

Click here to do the exercises and the listening.

There is another multimedia exercise here . 

It is called "A seat at the table",you will learn more about hunger.Of course there is seat for you,

read the stories and tell us you own story.

  You can watch this video It is from "The Guardian", Bangladesh-beating-food-damage-video.