16th October
World Food Day
Leave NO ONE behind!
"Although we have made progress towards building a
better world, too many people
have been left behind. People who are unable
to benefit from human development,
innovation or economic growth.
In fact, millions of people around the world cannot
afford a healthy diet, putting them at high
risk of food insecurity and malnutrition.
But ending hunger isn’t only about supply.
Enough food is produced today to feed
everyone on the planet.
The problem is access and availability of nutritious food,
which is increasingly impeded by multiple
challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic,
conflicts, climate change, inequality, rising prices
and international tensions. People around
the world are suffering the domino effects
of challenges that know no borders.(…)"
in https://www.fao.org/world-food-day/about/en
"World Food Day 2022 comes at a challenging moment
for global food security.
The number of people affected by hunger has more
than doubled in the past three years. Almost a million
people are living in famine conditions, with starvation and
death a daily reality. A staggering 3 billion people cannot
afford a healthy diet.
The most vulnerable communities are being battered
by the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis,
environmental degradation, conflict, and
deepening inequalities.
The war in Ukraine has accelerated the rise in food
and fertilizer and energy prices.
But we can reverse all these trends, if we act together.
There is enough food for everyone in our world this year.
But farmers need to urgently access fertilizers at
reasonable cost to ensure enough food next year.
The theme of this year’s World Food Day is
to “Leave no one behind. Better production,
better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life.”
Governments, scientists, the private sector and civil
society need to work together to make nutritious
diets available and affordable for all. Financial institutions
need to increase their support to developing countries,
so they can help their people and invest in food systems.
Together, we must move from despair to hope and action.
On World Food Day and every day,
I call on you to be part of the change."
United Nations Chief, António Guterres
Improving our health is also very important and matters.
On WFD it is also asked to mind our way of eating and doing our choices on what implies food.
This is a small collection of ideas my students researched and presented in order to
have healthy meals or in order to think on list of foods that harm our health or even to find out the positive aspects of healthy foods.
Great work!
(EBHC, 8A-8B-9B-9C)
