CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Food Day: October 16
- World Food Day 2022 is observed annually on the 16th of October 2022.
- World Food Day 2022 theme is, “Leave No One Behind”
- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a specialized body of the United Nations, created World Food Day in 1945.
- However, it would take another 34 years until the 20th FAO conference in November 1979, when it was declared a global holiday.
- Following this, 150 nations continued to commemorate the day once it was given official UN recognition.
