Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

16 October 2024

World Food Day

Right to #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...

Walter El Nagar
14/08/2024

Switzerland

The Swiss city of Geneva is the first in Europe to enshrine the right to food in its constitution, and Chef Walter El Nagar is...

Abdul Amir Salman Aissa
14/08/2024

Iraq

At age 53, Abdul Amir Salman Aissa has been raising buffalos for almost half a century. He started when he was 5 years old, working...

Nissa Wargadipuras
14/08/2024

Indonesia

Nissa Wargadipuras’s earliest memories involve learning how to live with nature. Her childhood home’s backyard in the hilly town...

Goretty Cueto Buelvas
14/08/2024

Colombia

The Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias has long been a prime destination for tourists, who flock here to experience its variety...

Alfred Bolo
07/08/2024

Kenya

If you had told Alfred Bolo ten years ago he’d be protecting wasps as part of his living, he’d have laughed at the suggestion.

And...

Lauriel Williams
07/08/2024

Grenada

When Lauriel Williams moved to the northern point of Grenada in 1986, her eyes were set on making the area something more than the...

Mohammed Abd El Hady Abd El Aziz Badawy
06/08/2024

Egypt

In the village of Nabraweya, about a three-and-a-half-hours’ drive from Egypt’s capital Cairo, farmers vividly remember...

Jazgul Tolomusheva
06/08/2024

Kyrgyzstan

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