World Food Day 2020

World Food Day is celebrated every year worldwide on 16 October to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

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The day is celebrated widely by many other organizations concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

In 1979 for the first time it was observed as a Day for action against hunger.