World Food Day 2022 emphasized “Leaving no one behind”
Governments, the private sector, academia, civil society, everyone has a role in it
World Food Day, celebrated every October 16, is one of the key dates for the United Nations System and society in general in more than 150 countries. This year was framed in a context of numerous challenges, including the pandemic, international conflicts, the rise in food and input prices, and the impacts of climate change.
World Food Day made a call to close these gaps and guarantee the right to food through collective action. Leave no one behind in efforts to transform food systems, to make them more inclusive, efficient and sustainable. Governments, the private sector, academia, civil society, everyone has a role in this process.
In Venezuela, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) work together with other actors to strengthen agri-food and social protection systems, provide food assistance to those who need it most and promote the resilience of the most vulnerable populations.
On World Food Day 2022, all the people who make these interventions and programs possible in Venezuela were recognized. School staff and representatives who are at the center of the school meals program, small-scale farmers who contribute to those programs with fresh food, and who seek creative solutions to everyday challenges. Their stories, ideas, and resilience inspire and fuel the United Nations’ commitment to Venezuelans, especially those who need it most.
Food Week concludes with a concert in Chacao
Due to its importance, it was conducive to make a call for reflection and awareness. That is why in our country, the United Nations organized the Food Week, in which the webinar “School feeding: let’s build together, a sustainable future” was held, squares were lit, the Healthy and Sustainable Food Fair was also held, and the closing activity will be this Thursday, October 20, with the Symphonic Concert, by the Chacao Youth Orchestra, at the National Center for Social Action for Music.
Such activities are pertinent for each one of us to feel like active collaborators in the fight against hunger and any type of malnutrition; and to encourage healthy and sustainable diets.
With information from FAO and WFP
