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  • October 17, 2016
    Climate change means agriculture must transform says UN

    Marking World Food Day 2016, the United Nations has highlighted the close links between climate change, sustainable agriculture, and food and nutrition security, with the message: “The climate is changing. Food and agriculture must, too.”

  • October 16, 2016
    Churches call for 'big conversation' on UK hunger

    On World Food Day today,11 of the UK's leading charities working with people affected by hunger have combined forces for the first time, to launch a campaign that aims to end hunger in the UK.

  • October 16, 2014
    World Food Day: Feeding our families without being greedy

    Humanity is facing a dilemma. Climate change is making it difficult for the poorest people to feed themselves and the scientific evidence is suggesting that it will only get worse in the coming decades.

  • October 16, 2012
    Co-ops are the focus of World Food Day

    Agricultural cooperatives are the key to feeding the world and have therefore been the focus of World Food Day 2012 - on 16 October.

  • October 19, 2010
    Women farmers produce most of Africa's food supply

    Women farmers in Africa produce over 80 per cent of the continent's food supply, yet lack recognition, property rights and nutrition, says the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance.

  • October 18, 2010
    Inequality, not shortages, blamed for world food crisis

    The growing food crisis, which is leaving millions of people without enough to eat, has inequality at its root, says a leading development agency.

  • October 16, 2010
    Anti-Hunger petition and project

    The theme of this year’s World Food Day - marked on 16 October, but resulting in action well beyond that date - is "United against hunger".

  • October 16, 2010
    Invest in global food security, world leaders urged

    UN World Food Day should remind world leaders that heavy investment in global food security is urgently needed, World Vision Australia says.

  • October 16, 2008
    Right to food crucial, says world churches leader

    As the global food crisis continues to unfold and impact on the poorest, World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia has called on international institutions and governments to move into swift action.

  • June 6, 2008
    Need, greed and the global food crisis

    The plea "Give us this day our daily bread" needs to be heard by political leaders meeting in Rome on the global food crisis, says Jean Blaylock, looking at the response of world church representatives.