World Food Day

Head of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in PNG, Bir Mandal stated this during the World Food Day Celebration held today in Port Moresby.

The World Food Day is an international day celebrated on October 16 every year. The day commemorates the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945.

The theme for this year is 'Water is Life, Water is Food. Leave No One Behind.'

Mandal said only a smaller percent of the earth's water is freshwater where people approximately 600 billion people depend on to sustain their livelihood.

The day commemorates the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945.

The theme for this year is 'Water is Life, Water is Food. Leave No One Behind'.

Water is essential to life on Earth. It covers the majority of the Earth's surface, makes up over 50% of our bodies, produces our food, and supports livelihoods. 

But this precious resource is not infinite. People world over must not take it for granted. According to the UN FAO, what we eat, and how that food is produced, all affect water.