Fight Hunger to Reduce Poverty

Around 800 million men, women and children are chronically hungry. Hunger causes illness and death, robs people of their potential to work and cripples children's learning capacity.

"Fight hunger to reduce poverty" is the theme for this year's World Food Day -- a day observed throughout the world on the anniversary of FAO's founding, 16 October 1945.

World Food Day will provide an additional opportunity to raise awareness about the issues to be addressed at the World Food Summit: five years later, which will take place from November 5 to 9, 2001, in Rimini (Italy).

Date of publication: 05/10/2001

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