World Food Day Marked Today as FAO Holds Rome Ceremony Under 'Innovate Today. Nourish Tomorrow.'
Rome — October 16 is World Food Day. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held its global ceremony at its headquarters in Rome at 10 a.m. Rome time, under this year's theme, 'Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow.' FAO said Director-General Qu Dongyu was joined by the heads of the UN's Rome-based agencies, that the ceremony featured special messages from Pope Leo XIV and the UN Secretary-General, and that the FAO Achievement Award was presented.
World Food Day commemorates the founding of FAO on October 16, 1945. The FAO Conference formally established the observance in 1979, and it has since been marked each year in more than 150 countries, focusing attention on hunger, nutrition and food security. FAO said hundreds of World Food Day events and outreach activities have been held worldwide throughout October this year.
This year's theme highlights the role of innovation in transforming agrifood systems. From October 12 to 16, FAO hosted the World Food Forum at its Rome headquarters under the same theme, built around three pillars: Global Youth Action, the Science and Innovation Forum, and the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum. The week also included the 'From Seeds to Foods' global exhibition at Circo Massimo in Rome, organized around crops, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, and land and water, which ran from October 8 to 12 and was free to the public.
FAO is the UN system's specialized agency for agriculture and food, headquartered in Rome. The World Food Day global ceremony was carried live on UN Web TV.
(Sources: FAO's official World Food Day event pages and World Food Forum releases)
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：位于罗马的联合国粮农组织总部大楼（Palazzo FAO）与马西莫赛马场，世界粮食日全球仪式在粮农组织总部举行。图片来源：维基共享资源，CC BY-SA 3.0 IT。 / Photo: The Palazzo FAO, headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, where the World Food Day global ceremony is held. Source: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 IT.
