World Food Day

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  • FAO highlights 80 Years of Action, calling for stronger partnerships 2025-10-15 15:15

    World Food Day: FAO highlights 80 years of action, calling for stronger partnerships

    TEHRAN – On the occasion of World Food Day 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Farrukh Toirov, highlighted 80 years of commitment in improving food security and advancing sustainable agriculture while calling for stronger partnerships to achieve these shared goals.

  • Tehran’s Tabi'at Bridge to light up blue for World Food Day 2025-10-14 14:55

    Tehran’s Tabi'at Bridge to light up blue for World Food Day

    TEHRAN – The iconic Tabi'at Bridge - the largest pedestrian overpass in Tehran – will shine in blue on Thursday, October 16, to mark World Food Day.

  • FAO highlights essential role of rural women in food production and environmental sustainability 2024-10-16 11:17

    FAO highlights essential role of rural women in food production and environmental sustainability

    TEHRAN – The FAO Representation in the Islamic Republic of Iran marked World Food Day and the International Day of Rural Women on Tuesday, October 15, with a keynote speech by Ms. Nazi Tavakoli, Officer-in-Charge, emphasizing the interconnectedness of food and nutrition security and the empowerment of rural women.

  • World Food Day: Right to foods for a better life and a better future 2024-10-15 14:58

    By Maryam Tavassoli

    World Food Day: right to foods for a better life and a better future

    TEHRAN –Every year on October 16, the World Food Day is observed globally. Since food is the third most basic human need after air and water, the day highlights everyone’s right to adequate food.

  • World Food Day: FAO urges nations to invest in water management 2023-10-16 15:12

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    World Food Day: FAO urges nations to invest in water management

    TEHRAN – Governments must design science-based policies, encourage innovation, and invest in water management, FAO representative a.i. Yubak Dhoj GC said in a message to the World Food Day Conference.

  • We must not take water for granted 2023-10-15 15:18

    By QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General

    We must not take water for granted

    This year’s World Food Day celebrates one of the planet’s most precious resources: water. It’s essential to life on Earth. It covers the majority of the planet’s surface, makes up over 50 percent of our bodies, helps keep us fed, supports livelihoods, and is central to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).