World food day-----THEMES

World Food Day OCT - 16

Since 1981, World Food Day has adopted a different theme each year, in order to highlight areas needed for action and provide a common focus. The theme for 2006 is "Invest in agriculture for food security". It was chosen because only investment in agriculture – together with support for education and health – will turn this situation around. The bulk of that investment will have to come from the private sector, with public investment playing a crucial role, especially in view of its facilitating and stimulating effect on private investment. In spite of the importance of agriculture as the driving force in the economies of many developing countries, this vital sector is frequently starved of investment. In particular, foreign aid to agriculture has shown marked declines over the past 20 years.

This year's theme

Year	Theme
2008	Social Justice

Previous themes

Year	Theme
2007	The Right to Food
2006	Investing in agriculture for food security
2005	Agriculture and Intercultural Dialogue
2004	Biodiversity for Food Security
2003	Working Together for an International Alliance Against Hunger
2002	Water: Source of Food Security
2001	Fight Hunger to Reduce Poverty
2000	A Millennium Free from Hunger
1999	Youth Against Hunger
1998	Women Feed The World
1997	Investing in Food Security
1996	Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition
1995	Food For All
1994	Water For Life
1993	Harvesting Nature's Diversity
1992	Food and Nutrition
1991	Trees for Life
1990	Food for the Future
1989	Food and the Environment
1988	Rural Youth
1987	Small Farmers
1986	Fishermen and Fishing Communities
1985	Rural Poverty
1984	Women in Agriculture
1983	Food Security
1982	Food Comes First
1981	Food Comes First

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