World Food Day is an international observance held every year on October 16, the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. It is marked worldwide by organizations working on hunger and food security, including the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Date RuleFixed Gregorian date, 16 October, every year. 1 Observance TypeCommemoration of a person or event 1 Connections
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World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on October 16 to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945.
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