The most essential element to being healthy and fit is a nutritious diet. While we have our favourite snack or dessert, we have our staple food that we eat routinely and that keeps us healthy. on October 16, when the world observes the World Food Day, we should not only thank the thousand hands that prepare our food and bring it to our table, but also bear in mind the thousands of faceless people who go hungry without even a day’s meal.
One of the greatest tasks the world faces today is addressing the challenge of feeding a rapidly growing population. Nations have to invest in sustainable food systems and rural development. They have their task cut out in protecting the global climate and tackling some of the root causes of migration and displacement. The UN is resolved to end hunger world over and evolve a climate-compatible agriculture and food systems that deliver without harming nature.
World Food Day reminds each of us of our responsibility to keep our neighbours free of hunger. While the likelihood of a child dying before age five has been nearly cut in half, with about 17,000 children saved every day over the past 20 years, there are still millions, who need our intervention to keep the fire in their body burning.
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