The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945.
Ghana Food
- IAEA holds African training course on seafood in Accra - Ghana Business News
- Nigeria joins Ghana as new member of G8 food security alliance - GhanaWeb
- Ghana Set To Receive UN Food and Agriculture Organization Award In Rome ... - Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
- Why the growth of modern retail should be good news to African farmers - How we made it in Africa
- New Market Study, "Ghana Food & Drink Report Q2 2013", Has Been Published - SBWire (press release)
- Climate change impacting food supply in Ghana - Times of India
- EPA urges Ghanaians to reduce food waste - Ghana Business News
- Africa's development hinges on food security – UN agencies - Ghana Business News
- Parts of northern Ghana is food insecure - WFP - Myjoyonline.com
- Contribution of Forests to Food Security Needs Attention - AllAfrica.com
Tag Archive: World Food Day
Oct 18
Coconut – The Cynosure of Ghana’s 2011 World Food Day Celebrations
Accra , Oct 15, GNA – In just a period of three years, the price of fresh coconut has tripled rising from as low as 20 Ghana pesewas (20Gp) in 2007 to as high as 60 Ghana pesewas (60Gp) in 2011, especially in the capital city of Accra, Ghana.
Oct 18
Ghana marked the 2011 World Food Day Celebrations with a coconut planting exercise
Ghana, will mark the 2011 World Food Day Celebrations with a coconut planting exercise at Bronikrom in the Shama District of the Western Region.
Oct 18
Agriculture investment, empowering women key to food security: FAO
ROME, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — Heads of the international community met in Rome on Monday to celebrate the World Food Day, and called for more investment in agriculture and moves to empower women to ensure global food security.
Oct 18
Invest in the future on World Food Day
This year’s World Food Day theme, “Food Prices – From Crisis to Stability”, was created to shed some light on this trend and what can be done to mitigate its affect on the most vulnerable.
Oct 18
UN talks in Rome call for food market transparency
The UN urged transparency on commodity markets to stabilise food prices at a World Food Day ceremony on Monday, as campaigners pressed for global rules on farmland investments in developing countries.
Oct 17
World Food Day: Multi-Pronged Approach to Fight Hunger
Ed. Note: This year’s Blog Action Day falls on World Food Day, and that’s no accident. All over the world, people are talking about the world food crisis and other food-related issues. This post is part of Important Media’s Blog Action Day 2011 coverage. This year’s theme is FOOD! You can check out some more of …
Oct 17
As The World Food Crisis Gets Worse
Most nations of the world face a very bleak future regarding the provision of adequate food to feed the growing population. This fact was poignantly brought home recently by three Rome-based United Nations agencies, the Food and Agricultural Organisation, FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, and the World Food Programme, WFP.
Oct 17
World Food Day – Join the WFD movement and help end world hunger
In an effort to raise awareness about hunger, poverty and malnutrition, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched World Food Day (WFD) at its General Conference back in 1979. WFD is an annual, worldwide event observed by 150 nations each October 16th.
Oct 17
Food price fluctuations to push millions into poverty
ISLAMABAD World Food Day was observed on Sunday to give a serious thought to the causes of swings in the food prices.