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What's New?

October 16, 2008

Millions of People observe October 16 as World Foodless Day

All over Asia, events will be held on October 16 as part of the World Foodless Day, organised by the Pesticide Action Network of Asia & The Pacific (PAN AP). Activists from Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development note:

"The current food crisis affecting the world is the latest calamity to hit the rural women and other poor and marginalised peoples in every developing country. The price of rice, wheat, soy, corn and other staples has skyrocketed. This year, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated that 850 million people do not get enough food to eat in the world. Three-quarters of them live in rural areas, mainly in the villages of Asia Pacific and Africa, and seven out of ten are women and girls."


"Why October 16? This is the official World Food Day held by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: an opportune time to send a strong message of food sovereignty and highlight consumers’ strategies to address the food crisis. FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on October 16, the day on which FAO was founded in 1945."
Source and for more information

Read the PAN AP press release here. PAN AP also has valuable resources on hunger, food policy. See reviews of books and download an excellent powerpoint presentation "Politics of Hunger" at: http://www.panap.net/320.0.html

For a report on hunger in the Philippines see:
PROMETHEUS BOUND By Natalie Pulvinar
World Foodless Day
"October 16 is World Food Day but for many Filipino families, hunger has never been so common..."

 

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