World Food Day 2025: Here are 5 facts you need to know
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Hunger in India
According to the Global Hunger Index, 12 per cent of India`s population is undernourished, among other factors that not only include stunting but also deaths
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Theme for 2025
The 2025 theme is `Hand and in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future` for global collaboration in creating a peaceful, sustainable, prosperous future
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Origins
World Food Day was established in November 1979 and was led by the former Hungarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Pal Romany to make it an official day
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Awards
The World Food Programme by the FAO, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020 for its efforts to combat hunger, contribute to peace in conflict areas, and more
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World Food Day
Every year, World Food Day 2025 is observed on October 16 to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
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Horoscope today: October 13, 2025