On 16 October we celebrate World Food Day to commemorate the foundation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which took place on this very date in 1945.
With its headquarters in Rome, this agency of the United Nations was set up to eliminate hunger and improve nutrition and food security around the globe.
The world produces enough food to feed everyone. Yet, 815 million people go to bed hungry every day. It is time to change this.
Find out about the incredible events taking place worldwide to mark this celebration. Given the extraordinary circumstances, this year most activities will be online.
Want to put your interpreting skills to the test? Try our quiz!
- How many kilos of chocolate does the average Briton eat a year?
☐7 kg
☐8 kg
☐9 kg
- To produce a single bar of chocolate over …… liters of water are needed.
☐150
☐370
☐1000
- Around the world there are ….. species of edible insects.
☐900
☐1900
☐240
- About …. of the food produced worldwide is wasted each year.
☐One third
☐One fifth
☐One sixth
- The direct economic cost the agricultural products that we waste is about ….. US dollars.
☐750 million
☐750 billion
☐75 billion
Check your answers by listening to the following speeches!
29376 EN Environmental impact of chocolate (questions 1 and 2)
28230 EN Eating insects (question 3)
26261 EN Food waste (questions 4 and 5)
Want to delve more deeply into the topic? Here are our top picks from our public and private collections!
30203 EN Global Food Security
24576 FR Le Slow Food versus la malbouffe
23629 EN Food in Ethiopia
29197 IT Pizza Patrimonio dell’umanità
27832 FR Les produits sans gluten
24898 IT Il cibo del futuro (restricted)
26727 IT L’alimentazione del futuro
26542 IT Veganismo
25965 IT Insetti a tavola
24100 EN Cultured meet
23751 FR Slow Food (restricted)
23665 EN Fish and chips with a twist
23647 EN Food crisis
23614 EN Dietary advice for football fans
22687 ES Alimentos desperdiciados
26600 IT Cibo per il cuore e per la mente
24081 IT Lo spreco alimentare
23580 IT La dieta vegetariana
25941 ES La agricultura ecológica: ¿una solución al hambre en el mundo?
24019 DE Insekten als Nahrungsmittel der Zukunft
27173 DE Ernährung (restricted)
26582 DE Gesunde Ernährung (restricted)
Happy practice!
Your Speech Repository Team