Title WORLD FOOD DAY Date-wise Events October 16 each year – since 1945 Description It is celebrated in honour of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. Theme for 2013: Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition. The World Food Programme (WFP),  is the food assistance branch of the United Nations, and it is the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger. WFP provides food, on average, to 90 million people per year, 58 million of whom are children. From its headquarters in Rome and more than 80 country offices around the world, WFP works to help people who are unable to produce or obtain enough food for themselves and their families. INDIA: 22% of the Indian population is undernourished 40% of children below the age of 3yrs are underweightmajority of children aged between 6 to 35 months are anaemic 33% of the women aged between 15-49 yrs have a BMI below normal. Now, with the passage of the Food Security Bill 2013, if properly implemented, Indians can have a gleam of hope that their fight for "right to food" will possibly come to an end soon. So, the Indian Food Guarantee programme is 10 times bigger than the World Food Programme.

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