page_title: World Food Day
section_title: Latin America
hierarchical_section_title: World Food Day / Events / Latin America
caption_attribution_description: Uruguay: 2 pesos 1981. 16 de octubre de 1981, Día Mundial de la Alimentación. Uruguay: 2 pesos 1981. October 16th, 1981, World Food Day
context_page_description: World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organizations concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
  The World Food Day theme for 2014 was Family Farming: "Feeding the world, caring for the earth"; in 2015 it was "Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty"; in 2016 it is Climate Change: "Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too", which echoes the theme of 2008, and of 2002 and 1989 before that..
context_section_description: In Chile, exhibitions of indigenous food products have been prepared by local communities.
  In Argentina, senior officials of the Government, academics, international organizations and the press have participated in the main ceremony. In Mexico in 2005, a National Campaign for a "Mexico Without Hunger" was held, with the involvement and support of civil society and students.
  In Cuba, producers have been able to exchange views and experiences at an agricultural fair. The media strongly supports awareness campaigns on World Food Day.
  In Venezuela, there has been national coverage of events.
caption: Uruguayan coin dedicated to WFD (1981)
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