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World Food Day has adopted a different
theme each year, since 1981, in order to highlight areas needed for action and
provide a common focus. The theme for 2006 is "Invest in agriculture for
food security". It was chosen because only investment in agriculture –
together with support for education and health – will turn this situation
around. The bulk of that investment will have to come from the private sector,
with public investment playing a crucial role, especially in view of its facilitating
and stimulating effect on private investment. In spite of the importance of
agriculture as the driving force in the economies of many developing countries,
this vital sector is frequently starved of investment. In particular, foreign
aid to agriculture has shown marked declines over the past 20 years.
2008 World Food Security: the
Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
2007 The Right to Food
2006 Investing in agriculture for food security
2005 Agriculture and Intercultural Dialogue
2004 Biodiversity for Food Security
2003 Working Together for an International Alliance Against Hunger
2002 Water: Source of Food Security
2001 Fight Hunger to Reduce Poverty
2000 A Millennium Free from Hunger
1999 Youth Against Hunger
1998 Women Feed The World
1997 Investing in Food Security
1996 Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition
1995 Food For All
1994 Water For Life
1993 Harvesting Nature's Diversity
1992 Food and Nutrition
1991 Trees for Life
1990 Food for the Future
1989 Food and the Environment
1988 Rural Youth
1987 Small Farmers
1986 Fishermen and Fishing Communities
1985 Rural Poverty
1984 Women in Agriculture
1983 Food Security
1982 Food Comes First
1981 Food Comes First
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