The Origin and Significance of World Food Day

The Origin and Significance of World Food Day

The origin and significance of World Food Day, as well as the publicity and education activities that cherish food and oppose waste, are of great significance to the national economy, people's livelihood and social stability. Diligence and frugality are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and the origin and significance of World Food Day.

The Origin and Significance of World Food Day 1 I. The Origin of the Festival

"Food is the most important thing for the people", and grain has been playing an irreplaceable basic role in the whole national economy. During the period of 1972, a worldwide food crisis occurred due to two consecutive years of abnormal climate, and the Soviet Union snapped up a large amount of food. The FAO held the first and second food congresses in 1973 and 1974 to arouse the world's attention, especially the third world's attention to food and agricultural production. However, the problem has not been solved, and the world food situation is more severe. The resolution of "World Food Day" was made against this background.

We chose 65438+ 10/6 as World Food Day because FAO was founded in 1945 65438+ 10/6. In its resolution on World Food Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations requires governments to organize various lively celebrations in June 65438+1October 65438+June every year.

Second, the purpose of the festival.

Promote people's attention to agricultural food production and encourage national, bilateral, multilateral and non-governmental efforts to this end;

Encourage developing countries to carry out economic and technological cooperation;

Encourage the rural population, especially women and the most vulnerable groups, to participate in decisions and activities that affect their living conditions;

Raise public awareness of world hunger;

Promoting technology transfer to developing countries;

Strengthen international and national solidarity, eliminate hunger, malnutrition and poverty, and pay attention to achievements in food and agricultural development.

Third, the significance of festivals.

On the earth where people live, not only animals and plants, but also the varieties of crops are decreasing day by day. There were thousands of crops planted by ancient farmers, but only about 150 were widely planted and became the main food source for people. Among them, corn, wheat and rice account for about 60%, and most other crop varieties are on the verge of extinction. With the increase of crop varieties and the explosive growth of the world population, the world food supply is becoming more and more fragile.

Since Malthus published "On Population" in 1798, people have different views on his prediction. 1968, paul ehrlich published the Population Bomb. 1972, The Club of Rome published The Limit of Growth. Both books further express the concern that unlimited population growth will lead to mass famine. Some people hold different views on this view, thinking that people not only consume, but also produce much more things than consumption. In the late 1970s, Lester Brown of the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, USA, believed that farmers and ranchers all over the world had exhausted ways to increase production, but the production of rice and wheat began to decline. Elsewhere in Asia, rice researchers have not significantly increased crop yields for more than 20 years.

In 2009, the world population increased at the rate of 965,438+0 million per year. How long can the earth provide people with "enough" food? Many people are studying anxiously. Many governments attach great importance to holding World Food Day. Some heads of state gave speeches on this day, some countries held commemorative meetings or published commemorative articles, and scientific research institutions in some countries published scientific research achievements in food and agriculture and held scientific seminars to raise people's attention and research on food and a series of problems caused by food.

Fourth, the situation in China.

China is a large agricultural country with a large population. China's per capita grain possession only reached the level of food and clothing. In 2004, the total output was 938 billion Jin and the consumption was 997.8 billion Jin. The grain problem is still a prominent problem in the development of national economy. Therefore, it is a major event related to the national economy, people's livelihood and social stability to carry out publicity and education activities that love and save grain and oppose waste. Diligence and thrift are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. In order to promote the construction of a conservation-oriented society, the State Grain Administration has decided that the theme of "Publicity Week of Love and Saving Grain" is "Grain and Building a Conservation-oriented Society". Every citizen should establish the concept of "saving food is glorious and wasting food is shameful", consciously start from now on, save every grain of food, resist and oppose the waste of food, and form a good fashion of thrift.

On the same day, the State Grain Bureau initiated an initiative for the first time to the national grain cadres and workers, advocating voluntary participation in the 24-hour hunger experience activities, in order to better alert the world that "the good years do not forget the disaster years, increase production and save", and consumption cannot be wasted.

The origin and significance of World Food Day 2 World Food Day (WFD) is a day when governments around the world hold commemorative activities around the development of food and agricultural production in June+10/October 65438+June. World Food Remembrance Day was held in June 5438+0979165438+10. The 20th General Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as "FAO") decided that June 5438+098 1 16 would be the first World Food Day commemoration day. Since then, every year on this day, various commemorative activities will be held for World Food Day.

The Origin of the National Publicity Week of Love and Saving Grain

The population of China has exceeded 654.38+0.3 billion, with an annual net increase of 654.38+0.2 million. The per capita arable land area is 1.2 mu, which is the world average 1/4. The cultivated land area is decreasing at a rate of more than 300,000 mu per year; 40% of China's urban population depends on imported food consumption. During the period of 198 1- 1995, the cultivated land in China decreased by 8 1 10,000 mu, so the grain decreased by 50 billion Jin. And the speed of this reduction is still accelerating. Random occupation of cultivated land, dredging, declining land quality, desertification and other phenomena are eroding cultivated land. The reality is absolutely not optimistic! China is a large agricultural country with a large population, and the per capita grain possession of the people only reaches the level of food and clothing.

Faced with the severe grain problem, on September 28th, 199 1, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the Notice on Carrying out the Activities of Cherishing and Saving Grain in China (Zhong Power Generation [199 1] No.5), and decided to start from199/kloc. The State Council issued the Notice on Launching the Publicity Week of Cherishing and Saving Food (Guo Fa [1991] No.47), and designated the week of World Food Day (10, 16) as the National Publicity Week of Cherishing and Saving Food.