Press Meet Held for World Food Day Celebrations

Press Meet Held for World Food Day Celebrations

  • October 16, 2024

On the occasion of the 44th World Food Day (October 16), ForestAction Nepal, the secretariat of the Alliance of Agriculture for Food (AAF), in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture (DoA), organized a press meeting at SAP-Falcha to announce the World Food Day celebration program scheduled for November 11, 2024. A press note was also released during the meeting in the presence of the Director General (DG), Deputy Director General of the DoA, journalists, activists, and farmers.

A food and agriculture fact sheet for the fiscal year 2080/81, prepared by the AAF secretariat, was also unveiled at the event. Additionally, a folk dohori song, sung by famous singer Raju Pariyar, Sheela Ale, and the Sarangi Sansar team, was launched to highlight the importance of agriculture in Nepal.

To download a food and agriculture fact sheet: https://forestaction.org/publications/fact-sheet-of-food-and-agriculture-2024/
To watch dohori song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-UkGIcWp-Q