With the commitment of the members of Alliance of Agriculture for Food (AAF) and active engagement of all concerned stakeholders, we successfully organized a month-long celebration of 42nd World Food Day 2022. The major objective of the program was to create public awareness on the issues of food and agriculture and make realize the importance of agriculture for food in the current context of agriculture development in Nepal. Moreover, it was also deliberated to create forums for the public and to create pressure on policy shapers/makers for formulating effective policy measures pertaining to food and agriculture showing the cases of critical issues as well as best practices at ground.
This year, food day celebration events were organized in federal, province and local levels by AAF and associated members. The program begun with a press meet in Bharatpur, Chitwan on 22 September 2022 with the aim of informing about the month-long program. In the meeting, journalists and media persons of online, print and visual media were presented. It was followed by a rally started from Pulchowk, Narayangarh to Chaubiskoti.