World Food Day & World Food Prize

World Food Day is 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 organisations concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme.

The World Food Day theme for 2013 is "Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition" while for 2012 was " Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world "

The World Food Prize laureates are formally honoured at the World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony annually on or near the World Food Day (16 October). The winners receive 250,000 United States dollar.

The World Food Prize is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world. Since 1987, the Prize has been awarded annually to recognize contributions in any field involved in the world food supply — food and agriculture science and technology, manufacturing, marketing, nutrition, economics, poverty alleviation, political leadership, and the social sciences.

Dr Mary-Dell Chilton ( USA ) , Dr Robert Fraley ( USA ) & Dr Marc Van Montagu ( Belgium ) , has Developed science of modern plant biotechnology supporting improved sustainability and global food security , has been awarded World Food Prize 2013 .