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World Food Day is celebrated every year on 16 October. This is a campaign to deal with hunger at the international level and increase food security. The theme of World Food Day 2023 is based on "Water is life, water is food".

World Food Day is celebrated every year on 16th  October. This is a campaign to deal with hunger at the international level and increase food security. The theme of World Food Day 2023 is "Water is life, water is food". Through this campaign, organisations around the world will unite and try to make civilians and governments around the world aware of global starvation and food security. Currently this day is being celebrated all over the world with 150 countries and more than 50 languages. In this, from national level governments to the corporate world, farmers and common citizens are all included.

M / s. Swaminathan is being remembered for this day

MS Swaminathan is the father of the Green Revolution in India.  Due to Swaminathan's efforts, India is providing food grains to various countries of the world today. On the occasion of World Food Day, MS  Swaminathan is remembered in the category of prominent persons in the world . . For your information, let us tell that during the 1960s, he emphasised the use of high - yield variety (HYV) seeds, farming mechanisms, irrigation system, manure and pesticides. As a result, today India is the second largest food exporting country in the world.

World Food Day 2023 theme is based on

With the establishment of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, this day found its global identity. It is a global annual program, which is celebrated  together worldwide. The theme of World Food Day 2023 is based on "Water is life, water is food".

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Learn about the history of World Food Day

It starts from the year 1945. When the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization was established. Along with this, it was globally recognized in the 20th FAO conference in the year 1979. Today, more than 150 countries around the world celebrate this day together. At the same time, we work to spread awareness on topics like food security and starvation.

In the global markets, there are no such decline in the price of rice in today's date. The World Bank has released its report in a short time. According to the World Bank's Global Commodity Outlook, there is no possibility of any significant decrease in the global prices of rice before 2025. The main reason for the increase in rice prices is the continuing risk of Alnino. Along with this, policy decisions of major exporters and importers of the world are also due to the contraction of rice yield and export market.

Possibility of low rice yield in this kharif season

According to a recent report by the World Bank, the price of rice inside the global market in 2023 is 28 percent more than in 2022. There is a possibility of 6 percent more inflation in rice prices in the global market by 2024. Due to this, concern has increased due to the possibility of increasing rice prices in India. Because in the month of August, due to low rainfall, there is a lot of possibility of less rice yield in this kharif season inside the domestic market in 2023.

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Government of India has stopped exporting rice

Rice exports from the country have already been banned from the Government of India. As we all know, some species of rice in India have 20 percent export duty. Also, the minimum export price on basmati rice is applicable. This commendable step of the Central government has recorded a decline in supply of rice in the global market up to 40 percent. In fact, under this report, it has been said that due to adequate supply, the prices of agricultural commodities are expected to decline by about 7 percent in 2023. Also, in 2024-25, the prices of agricultural commodities may fall further by 2 percent.