Innovate Today. Nourish Tomorrow

Theme pack

Welcome to our theme pack for the month of October, where we share resources relating to the theme of World Food Day, celebrated Oct. 16. Innovate Today, Nourish Tomorrow: this theme shares forward-thinking solutions, combined with traditional knowledge and inclusive approaches, that can help ensure that everyone has access to sufficient, diverse, safe, and nutritious foods, while safeguarding the planet for future generations.

Find the FAO public service announcement for this day: https://soundcloud.com/unfao/wfdpsa2026-en?in=unfao/sets/wfd2026

Many of you have been sharing stories on this theme for months or years, as you discuss how farmers are implementing Nature-based Solutions, agroecology, and circular regenerative agriculture. These agricultural practices look to the future – protecting the environment and helping farmers adapt to climate change – while integrating traditional practices like composted manure, beekeeping, and others.

Find some great stories about innovative farming practices that will help farmers produce more for the future. You can also find great stories about innovative women and youth in our August theme pack.

Interviews

Farmers opt for nature-based solutions to preserve soil and crops

Bees provide sustainable income for communities and protect mangroves

Sustainable riverbank farming: Safeguarding the watershed for future generations in Ethiopia

Soil restoration practices and community identification: The antidote to countering soil degradation

No more famine: How one man led efforts to restore eight square kilometres of Nyakambu swamp in Sheema District, Western Uganda

Farmers adopt eco-friendly, zero-energy storage technique for vegetables in northern Ghana

Bushbabies are meat, too: Farmers in Malawi use indigenous plants to manage pests and livestock diseases

Selecting seeds and storing them for next season with agroecological principles

This script is available in Swahili.

Agroecology: Harnessing local plants to produce biofertilizers and biopesticides

Radio spots