FAO Digital Media Hub - FAO / WORLD FOOD FORUM 2025 OPENING

Hide details

Explore More Collections

Conceptually similar

FAO / WORLD FOOD FORUM OPENING

WORLD FOOD FORUM 2025 WRAP UP

FAO / INTERNATIONAL TEA DAY CEREMONY

FAO / WORLD FOOD DAY 2025 HIGHLIGHTS

FAO / WORLD FOOD DAY 2023

FAO INAUGURATES NEW FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MUSEUM & NETWORK

FAO / WORLD FOOD DAY 2024

UN FOOD SYSTEMS SUMMIT +2 OPENING

FAO SUPPORTS ITALY-LED HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS FOOD NEEDS IN GAZA

FAO INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS 2025

FROM SEEDS TO FOODS EXHIBITION

FAO / AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS ARE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS

FAO / World Food Day 2022

FAO / FOOD LOSS AND WASTE EVENT

THAILAND / FAO DIRECTOR-GENERAL VISIT HIGHLIGHTS

The State of the Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2024

GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY REPORT 2025

CHEF BINTA DESIGNATED FAO REGIONAL GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR AFRICA

FAO / ANIMAL FODDER DISTRIBUTION IN GAZA

JUNIOR WORLD FOOD DAY 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

Add to collection

Download

FAO / WORLD FOOD FORUM 2025 OPENING

The 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) launched Monday at FAO headquarters in Rome, spotlighting the theme “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future” coinciding with FAO’s 80th anniversary. The opening ceremony featured high-level guests including Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, King Letsie III of Lesotho, and Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus,

Language English

Country Italy

Duration 4m1s

Edit Version International

Video Type Video News Release (VNR)

Date 10/13/2025

File size 468.19 MB

Unique ID UF1ANWS

Production details and shotlist

Shotlist STORY: FAO / WORLD FOOD FORUM OPENING
TRT: 4’:02’’
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT FAO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / PORTUGUESE / NATS
DATELINE: 13 OCTOBER 2025, ROME, ITALY

SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, FAO headquarters
2. Close up, FAO logo
3. Wide shot, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu welcoming Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh
4. Med shot, FAO Director-General welcoming King Letsie III of Lesotho, FAO Special Ambassador for Nutrition
5. Wide shot, FAO Director-General welcoming, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
6. Wide shot, World Food Forum opening ceremony
7. Med shot, audience listening with FAO Director-General speaking onscreen
8. SOUNDBITE (English) QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “Our collective belief that food is not a privilege. Food is life. Food is culture. Food is a basic human right.”
9. Wide shot, QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General, speaking
10. Med shot, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, Russell Mmiso Dlamini, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini, Princess Basma bint Ali, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (from left to right)
11. SOUNDBITE (English) QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “This year, we also mark another historic milestone: FAO turns 80! For eighty decades, FAO together with its members and the global community has moved forward in our noble mandate of a world free from hunger and malnutrition.”
12. Wide shot, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, speaking
13. Top shot, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, speaking
14. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil: “Today, the world produces enough food to feed one and a half times the world's population. Yet, 673 million people are food insecure.”
15. Wide shot, King Letsie III of Lesotho
16. Close up, audience listening
17. SOUNDBITE (English) King Letsie III of Lesotho, FAO Special Ambassador for Nutrition: “Agrifood systems transformation is a complex process. One that no single actor can achieve alone. It requires global solidarity, effective partnerships and collaborative efforts of governments, civil society, the private sector and development partners.”
18. Wide shot, Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh, speaking
19. Med shot, FAO Director-General, King Letsie III of Lesotho, Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Prime Minister of the Republic of Djibouti (from right to left)
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh: “Hunger is not caused by scarcity. It is caused by the failure of the economic framework that we have designed. In 2024 673 million people were hungry, yet we produce more than enough food. This is not a failure of production. This is failure of the economic system. It’s a moral failure”.
21. Top shot, Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh, speaking
22. Med shot, WFF participants arriving
23. Close up, FAO logo on a glass door with people getting in
24. Tilt down, WFF participants in FAO atrium
25. Tracking shot, speakers in a workshop
26. Pull focus, people attending a workshop
27. Pan left, poster with FAO 80th anniversary logo, WFF logo and Global Youth Action logo
28. Med shot, WFF participant testing a virtual experience
29. Pan right, WFF participants visiting stands in FAO atrium
30. Zoom in, WFF participant visiting a stand
31. Pan left, WFF participants
32. Wide shot, WFF participants taking a picture

ENDS

Script The 2025 edition of the World Food Forum (WFF) kicked off on Monday (13 October) at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome.

The World Food Forum (WFF) is a global platform that mobilizes youth, science, innovation, and investment to transform agrifood systems and accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals through inclusive, cross-sectoral collaboration.

Held under the theme “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future”, this year’s Forum coincides with the 80th anniversary of FAO, marking eight decades of the Organization’s commitment in fighting hunger and advancing food security, nutrition, sustainable agriculture and rural development.

The WFF opening ceremony saw the participation of 10 heads of state and government, 115 Ministers and Vice-Ministers, as well as numerous representatives from governments, the private sector, civil society, international organizations, research institutions, youth, Indigenous Peoples and other stakeholders in agrifood systems.

In his opening remarks, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu reflected on the Organization’s legacy and enduring belief that food is life, food is culture, and food is a basic human right.

SOUNDBITE (English) QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “Our collective belief that food is not a privilege. Food is life. Food is culture. Food is a basic human right.”

Qu also reminded the audience that around 673 million people — or 8.2 percent of the world’s population — still face hunger. While this represents significant progress compared to FAO’s early years, when two-thirds of the world’s 2.3 billion people were considered hungry or undernourished, the numbers remain deeply concerning. Today, 2.3 billion people experience food insecurity, and 2.6 billion cannot afford a healthy diet. The Director-General warned that these challenges are compounded by climate shocks, conflict and biodiversity loss, underscoring the urgency of collective action.

Qu emphasized that addressing these interlinked challenges requires the transformation of global agrifood systems while comparing it to creating a mosaic.

SOUNDBITE (English) QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General: “This year, we also mark another historic milestone: FAO turns 80! For eighty decades, FAO together with its members and the global community has moved forward in our noble mandate of a world free from hunger and malnutrition.”

In his keynote address, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, noted that while the world produces enough food to nourish everyone, millions still go hungry due to persistent inequalities, and stressed that FAO remains indispensable as long as hunger exists.

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil: “Today, the world produces enough food to feed one and a half times the world's population. Yet, 673 million people are food insecure.”

Lula also emphasized that eradicating hunger requires collective perseverance and renewed commitment to equity and multilateral cooperation and stressed that FAO remains indispensable as long as hunger exists.

King Letsie III of Lesotho, FAO Special Ambassador for Nutrition, highlighted the consequences arising from the weaknesses of the current agrifood systems.

SOUNDBITE (English) King Letsie III of Lesotho, FAO Special Ambassador for Nutrition: “The weaknesses in our current agrifood systems contribute significantly to structural poverty and impose huge costs on public health and the environment. The economic burden of ill health and productivity loss largely stemming from poor diets continues to rise.”

Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh noted that hunger is not caused by scarcity and that despite enough food is produced in the world in 2024 673 million people were hungry.

SOUNDBITE (English) Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim Government of Bangladesh: “Hunger is not caused by scarcity. It is caused by the failure of the economic framework that we have designed. In 2024 673 million people were hungry, yet we produce more than enough food. This is not a failure of production. This is failure of the economic system. It’s a moral failure”.

The World Food Forum week features several high-level events and flagship moments.

On 16th October FAO will celebrate World Food Day 2025. The event marking the 80th anniversary of the organization will be attended by Pope Leo XIV and numerous global leaders hosted by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu. The celebrations will start with the inauguration of the Food and Agriculture Museum and Network (FAO MuNe) on the FAO premises with the FAO Director-General and Italian President Sergio Mattarella leading a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Library

FAO OCC

Video Team

FAO Video 2023 / 2024 / 2025

Headquarters Events

20251013 World Food Forum Opening Highlights

FAO / WORLD FOOD FORUM 2025 OPENING

(Standard Video)