Carolina Pimentel
Reporter Agência Brasil

Brasília - More than 60 events will be taking place around the country between October 16 and 22, as part of celebrations of World Food Week. One of the most important highlights of the week will be intense discussions at various levels of government and society on the issues of hunger, nutrition and food security in Brazil.

Other discussion topics are: school lunch programs, family farming and the latest developments in nutrition, family health and combating hunger. Also to be dealt with are: the use of cassava as a source of nutrition, whole grain foods and medicinal plants, the advantages of breastfeeding, health in old age, how to avoid wasting food and the eating habits in the Kalunga quilombo (a village of descendants of slaves).

Translator: Allen Bennett