World Food Day poster contest for young people (5-17 years old)

 

Here’s a great opportunity to use your imagination and artistic talent: enter the first-ever international World Food Day poster contest for young people !

The theme of the 2012 poster contest is

"Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world"

A cooperative is a business that balances two goals – making money and keeping its members and communities happy by providing what they need. Imagine a group of people working together to grow vegetables or fruit, to fish together or simply to sell something collectively. By joining forces, members of a cooperative can benefit by sharing materials, experience or other resources. They can also bargain in a more powerful way. 

If you’ve ever been part of a team, you know something about cooperation. When you work together as a team, you can achieve things that would otherwise be unachievable. This is why we are featuring cooperatives as an effective way of producing, processing, marketing and even buying food.

In the world today, an estimated one billion people are members of some kind of cooperative. Your own parents or neighbors might belong to a co-op. 

To learn more about co-ops, explore the materials on these web pages and watch the theme video.  Then check out the Poster contest rules and start designing your poster.  We hope you all enjoy discovering the power of cooperatives and we look forward to receiving your entry! 

The World Food Day team. 

For application visit the official page here 

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