第一次的世界粮食大会是由联合国粮食及农业组织（FAO）主持于1974年在罗马举行。在此次的会议上，当时的美国国务卿亨利·季辛吉表示在10年内将会没有孩子会饿着肚子上床睡觉。

这一次的会议通过了世界消灭饥饿和营养不良宣言。

The first World Food Conference was held in Rome in 1974 by the United Nations under the auspices of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in the wake of the devastating famine in Bangladesh in the preceding two years.

Perhaps the most famous statement made at the conference was by then-U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger who made the declaration that within 10 years no child would go to bed hungry. While this bold declaration was in no way fulfilled, it did galvanize public attention, stimulate debate and studies on the feasibility of such a goal.