To promote the cultivation and consumption of millet on a larger scale, the Indian Government with the help of various States and Indian embassies around the globe has launched the International Year of Millets (IYM) on January 1, 2023.
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYM). Prime Minister Narendra Modi aims to make IYM 2023 a ‘People’s Movement’ and also to position India as the ‘Global Hub for Millets’.
Different Events
Union Ministries, States, and Indian embassies have been allocated a ‘focused month’ each in 2023 to promote millets as part of IYM.
In January, the Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, and the Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, and Rajasthan governments will conduct events and activities for IYM.
The Sports Ministry has planned 15 activities over 15 days in January which include engaging sportspersons, nutritionists, and fitness experts through
- Video messages,
- Conducting webinars on millet
with leading nutritionists, dieticians, and elite athletes, promotion amplification through Fit India App, etc.,
The government said in a release. Ministry of Food Processing Industries will organize Millet Fair-cum-exhibitions this month for
- Andhra Pradesh,
- Bihar and
- Madhya Pradesh
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) will organize “Eat Right” Melas in
- Punjab,
- Kerala and
- Tamil Nadu.
Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, and Rajasthan will conduct food festivals and will train farmers on the cultivation of millets. Various awareness campaigns, workshops/ seminars will also be held during the month.
“Other States that are organizing similar activities in January include Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, and Punjab,” The Union Agriculture Ministry said in a release.
The Ministry said.
Being grown in more than 130 countries at present, millets are considered traditional food for more than half a billion people across Asia and Africa. In India, millets are primarily a Kharif crop, requiring less water and agricultural inputs than other similar staples. Millets are important by the virtue of their mammoth potential to generate livelihoods, increase farmers’ income and ensure food and nutritional security all over the world,
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