Unleashing the Potential of Millets Paving the way to a sustainable future – (March 2023)
The year 2023 is declared by the United Nations as the International Year of the Millet, following a proposal by India. According to FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, “As the global agrifood systems face challenges to feed an ever-growing global population, resilient cereals like millets provide an affordable and nutritious option, and efforts need to be scaled up to promote their cultivation. Millets can play an important role and contribute to our collective efforts to empower smallholder farmers, achieve sustainable development, eliminate hunger, adapt to climate change, promote biodiversity, and transform agri-food systems