India leading International Year of Millets 2023 | MBA Bangalore

Posted by Shubham Thube, Prof. Mangala V Reddy On 14/01/2023 04:41:35

The United Nations General Assembly at its 75th session in March 2021 declared 2023 the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023). FAO is the lead agency for celebrating the Year in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders. Millets can grow on arid lands with minimal inputs and are resilient to changes in climate. They are therefore an ideal solution for countries to increase self-sufficiency and reduce reliance on imported cereal grains. MBA admission in Bangalore 2022

#IYM2023 will be an opportunity to raise awareness of, and direct policy attention to the nutritional and health benefits of millets and their suitability for cultivation under adverse and changing climatic conditions. The Year will also promote the sustainable production of millets, while highlighting their potential to provide new sustainable market opportunities for producers and consumers. Their main objectives for celebrating this year are, MBA in hr Bangalore

  • To ensure the awareness about contribution of millet to food security and nutrition
  • Improve sustainable production & quality of millets
  • Enhanced investment in research & development
  • Extension services to achieve other two aims

The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, stated that “Millets are incredible ancestral crops with high nutritional value. 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 agrifood systems.

What is millet?

A collective term referring to several small seeded annual grasses cultivated as a grain crop. Mainly cultivated in dry areas in temperate, subtropical & subtropical regions. Ragi (finger Millet), Jowar (Sorghum), Sama (Little Millet), Bajra (Pearl Millet), Kodo millet, Foxtail millet are the different types of millet. MBA finance in Bangalore

The origin of millet in India is from the Indus civilization & was one of the first plants domesticated for food. It is grown in about 131 countries and it is a traditional food for around 60 crore population of Asia and Africa. Rajasthan, UP, and Haryana contribute 81 percent of the share of the total millet production of India. Rajasthan contributes -Half of the total millet production in India. India is the largest producer of millet in the world with 20% global & 80% Asia production share. MBA Bangalore

Significance of Millets

Millets are nutritionally Superior than wheat and rice as they contain high protein, fiber & minerals like calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and B complex vitamins. Millets are also Gluten free and hence reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. Most importantly, millet production is not dependent on the use of chemical fertilizers and it does not require lot of irrigation, hence millet cultivation is less expensive. They are climate resilient as well. Millets helps to reduce “hidden hunger” and act as shield against nutritional deficiencies. MBA business analytics Bangalore

Initiatives taken by Government-

  1. Increase in Minimum Support Price (MSP): The government has hiked the Minimum Support Price of Millets, which came as a big price incentive for farmers.
  2. Further, to provide a steady market for the produce, the government has included millets in the public distribution system and focuses on enhancing domestic consumption.
  3. Input Support: The government has introduced provision of seed kits and inputs to farmers, building value chains through Farmer Producer Organizations and supporting the marketability of millets.
  4. Preventing post-harvest losses and focuses on value addition of millets.

India’s millet trade:

         India exported millets products worth of USD 34.32 million during 2021-22. In 2020- 21, India exported millets worth USD 26.97 million against USD 28.5 million in 2019-20. MBA in entrepreneurship in Bangalore

Conclusion-

       As millets can grow in and lands with minimum input & are resilient to climate change, so can be effective sol" for countries to increase Self-sufficiency & reduce reliance on imported cereal grains. According to PM of India, International year of millets 2023 is a 'People's Movement' alongside Positioning India as the Global Hub for millets". So looking at superiority of India at global level in millets production and trade, international year of millets 2023 will help to boost Indian economy and power India to be self-sufficient in terms of food grains production. MBA in digital marketing in bangalore

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