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Karnataka’s effort to put Millets on the global map

March 8, 2021
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In news : UN General Assembly to adopt a resolution to declare 2023 as the International Year of Millets

Key updates 

  • The resolution titled ‘International Year of Millets 2023‘ was initiated by India with Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia and Senegal and was co-sponsored by over 70 nations. 
  • The 193-member General Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution, declaring 2023 as the International Year of Millets.

FAO nod to India’s ‘year of Millets – 2023 proposal

In 2018,‘International Year of Millets’ had been endorsed by the FAO Council for 2023

Declaring an International year by the United Nations

  • The UN designates specific days, weeks, years and decades as occasions to mark particular events or topics in order to promote, through awareness and action, the objectives of the Organization. 
  • History: Guidelines for the proclamation of international years were adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1980 (decision 35/424) upon a proposal by the ECOSOC (resolution 1980/67 of 25 July 1980) and were subsequently reaffirmed through General Assembly resolution 53/199 of 15 December 1998.
  • Usually, it is one or more Member States that propose these observances and the General Assembly establishes them with a resolution. 
  • On occasion, these celebrations are declared by the specialized agencies of the United Nations, such as UNESCO, UNICEF, FAO, etc., when they concern issues that fall within the scope of their competencies. 
  • Some of them may be later adopted by the General Assembly.

About Millets

Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food.

Millets consist of Jowar, Bajra, Ragi and minor millets together termed as nutri-cereals.

Millet production in India 

In India, millets are cultivated in an area of 15.48 million hectare producing 17.2 million tonnes with a yield of 1111 kg/ha (Directorate of Economics and Statistics, 2015). Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Karnataka are the top most states of millets cultivation in India.

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