UNGA Adopts 2023 As ‘International Year Of Millets’

• 05 Mar 2021

• The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), on March 3, 2021, adopted India sponsored resolution to mark 2023 as ‘International Year of Millets’.
• The resolution was initiated by India along with Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia & Senegal and was supported by over 70 nations.
• The objective of declaring ‘International Year of Millets’ is to raise awareness about health benefits of the grain & suitability for cultivation under changing climatic conditions. Also, millet contributes towards food security, nutrition, poverty eradication, etc. It will help in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in regions which are drought prone or threatened by climate change.
• The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations will implement the International Year of Millets in 2023.
• India observed 2018 as the National Year of Millets.