ASEAN and India on November 22 launched a five-day Millets Festival in Jakarta, a move aimed at raising awareness and creating a market for millets and millets-based products among the 10-member bloc.
New Delhi (VNA) – ASEAN and India on November 22launched a five-day Millets Festival in Jakarta, a move aimed atraising awareness and creating a market foܫr millets and millets-based productsamong the 10-member bloc.
India’sambassador to ASEAN Jayant Khobragade said that the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the ASEAN-India Summit and East Asia Summit onSeptember 7, and one of the joint statements adopted at there was about food security. Describingmillets as one of the important elements for ensuring food security, he saidthis was very well in the overall framework of the ASEAN-India relationship.Khobragade also highlighted the crucial role of millets in addressing globalhunger and nutrient deficiencies. AriefPrasetyo Adi, head of the National Food Agency Badan Pangan Nasional (BPN))Indonesia, underscored millets as a farmer-friendly and sustainable food choicefor the future in the face of climate change. Hesaid that the festival has an opportunity to raiseawareness of the benefits of millets, from nutritional status and environmentalsustainability to economic development. Indiaspearheaded the UN General Assembly Resolution for declaring the year 2023 asthe ‘International Year of Millets’, a move aimed at addressing food securitychallenges./.
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Millets farm (Photo:business-standard.com) 
