Important for
Prelims: Geography and Environment
Mains: General Studies Paper I
World Food India 2023
- India’s Ministry of Food Processing Industries will be organizing the second edition of ‘World Food India 2023’, which aims to showcase India’s rich food culture and attract global investments in the diverse food processing sector.
- It is a gateway to the Indian food economy, facilitating partnerships between Indian and foreign investors.
- It will showcase investment opportunities in backward linkages, processing equipment, research and development, cold chain storage, start-ups, logistics, and retail chains.
- Shree Anna (Millets): Leveraging India’s Super Food for the World.
- The United Nations has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023) with the aim of increasing the production and consumption of millets worldwide.
- The Ministry of Food Processing Industries launched the first edition of World Food India in 2017 with the theme of Transforming the Food Economy
Promoting Millets ?
- Popularize millet as a nutritional powerhouse fit for cooking a variety of dishes such as millet dosa and millet pasta.
- The establishment of the MEC is a step in the direction of India’s goal to become a “Global Hub” for millet.
Initiatives of Govt. Related to Millets
- Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millet Promotion (INSIMP)
- National Millets Mission (NMM)
- Hiked MSP of Millets
- Promotion of Organic Farming of millets
- Development of Value-Added Millet-based Products
Practice Questions for Prelims
1. ‘Millets’ were among the first crops to be domesticated in India with several evidence of its consumption during the Indus valley civilization.
2. In India, millets are primarily a kharif crop.
3. Globally, jowar is the biggest millet crop.
4. Jowar has more gross cropped area in India than bajra.
Which of the following statements is/are true?
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 2, 3 and 4
C) 1, 2 and 4
D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. a)
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