NITI Aayog and United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) have agreed to diversify the food basket.
The partnership between NITI Aayog and UN WFP focuses to mainstream the millets and supporting India in taking a lead internationally in knowledge exchange.
The year 2023 is called the International Year of Millets.
This partnership also aims to build resilient livelihoods for small farmers and adaptation capacities towards climate change as well as transforming food systems.
The government of India had observed 2018 as a year of millets, to encourage and promote millet production.