Codex Alimentarious Commission hails India’s standards on millets
India has framed a comprehensive group standard for 15 types of millets specifying eight quality parameters, which received applause at the international meet.
India has framed a comprehensive group standard for 15 types of millets specifying eight quality parameters, which received applause at the international meet.
At the three-day International Conference on "Millets for Achieving Nutritional and Economic Security", the minister encouraged the participants in various competitions organised during the event.
Megasthenes visited India some 2,300 year ago and recorded his observations in the book Indika. His records show that millets…
Scientists prepare ready-to-eat porridge from camel milk and millet. The scientists at National Research Centre on Camel in Bikaner have prepared the porridge by mixing various types of millet flours with camel-milk powder.
Recognising the importance of millets, and creating a domestic and global demand along with providing nutritious food to the people, at the behest of the Government of India, the United Nations declared 2023 the International Year Millets.
To reap the maximum nutritional benefits from millets, it is essential to encourage their use as staple food. Government policy and entrepreneurs need to take responsibility for ensuring that this does not remain as just a fad food but truly becomes a part of mainstream food habits
"By including millets in the midday meals, we want to increase the nutrition being provided to children and also help them develop a taste for millets," he said.
Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Vice Chancellor Prof Rajeshwar Singh Chandel said the university has made an activity calendar for carrying out various activities for the promotion of millets in the state.
The Chhattisgarh herbal stall at the pavilion is offering a wide range of healthy, gluten-free products to visitors. The stall offers healthy cookies, ladoos, flour, flax, pasta, noodle, Poha and made of Kodo, Kutki, Ragi, etc., ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 500 per pack.
India is one of the leading producers of millet in the world with an estimated share of around 41 per cent in global production.
