There is a rising demand for healthy food in the post-pandemic world, and being the leading producer of millets, India has the responsibility to protect the world from lifestyle diseases, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel said here on Saturday.
He was speaking at ‘Global Food Basket-2023’, a two-day conclave on food processing technologies and trade, organised by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Chamber of Commerce (MSME CC) and World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME) in Vijayawada.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi knew that the future belongs to millets. At the International Food Festival in Dubai in 2017, Mr. Modi said millets would keep the world from going hungry. While people made light of the matter initially, his words gained significance later as 2018 was declared ‘National Year for Millets’. His idea also received support from 73 countries. Today, we are celebrating 2023 as the International Year of Millets,” he said.
