18/ 4
2024
Join us for this insightful webinar, a part of the FAO One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) webinar series, organized in collaboration with the govern...
26/ 9
2023
Millets are expected to play a major role in global food security and hunger alleviation due to their high nutritional value and wide adaptability to the agro-ecological environment.
At the same time, millet has attracted little attention in agronomy and breeding research, thus its potentials have remained largely untapped. It is urgent to undertake research and international collabora...
25/ 4
2024
26/4
2024
Agricultural leaders, policymakers, and high-level representatives from the global south gathered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 25-26 March 2024, to chart a course for collective action beyond the International Year of Millets 2023 (IYM2023).
Key outcomes of the meeting included the development of plans for establishing Centers of Excellence on Millets in major m...
29/ 3
2024
Продовольственная и сельскохозяйственная организация Объединенных Наций (ФАО) приглашает вас принять участие в торжественном мероприятии, посвященном закрытию Международного года проса – 2023. Меропри...
19/ 12
2023
FAO Uganda is hosting a millets festival in Kampala. The festival is expected to bring together key stakeholders in the agriculture industry, development partners, private sector representatives, youth organizations and students, media personnel and millet producers.
21/ 1
2024
30/6
2024
With Sub-Saharan Africa's population projected to double by 2050, the challenge of employing and providing enough food for all becomes crucial. But here's the exciting revelation: Africa's abundant local grains and ingredients offer a compelling solution that goes far beyond its borders. Across the continent, ingenious and sustainable food solutions are thriving, and they deserve the global ...
22/ 3
2023
Sorghum United will host the director of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organiza...
29/ 11
2023
The United Nations General Assembly at its 75th Session in March 2021 declared 2023 the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023). As part of the IYM2023 celebration, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing the “IYM Global Webinar Series” to highlight the various environmental, social and economic benefits of millets, their rich heritage and vast poten...
17/ 11
2023
18/11
2023
In 2011, Kuo Huaren, honorary professor of the Department of Agronomy at National Taiwan University, brought back Taiwanese millet seeds collected by American scholar Dr. Wayne Hazen Fogg in 1977 from the U.S. National Seed Bank. This was an important milestone for millet. The 2023 Seed Life Festival is in response to the 2023 International Year of Millet announced by the Food and Agricultur...
31/ 8
2023
Among indigenous tribes in Taiwan, millets are important plants. Millets are not only recognized as food, but also carry many socio-culture meanings. However, due to changing eating habits and the influences of modern lifestyle, millet-related customs are gradually being lost. In Ryori.Taiwan* Issue No. 70, we record how the indigenous tribes try to bring millets back to their daily lives, from...
16/ 8
2023
On 17 August, Ryori.Taiwan and Gamaisland (staff cafeteria of Gamania Group) jointly organised a millets banquet. The dinner was aimed at promoting the millet culture and showcasing its good...
1/ 10
2023
This presentation was recorded virtually for the benefit of conference attendees at the “ Millets: A Sustainable Approach Towards Health, Nutrition and Environment ” in Jaipur, India. Sorghum United Chief Executive Officer, Nate Blum discusses the mission of Sorghum United in promoting sorghum and mil...
27/ 11
2023
28/11
2023
International Nutri Cereal Convention, with Multi-Stakeholders, is the flagship event of ICAR-IIMR conducted by Nutrihub every year at Hyderabad, Telangana. The objective of this convention is to bring together all the stakeholders from the Nutri Cereals industry, from producers to processors to c...
9/ 11
2023
10/11
2023
With aim to take Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) to the next level, Government of Odisha is organising a two day International Convention on Millets (ICM) at Janta Maidan, Bhubaneswar on November 9 & 10. The theme of the ICM is “Millets – Ancient Grains for Modern Chall...
26/ 9
2023
The Taitung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station (TTDARES) of the Ministry of Agriculture held the Taitung Indigenous Village ...
7/ 11
2023
Join this webinar to learn more about how the cultivation and consumption of millets can help empower smallholder farmers, women, Indigenous Peoples and youths.
25/ 10
2023
Convegno informativo volto a sensibilizzare sulle risorse del territorio e le aree urbane, l’importanza dell’acqua e delle risorse idriche finalizzate alla coltivazione dei terrei circostanti. Nel convegno saranno portate le esperienze di studenti attivi nel campo della sperimentazione e della ricerca di istituti superiori e della primaria di secondo grado.
A cura di Nutriziopoli, Asso...
28/ 9
2023
During the celebration of nutrition month, the mothers of a slum community will prepare healthy and nutritious millet dishes. They will be judged by renowned nutritionists and eminent hospitality personalities for their preparation. They will also sell their preparations to visitors in the community, where people not covered by the project can taste these delicacies.
The winners of the event...
21/ 9
2023
In the context of making agriculture more climate-smart, and as part of the events of the International Year of Millets 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Uni...
1/ 10
2023
The aim of the event, to be held in partnership with FAO-Türkiye, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies and the Directorate of Field Crops Research Institute, is to discuss the potential and future of millets in agriculture and food from a technical perspective, involving technical experts and academics. The goal of the event is ...
