For the promotion of millets, the State Government on Tuesday signed an MoU with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) to organise a series of events on millet.
Director of Agriculture and Food Production, Prem Chandra Choudhary and Assistant Secretary General, FICCI, Mousumi Ghose signed the MoU. Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment (A and FE) Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain and Principal Secretary Arabinda Kumar Padhee and Special Secretary A and FE here at Krushi Bhawan were present.
FICCI will partner with the Department of A and FE for the organization of events on the eve of International Year of Millets (IYoM) 2023.
Notably, the UN General Assembly has declared the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYOM) to promote millets globally. In this regard, the Odisha Millets Mission has planned to organise a series of activities to commemorate this opportunity and spread the importance and benefits of millets globally.
The Agriculture Department and FICCI will be partners for organizing the many activities, events, and FICCI will render necessary end-to-end help, support and services towards successful organisation of the activities throughout the year with regard to IYOM including pre-event activities.
The Department will provide and facilitate necessary and incidental support to the industry body in terms of approvals, clearances, advisory and resources for various activities and events, including review and monitoring of activities regularly.