The second edition of World Food India is set to be organised by the 'Ministry of Food Processing Industries' in the first week of November 2023. The venue for the event to be held from November 3-5 is Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
A curtain raiser event was held here this week, where Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Pashupati Kumar Paras, Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti, Prahlad Singh Patel, launched the website.
Paras emphasised that India is one of the fastest-growing economies with many investment opportunities, especially in the food processing sector.
He outlined five pivotal elements of the WFI-2023 as Millets- 'Shree Anna-The Super Food of India', Innovation and Sustainability 'Green Food', and 'White Revolution 2.0', making India an export hub and focus on technology and digitisation.
He said that during the three-day event, the government expects leading players in the food processing sector from across the globe to showcase their strengths.
Notably, the 'International Year of Millets' 2023 officially kicked off on January 1, 2023, and the focus will be on millets at the WFI 2023. The Government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi spearheaded the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution for declaring the year 2023 as the 'International Year of Millets' and India's proposal was supported by 72 countries.
UNGA announced 2023 as the International Year of Millets back in March 2021.
India is a global leader in the production of millet with an area of about 12.5 million hectares and a share of more than 15 per cent of the world's total production. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana are the major millets producing states.
Millets are now being promoted as 'Super Food' and their production is not dependent on the use of chemical fertilizers.
(With inputs from agencies)
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