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APEDA’s efforts to prepare action plan to boost millet exports

apedas efforts to prepare action plan to boost millet exports Daily Current Affairs Article 15th January 2021: Agri export body APEDA is making efforts to prepare an action plan to increase export of millet and millet products for five years between 2021 and 2026.

Millet is a common term to categorize small-seeded grasses that are often termed nutri-cereals, and includes Sorghum, Pearl Millet, Ragi, Small Millet, Foxtail Millet, Proso Millet, Barnyard Millet, Kodo Millet and other millets.

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Millets are the cereal crops generally small-seeded and known for high nutritive value.

Considering the potential of increasing exports of Millets and Millet products and the focus given by Government for development of Millet sector of Nurti Cereals, APEDA is closely interacting with Indian Institute of Millet Research (IIMR) and other stakeholders.

It is an agricultural research institute engaged in basic and strategic research on sorghum and other millets. It is located at Rajendranagar (Hyderabad, Telangana).

IIMR operates under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

It was founded in 1958 under the Project on Intensified Research on Cotton, Oilseeds and Millets (PIRCOM).

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