Two-day Millet Mahotsav organised at Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Two-day Millet Mahotsav organised at Agra, Uttar Pradesh

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Category : International Published on: March 07 2023

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A two-day Millet Mahotsav was organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries at Agra, Uttar Pradesh, from 3-4 March, 2023.
The event was inaugurated by Minister of State for Law & Justice, Prof. SP Singh Baghel.
Several dignitaries, including Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Minhaj Alam, were also present on the occasion.
Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of food grains in India and accounted for about 18.89% share (58.32 million MT) in the country’s total food grain output in 2020-21. In the year 2019-20, the state of Uttar Pradesh produced 21,71,836.00 MT millet.
The different varieties of millets mainly produced in Uttar Pradesh include Sorghum, Pearl Millet, Kodo and Barnyard Millet.
In the Agra district, the millet varieties produced mainly include Sorghum and Pearl Millet.

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