The High Commissioner of India to Ghana, Sugandh Rajaram, has called for the promotion of millet consumption on a worldwide scale to support sustainable development, a clean environment, and a robust economy.
He believed that promoting millets’ cultivation, consumption, and export would improve human health, preserve the environment, increase the income of farmers in developing nations, and guarantee food security.
He made this statement at the launch of the International Day of Millets 2023 (IYoM 2023) and Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) Campaigns during the Indian Food Festival in Accra, which was put on by the Indian High Commission.
According to Mr. Rajaram, millet, which is primarily grown in the Global South’s developing nations, contributes significantly to national economies and the food supply because so many rural farmers depend on its production, consumption, and sales revenue.
Millets, according to him, are the most nutrient-dense food products and the healthiest food available to humans. They also take little water and other resources to grow, are climate resilient, and are therefore an environmentally beneficial crop.
“We are increasingly experiencing difficulties to maintain sustainable health with the traditional diet but with the millet, which is protein rich, gluten free but at the same time providing various nutrients in terms of vitamins and minerals, will replace not only what we get through our traditional diet, but at the same time what the larger section of humanity is using as health supplements,” he said.
The Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Mr. Yaw Frimpong Addo, mentioned that, since 2017, Ghana had adopted a strategic approach to diversify its food supplies and tree crops by allocating more resources to the cultivation of unconventional crops.
“We are keen to work with our development partners, particularly the private sector to modernize and transform the agricultural sector. In our consideration, India is certainly a trusted partner for operationalizing our vision for agriculture,” Mr Addo indicated.
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