Bhubaneswar: The fifth edition of Millets Day will be celebrated in Bhubaneswar November 10 and 11, with a two-day conference on the theme ‘Strengthening Shree Anna and Landrace Seed Systems’, official sources said.
Organised by the Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment (A&FE) department, the event will focus on the theme ‘Community Seed Systems and Agricultural Biodiversity for Resilient Food Systems’, highlighting Odisha’s efforts to promote climate-resilient agriculture and the cultivation and processing of nutritious millets, popularly known as Shree Anna, they said Monday.
Governor Braj Mohan Ram will attend the inaugural ceremony as the chief guest. Deputy Chief Minister and A&FE Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo will also be present.
Other prominent participants will include former WHO chief scientist and MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) chairperson Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Union Agriculture Research and Education Department Secretary and ICAR Director General Dr Mangi Lal Jat, and Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology VC Pravat Kumar Roul. In 2022, the state government declared November 10 as Millets Day under its flagship Shree Anna Abhiyan.
