Chief of UN farm fund lauds India for reviving global focus on millets, exporting wheat to 18 countries

NEW DELHI: The United Nations fundforagriculturaldevelopmenthas lauded India for reviving focus on millets and exporting 1.8 million tonnes of wheat to 18 countries that faced an acute shortage of food last yearinthewakeofthewarinUkraine.

Alvaro Lario, the president of the International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD), also said that

India's G20 presidency has the potential to "transform" the global food systems as some of New Delhi's priority areas are in sync with that of the UN body. "We also appreciate India's exports of wheat - 1.8 million tonnes - to 18 countries facing an acuteshortagelastyearinthewakeof thewarinUkraine,"hesaid.

TheIFADPresidentsaidIndiacan play a global role in its capacity as the G20 president to transform global foodsystems.

"India's G20 Presidency has the potentialtotransformfoodsystems.A foodsystemincludesalltheaspectsof feeding and nourishing people: growing, harvesting, packaging, processing, transporting, marketing andconsumingfood,"hesaid.