CIMMYT commits to scaling-up millet cultivation and further promoting technologies that encourage millet consumption and other dryland cereal crops.
May 11, 2023
The United Nations declared 2023 as the International Year of the Millet.
Millet, with other resilient cereal crops, provides a nutritious and affordable option to families worldwide. CIMMYT and ICRISAT are scaling-up millet cultivation when climate change has placed pressure to protect the food systems that safeguard food security in Africa.
Climate adaptation and mitigation