<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, the Millet festival was celebrated in Gandhinagar in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The programme was organized to spread awareness about the use of millet in the state.<br />''<br />''Addressing the farmers, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's efforts to promote India's traditional farm produce-millets have fetched fruitful results as the United Nations has decided to celebrate the year 2023 as 'International Millet Year'. He said public awareness needs to be spread about the usefulness of millet in countries around the world including India.  <br />''Mr. Patel said the state government will hold 'Megacity Millet Expo' in 8 cities of the state to encourage people in urban areas to use millets. Such expos will provide a common platform to farmers and consumers for cooking millet.<br />''<br />''CM added that in order to train farmers in the cultivation of millets, Cropping system-based training will be given to farmers at taluka and village level and certified seeds of Jowar, Bajri and Ragi will also be distributed to them.</span><br />