<span style="color: #222222;">NITI Aayog and the World Food Programme, India will launch the Mapping and Exchange of Good Practices initiative for mainstreaming millets in Asia and Africa tomorrow in a hybrid event. NITI Aayog and WFP will prepare a compendium of good practices for scaling up the production and consumption of millets in India and abroad.<br />''<br />''The event will be inaugurated by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery in the presence of Member Prof. Ramesh Chand and Adviser Dr Neelam Patel, WFP Representative and Country Director- India Bishow Parajuli, National Rainfed Area Authority CEO Dr Ashok Dalwai and Agriculture Ministry Joint Secretary Shubha Thakur.<br />''<br />''Representatives from Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Central and State Government Departments, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, industry, Central and State Agriculture Universities, FPOs, NGOs, start-ups, academic and research institutions and international organizations such as the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, ICRISAT, Food Agriculture Organization, FAO, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, ICID and others will also participate in the event.</span><br />