Virtual Event, 30/03/2023
-jpg.jpg?sfvrsn=896ad87b_0 "Scientific Roundtable Discussion - Millets for Enhancing Agri-economy, Nutrition, Environmental and Sustainable Development Goals")
The first International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) Scientific Roundtable of 2023 focuses on Millets for Enhancing Agri-economy, Nutrition, Environmental, and Sustainable Development Goals and is slated for 31 March 2023.
The importance of the consumption of varieties of millets in the composite diet for a Sustainable Food System has been emphasized when the International Year was announced at the UN Food Systems Summit, at which IUFoST was one of the invited and leading organizations that gave scientific input. IUFoST experts focused on the role of food science and technology in achieving sustainable and healthy diets across nations.
Millets are grown in more than 130 countries. They represent components of traditional foods consumed by more than 600 million people daily in Asia and Africa. Millets do require less water to grow and therefore are much lower in carbon and water footprints. Most importantly millets have a good plant-based nutrition profile and are suitable for all strata of the economy in society. The science and technology of millets suggest these grains are affordable and are used extensively by small and medium industries in Asia and Africa to make ready for consumption using pre-processing methods such as sprouting and drying, roasting, puffing, and flours and even in multigrain dietary patterns.
The focus of this IUFoST - SRD would be to understand how Food Science and Technology can take the Challenges in the Millet Chain (MC) to deliver the needed end product to the consumer and the raw material for the food industries to make potentially nutritious, healthy and safe food products.
Global experts will address the relevant issues in food science and technology applicable to millets and their role to enhance the global and regional awareness of dietary patterns with better nutrition and improved health through regular consumption of millets-based products.
Expert Speakers in the IUFoST SRD on Millets for Enhancing Agri-economy, Nutrition, Environmental and Sustainable Development Goals, Friday, March 31 beginning at 07.00 Eastern Time (GMT-4) include:
