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19/07/22 05:55 AM IST

'Mapping and Exchange of Good Practices’ Initiative

In News 
  • NITI Aayog and the World Food Programme (WFP), India, will launch the ‘Mapping and Exchange of Good Practices’ initiative for mainstreaming millets in Asia and Africa in a hybrid event.
About the initiative 
  • NITI and WFP will prepare a compendium of good practices for scaling up the production and consumption of millets in India and abroad.
About WFP 
  • It was founded in 1961 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) with its headquarters in Rome, Italy.
  • It is also a member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG), a coalition of UN agencies and organizations aimed at fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • The international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition by 2030.
  • The WFP assists 88 countries, and has assisted 97 million people (in 2019) which is the largest number since 2012.
NITI Aayog 
  • Planning Commission was replaced by a new institution – NITI Aayog on 1st January, 2015 with emphasis on ‘Bottom –Up’ approach to envisage the vision of Maximum Governance, Minimum Government, echoing the spirit of ‘Cooperative Federalism’.
  • It has two Hubs.
  • Team India Hub acts as interface between States and Centre.
  • Knowledge and Innovation Hub builds the think-tank acumen of NITI Aayog.
Source- PIB 

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