On 3 March 2021, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution proposed by India and fifty-one other countries, with …
Translation problems ahead of the International Year of Millets (IYOM2023)?
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Seven International Years & two decades
As we close out the year 2021, I’d like to catch up and look ahead at a number of UN calendar observances. Seven of those are International Years: 4 that are coming to a close; 2 that will begin next …
International Year of Plant Health, 2020+
Almost overlooked in a time when the COVID-19 pandemic began to threaten human health and life around the planet was the 2020 International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). Here’s a quick catch-up about this important observance, which has been “extended …
International Year of Millets, 2023
Early last year I noted India’s proposal to make 2018 the International Year of Millets (IYOM) and its subsequent rolling out of its own National Year of Millets in the same year. Apparently that IYOM proposal, submitted to FAO too …
An International Year of Millets?
India is celebrating 2018 as its National Year of Millets. This follows a proposal by the government of India to the United Nations (UN) in late 2017 to make 2018 the International Year of Millets (which I’ll abbreviate IYOM). …
Sumbala, and the shifting worlds of locust beans & soybeans in West Africa
One of the two foods highlighted in my chapter about soybeans in Africa in The World of Soy (published already 8 years ago now) was a pungent West African condiment, traditionally made with “African locust beans” but increasingly with soybeans, …