North American Millets Alliance (Nama)

North American Millets Alliance is a social benefit (non-profit) initiative dedicated to promoting millets as resilient crops and nutritious foods in the US and neighboring countries during and after the International Year of Millets (2023). The International Year of Millets (IYM) was proposed by India and other countries, with the support of the UN FAO, and adopted by a UN General Assembly resolution in March 2021. Its principal object is to support the increase of cultivation, marketing, and consumption of millets, especially among smallholder farmers (including women farmers) in what are called “developing countries. We believe that IYM also provides a great opportunity to increase awareness of and interest in millets in North America. Millets, as a group, include a large variety of species and varieties that can add valuable biodiversity to our global, agroecological landscapes.