National Cooperative Spice Fair 2025

• 16 May 2025

Why in News? 

National Cooperative Spice Fair 2025 was organised by the Rajasthan Cooperative Department and Rajasthan State Cooperative Consumer Federation at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur. 

 Key Points 

About the Cooperative Spice Fair 2025 

• A variety of healthy and traditional spices, millet products and other cooperative products were showcased at the fair. 
  • This year, products made from Millet grains (Shree Anna) have become a special centre of attraction at the fair. 
• Various self-help groups, cooperative consumer associations and local producers participated in the fair with their diverse product range.
• This fair offers consumers the opportunity to purchase pure, high-quality, and healthy products directly. 
• The fair promotes employment and economic empowerment at the local level. 

Millets 

• About: It is a collective term referring to a number of small-seeded grasses that are cultivated as grain crops, primarily on marginal lands in dry areas in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions.  
  • Some of the common millets available in India are Ragi (Finger millet), Jowar (Sorghum), Sama (Little millet), Bajra (Pearl millet), and Variga (Proso millet).  
• Global and Indian Production: India is the largest producer of millets, followed by Niger and China.  
• Millet Promotion: 2023 was recognized as the International Year of Millets by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).  
  • The Indian government promotes millet production under the National Food Security Mission.