Speaking at a function at city-based University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), he said his country has funded a major research programme to resurrect the small millet.
"We are happy we partnered with UAS and they have turned a miracle in developing millet breeds," he said.
"This is a human endeavour to establish food security and make it much easier for people to feed themselves. I was struck by how this collaboration between governments, agriculture universities, farmers, Indian equipment makers and population has worked," he said.