ABOUT
US
What
is ATMA ?
Agriculture
Technology Management Agency (ATMA) is a society of key
stakeholders involved in agricultural activities for
sustainable agricultural development in the district. It is a
focal point for integrating Research and Extension activities
and decentralising day to day management of the public
Agricultural Technology System (ATS). It is a registered
society responsible for technology dissemination at the
district level. As a society, it would be able to receive and
expend project funds, entering into contracts & agreements
and maintaining revolving accounts that can be used to
collect fees and thereby recovering operating cost.
Why
ATMA ?
The
ATMA at district level would be increasingly responsible for
all the technology dissemination activities at the district
level. It would have linkage with all the line departments,
research organizations, non-governmental organizations and
agencies associated with agricultural development in the
district. Research and Extension units within the project
districts such as ZRS or substations, KVKs and the key line
Departments of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Horticulture
and Fisheries etc. would become constituent members of ATMA.
Each Research-Extension(R-E) unit would retain its
institutional identity and affiliation but programmes and
procedures concerning district-wise R-E activities would be
determined by ATMA Governing Board to be implemented by its
Management Committee (MC).
Aims
and Objectives:
The aims and objectives for which the ATMA is formed are:
1. To identify location specific needs of farming
community for farming system based agricultural development;
2. To set up priorities for sustainable
agricultural development with Farming Systems Approach;
3. To draw plans for production based system
activities to be undertaken by farmers/ultimate users;
4. To execute plans through line departments, training
institutions, NGOs, farmer’s organizations and allied
institutions;
5. To coordinate efforts being
made by various line departments, NGOs, farmers organizations
and allied institutions to strengthen research
extension-farmers linkages in the district and to promote
collaboration and coordination between various State funded
technical departments;
6. To facilitate the
empowerment of farmers/products through assistance for
mobilization, organization into associations, cooperatives
etc. for their increased participation in planning,
marketing, technology dissemination and agro-processing etc.
7. To facilitate market interventions for
value addition to farm produce;
Roles
and Responsibilities of ATMA:
ATMA
would be supported by Governing Board(GB) and Management
Committee(MC). The Governing Board is a policy making body
and provide guidance as well as review the progress and
functioning of the ATMA. The Management Committee would be
responsible for planning and executing the day-to-day
activities of ATMA.
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ACTIVITIES
I.
Farmer oriented Activities:
• 1) Developing/Revisiting Strategic Research & Extension
Plan (SREP)
• 2) Training of farmers
o
(a) Inter – State
o (b) Within
state
o (c) Within District
Level
• 3) Organizing demonstrations
o
(a) Demonstration (Agri)
o (b)
Demonstration (allied sector)
• 4) Exposure
visit of farmers
o (a) Inter
State
o (b) Within the state
o
(c) Within District
• 5) Mobilization of
farmer groups of different types including Farmer Interest
Group, Women Groups, Farmers Organisation, Commodity
Organisations and Farmer Cooperatives etc.
o
(a) Capacity building, skill development and support services
o (b) Seed money / revolving
fund
o (c) Food Security
Groups (Women Farmers)
• 6) Rewards and
incentives – Farmer Groups
• 7) Farmer Awards
(Block Level)
II.
Farm Information dissemination:
• 8) District level exhibitions, Kisan melas,
fruits/vegetable shows
• 9) Information
dissemination through printed leaflets etc and local
advertisements
o (a) Low cost
production
• 10) Development of technology
packages in digital form to be shared through IT network.
III.
Agriculture Technology, Refinement, Validation & Adoption:
• 11)
o (a) Farmer Scientist
Interactions at district level
o
(b) Designate Expert Support from ICAR/KVK
•
12) Orgainsation of Kisan gosthis to strengthen research –
extension – farmer linkages.
• 13) Assessment,
Refinement,Validation and adoption of Frontline technologies
and other short term researchable issues through KVKs and
other local research centres.
IV.
Innovative Activities- State Level:
• 14) Implementation of Extn Activities through
Agri.-preneurs trained under Agri Clinics scheme
•
15) P.G. Diploma in Agriculture Extension through MANAGE
V.
Innovative Activities - District Level:
• 16) Support for District level training institutions- It
may include both operational expenses and non recurring
expenditure
• 17) Farmer Friend
VI.
Other Innovative Activities:
• 18) Display Boards
• 19) Production of Low
cost Films
• 20) Kala Jatha / Skit
presentation for dissemination of Technology
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