Hi I would like to have brief about Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) as well as the objectives and features?

So as to address the key limitations confronted by expansion framework in the nation as for diminishing limit of open augmentation benefits, its absence of decentralized and request driven concentration, the Innovations in Technology Dissemination part of National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) was actualized in seven States in the nation in particular, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Maharashtra and Punjab through four venture locale in each State.

This part went for pilot testing new institutional plans for innovation scattering at region level and beneath keeping in mind the end goal to move towards an incorporated augmentation conveyance. The venture procedure included receiving base up arranging techniques for setting the exploration and augmentation office keeping in mind the end goal to make the innovation scattering rancher driven and agriculturist responsible.

One key idea or objective is to decentralize basic leadership to the area level through the formation of Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA). A moment objective is to expand rancher contribution to program arranging and asset distribution, particularly at the Block level, and to build responsibility to partners.

Objectives:

The destinations of ATMA are

To reinforce investigate – expansion – rancher linkages

To give a compelling instrument to co-appointment and administration of exercises of various organizations required in innovation adaption/approval and dispersal at the area level and beneath.

To expand the quality and kind of advances being scattered.

To move towards shared responsibility for agrarian innovation framework by key shareholders.

To grow new associations with the private foundations including NGOs.

Notable Features of ATMA :

Making Farmer Advisory Committee to enhance criticism.

Utilizing NGOs to compose agriculturists.

Empowering private division inclusion in innovation exchange.

Approval and refining advances through research units in the region.

Base up arranging system.

Expanded utilization of Information Technology (ARIS, WWW)

In-administration preparing to build staff fitness.

Growing new Public-Private associations.

Development and fortifying of agriculturist's advantage aggregate

Funding:

The plan is suppported by the Central Government. The subsidizing example is 90% by the focal Government and 10% by the state government. The 10% state's share might comprise of money commitment of the State, recipient commitment or the commitment of other non-administrative associations

Contact:

e-Extension Centre
Technology Park 5
Directorate of Extension Education
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore - 641 003
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e-Mail: portal@tnau.ac.in