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It will adopt a bottom-to-top approach ATMA to train farmers on new technology CUDDALORE: A new organisation called Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) will be set up with an aim to promote farm research and disseminate technology for improving productivity, according to District Collector Rajendra Ratnoo. He was speaking at a training programme organised here on Monday for agriculture extension workers from Cuddalore, Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur and Villupuram. The ATMA, a district-level autonomous institution with the District Collector as its chairman, will work towards sustainable agricultural development. It will dispense with the top-bottom approach and adopt the reverse methodology. It will also take into consideration inputs obtained from farmers and departments of agriculture, horticulture, fisheries and animal husbandry. The agency will have tie-ups with research organisations, non-governmental organisations and farmers’ associations, the Collector added. Participatory approachThe primary task of the ATMA would be to facilitate the preparation of strategic research and extension plan of the district through a participatory approach. The Collector further said the plan would focus on existing farming systems and the research-extension gaps that needed to be filled up. It would prioritise the strategies to be adopted, based on which the work plans at the block and district levels would be drafted. Mr. Ratnoo observed that the ATMA would also organise district-level exhibitions, kisan melas and fruits and vegetables shows, besides instituting awards for farmers. It would mobilise farmers’ groups and train them on new technology. To encourage the farmers to take to new technology, frequent interactive sessions with farm scientists would be organised. Field-level demonstrations would be held for the validation and adoption of new practices so as to give a thrust to production. FundsThe ATMA would fund its initatives through the Central and State Governments, membership fees and contributions from benefeciaries. The money thus collected would be spent on farmer-oriented activities, including information dissemination, Mr. Ratnoo added.T.Gunasekaran, Joint Director of Agriculture; K.A.Ponnusamy, national advisor to the State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute; V. Dhanusu, Joint Director of Agriculture (Sugarcane development) and V. Jayachandran, Deputy Director (Agronomy), spoke.
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