ATMA

ATMA
• Innovation in Technology
dissemination
• New organizational arrangement and
operational procedures
 GOAL
• To decentralise decision making through
creating ATMA
• Goal- is to increase farmers input in programme
planning and resources allocation
• To increase accountability of take holders
• To increase programme co-ordination and
integration
• To implement thrust programme more
effectively and efficiently
 What is ATMA ?
• Registered society key-stake holders in Agri.
Activities for sustainable development
• Focal point for integrating SREP
• Decentralizing day-to-day management of public
Agricultural Technology System (ATS)
• To receive and spend project funds
• To enter in to contacts and agreement
• To maintain revolving accounts
• To collect fees and to recover operating cost
 Functions of ATMA
Management Committee(AMC)
• To carry out PRA
• To identify-problems, needs, gaps
• To prepare SREP
• To specify short/ medium term adaptive
research technology validation & refinement
and extension priority
• To prepare annual work plan and budget
continue
 Functions of ATMA
Management Committee(AMC)
• To coordinate, monitor, supervise &
report the progress of Work plan
• To maintain accounts and carry out
Audit
• To establish coordination mechanism
• To provide annual performance report
• To provide secretariat assistance
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 and agreements and
maintaining revolving accounts that can be used to
collect fees and thereby recovering operating cost.
 Stake Holders

Governing Board ATMA.

AM.C
B.T.T.
F.A.C.
Village Level Officers.
Z.R.S.
K.V.K
 Rules and
regulations of ATMA

(1). Name of Society : The name of the Society will be "The

Agricultural Technology Management
Agency hereinafter called "ATMA"

(2).Location of the office: The registered office of the ATMA shall be

located at District Collectorate
/KrishiBhawan,Shimla.
(3).Interpretations
The following expression shall have the

following meaning unless inconsistent with

subject or context
 Rules and regulations of ATMA
(a). The "Society" shall mean the Agricultural Technology
Management Agency (ATMA).
(b). "Governing Board" shall mean the body as constituted
under
these rules.
(c). The" Chairman " shall mean the Chairman of the Society
referred to in these regulations.
(d). The "Project Director shall mean the Project Director-
cum
Agricultural Technology Management
Agency (ATMA) / Governing Board:

There shall be a Governing Board of

the Society and its position would be as
mentioned below:
District Collector Chairman
Additional District Vice Chairman
Collector
Deputy Director Member
(Agriculture) of the
District
Associate Director of Member
Zonal Research Station

Lead Bank Officer of Member

the District
One representative of Member
District Industries
Centre(DIC)
One representative of Member
District Industries
Centre(DIC)
One representative of Member
Agriculture Marketing
Board
One farmer representative Member
One livestock Member
producer
One horticultural farmer Member
Member
One from Member
Fisheries/Sericulture farmers
One representative of SC/ST Member
farmer
One representative of NGO Member

One representative of Input Member

Supplying Associations
Project Director,ATMA Member Secretary -cum-
Treasurer (Ex-Officio)
 Functions of Block Technology
Team(B.T.T.)

• Carry out periodic participatory rural appraisal

(PRA) to identify the problems
• Prepare an integrated strategic Extension
Technology Plan for the Block
• Prepare annual work plan and budget
provisions
• Coordinate the execution of these annual work
plans
• Maintain appropriate project accounts
• Extension of annual action plan and submission
of progress report
 Farmer Advisory Committee(F.A.C.)
• To provide technological coordination
administration and supervision
• Approve the seasonal and annual work
• To decide the extension and developmental
priorities
• To approve the budget allocation amongst the
line departments
 Farmer Advisory Committee(F.A.C.)
• To conduct joint supervision of any extension /
development
• Foster the organization and development
• Farmer Interest Groups (FIGs)
• farmer organizations (FOs)
• To assess and review the critical inputs like seed
fertilizer, Pesticides, Credit, Irrigation etc. Block
level.
• Provide feed back and directions to the
participating
 Functions of Village Level Officers
• Identifying documenting and incorporating
indigenous knowledge .
• Identifying innovative systems for soil, water
conservation and management,
• Agricultural and related sectors graduate be
identified
• Promoting formulation of farmers
organization/Group to meet out demand
• Where ever is possible the farmers be
encouraged for diversification
 Functions of Village Level Officers
• Private sector dealer, volunteers) be involved in
dissemination of technology.
• Identifying, documenting and incorporating success
stories.
• To create the awareness among the farmer
community about NATP.
• To act as catalyst for the farming community
• To assist the BTT/FACs in assessing the gaps in
adoption of technology
• To assist the BTT/FAC in identifying the local
problem and felt needs
• continue
 Functions of Zonal Research Station (Z.R.S)
• To organise monthly workshops, training
programmes of extension officers (B.T.T.)
• To organise farmer fair at least once before each
main cropping season at R.H.R.S.
• To develop technical message on Agriculture and
allied sector
• To validate refine specific technologies of
agricultural and related sectors
• To analyze and field testing of indigenous
technology knowledge identified by the extension
officers.
• continue
 Functions of Zonal Research
Station (Z.R.S)

• To develop appropriate technology for packing and

handling of perishable and durable produce.
• To generate success story on new technology in the
field of Agriculture and allied sector.
 Functions of
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK)

• To organise adaptive trials on farmers fields

• To orient and train the village level officers worker
from crop production to farming system approach.
• To organise vocational Training for post harvest
technologies especially for women farmers.
• To organise farmers fair at Block level
• To facilitate the B.T.T. /F.A.C. preparation of
annual work plans
 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK)
• To conduct diagnostic survey along with
B.T.T./FAC to advise the farmer on the spot.
• To give the advisory services on diversification and
intensification of farming system.
• To conduct the survey for diffusion of new
technologies (adaptive trials) continuously in
following years until the new technology has
become a success stories.
 Fund Flow Mechanism
• Fund will be released directly by the Govt. of India to
ATMA, SAMETI and NATP CELL.
• In turn ATMA will released the fund to district heads of line
departments; B.T.T / F.A.C heads of K.V.K. and Z.R.S.
• Head of K.V.K. and Z.R.S. and B.T.T. will released the
finds to the concerned scientists and member of B.T.T.
• Separate account will be opened in a Nationalized Bank
by, all funds receiving authorities .
• Every fund receiving authority will be held responsible
personally for the proper maintenance of Account ,Records
report as per NATP procedure.