Monday, September 28, 2015

Govt sets up centres to train farmers in new technologies :

In a bid to impart scientific training to farmers, the state government has set up the state agricultural management and extension training institute and agricultural technology management agency. The two bodies were inaugurated on Monday at the agricultural department at Tonca Caranzalem in the presence of senior officials of the agriculture department.

The government has initiated various steps to encourage agriculture and take it to greater heights by introducing farmer-friendly techniques with a special emphasis on organic farming," minister for agriculture Ramesh Tawadkar said.

SAMETI-Goa is a state-level training institute established to impart training and has been set up under the centrally sponsored scheme for support to state extension programmes. SAMETI-Goa will function as the nodal state-level training institute in the area of agricultural management and will provide capacity building support.

Apart from this, consultancy services in areas of project planning, appraisal, implementation, monitoring and evaluation will be offered to farmers.

The agricultural technology management agency is a district level body established to disseminate agricultural technologies to the farmers.

Tawadkar pointed out that agriculture provides maximum returns by way of yield and advised officials of the directorate to reach out to farmers, by maintaining friendly relations and providing proper guidance. He also urged the officials to formulate schemes to meet farmers' requirement so as to increase agricultural production.

Source : Times of India

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