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ANNUAL REPORT 2013-14 i

ATMA Directorate and SAMETI Gujarat AAnnual Report 2013-14

Content Chapter Subject Page

1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 01

2 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ..................................................... 04

3 STATE LEVEL ACTIVITIES ................................................................. 09

4 DISTRICT LEVEL ACTIVITIES ........................................................... 19

5 ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES ....................................... 48

6 FINANCIAL SUMMARY ......................................................................... 55

ANNEXURE ................................................................................................ 56

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Objectives To rapidly disseminate technologies through intensified agricultural activities among

the member farmers of the CIG/FIG/FO according to their needs & interest and at their door steps.

Decentralization of decision making power at district/block/village level.

Involvement of farmers in agricultural development programs, right from planning to implementation stage.

Integrating & coordinating amongst various state/central development departments, NGOs and all other allied sector unit, including input dealers of private/corporate sectors at each level of implementation, and looking for convergence & partnership

The Focus of Extension Reforms-Gujarat is to provide technology, inputs, skills, investments and market at the doorsteps of the

farmers according to the need of farmers.

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CHAPTER – 1

INTRODUCTION India accounts for about 2.4% of world area, but supports 17% of world human population and 15% of world livestock population. Agriculture plays an important role in Indian economy accounting for 14% of total GDP and 11% of its export. About half of population still relies on agriculture to earn their livelihood. Therefore, agriculture is crucial to overall development of the country.

Gujarat state is situated in the western part of India. It covers an area of 196 lakhs ha, which comes out to six per cent of the total geographical area of India. Out of the total area, net cultivated area is 98.01 lakhs ha, and gross cultivated area is 118.07 lakhs ha., with cropping intensity of 120.47 %. The net irrigated area is about 30 lakhs ha., which constitutes 29.13 per cent of total cultivated area.

The state has a long costal line of 1600 km on its western and south-western boundaries. At the northern side, the state shares international boundary with Pakistan. Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan states are located on the East and North-East side of Gujarat. On the East and South-East side, the state is bounded by Maharashtra.

For administrative purpose, the state is divided into 26 districts with 225 talukas. Out of the total population of more than 600 lakhs people. Nearly 62 per cent resides in rural areas comprising of 18,600 villages. About 48 lakhs families are solely dependent on agriculture.

Out of the total area of the State, around 20 per cent falls under arid region and 9 per cent falls under semi-arid region. Agro-climatic condition is very heterogeneous in Gujarat. The state is divided into 8 agro-climatic zones. Because of this diversified climatic condition, a variety of crops are produced in Gujarat. The state is famous for its mangoes from Gir region and date-palm from Kutch region. Major crops of state include paddy, wheat, pulses, groundnut, castor, cotton, cumin, vegetables etc.

Agriculture in Gujarat is characterized by erratic and irregular rainfall, vast difference in average rainfall in different areas of Gujarat, frequent occurrence of drought, cyclone and floods, depletion of ground quantity and quality, salinity ingress in costal lines, fragmented land holdings. These shortfalls hamper agricultural development in the state.

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Reforms in Technology Transfer

Traditionally, top-down approach has been followed in agricultural extension, in which the decision on the technology to be transferred to the farmer’s field is taken at the top level. Many schemes/programmes have been implemented for taking improved agro-technology to the farmer’s fields. These schemes were effective in disseminating agricultural technology in irrigated area with high potential. To increase the productivity in resource scarce area new extension initiatives were required. In addition, there was change in the focus of farmers from subsistence to commercial agriculture and this increased dependency on many players. The demand driven extension & diverse needs of the farmers called for expertise in many sectors. These all factors forced for extension reforms.

Extension Reforms Schmes

The need was felt for revitalization of extension services; improvement in sophistication of technology dissemination methodology and the extension services that can meet the location specific special needs of farmers. With a view to address system problems and constraints, an innovative extension model emerged from the efforts of Govt. of India (GoI), and World Bank in mid-1990s. This innovative new model, “Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA)” implemented under GoI programme ‘Support to State Extension Program for Extension Reforms’, provided for decentralized extension approach, which would focus more on diversification and increasing farm income and rural employment.

ATMA was pilot-tested under the Innovations for Technology Dissemination (ITD) component of World Bank funded National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) in 28 districts of India. In Gujarat, it was implemented initially in eight districts from 2005-06. All 26 districts of the state were covered from March - 2008.

With the view of increasing the impact of scheme, Government of India modified the

guidelines of the Extension Reforms Scheme in 2010. Under the modified guidelines,

provision of staff upto block level was made. In addition, it also provided for

involvement of farmers in decision making at all levels - block, district, state &

SAMETI level through Farmer Advisory Committees (FACs); provisions for farmers’

friends. Cost norms for certain activities were also updated in modified guidelines.

The approval of Modified Scheme as well as provision for the manpower was cleared

by the DAC, GoI and GoG.


Policy Parameters Governing the Cafeteria of Activities under modified ATMA

scheme

New institutional arrangements - SAMETI, Office of State Nodal Officer, ATMA

Decentralized decision making at district level

Broad-based extension delivery (Farming System Approach)

Group approach to extension (CIGs, FIGs & FOs)

Gender concerns : minimum 30% allocation to female farmers

Convergence of line departments on gap filling mode

Multi agency extension strategies to encourage private sector (minimum 10% allocation)

Sustainability of extension services : minimum 10% beneficiary contribution

Bottom up planning

Farmer to Farmer Technology Transfer (Farm School)


CHAPTER – 2

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

The organizational set-up of the scheme at state and below level is depicted in Fig. 1

Fig.1: Organizational Set-up of ATMA Execution

State Nodal cell

CIGs, FIGs, FARMERS/ FARM WOMEN

State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC)

SAMETI & SAU/ICAR Institutes

Inter Departmental Working Group (IDWG)

DAC, MoA, GoIMANAGE/EEIs

WORK

PLAN

District Training Centre, KVK & ZRS

Block Technology Team

Agri-Entrepreneurs Farm Schools

Block Farmers Advisory Committee

District Farmers Advisory Committee

State Farmers Advisory Committee

ATMA (GB & MC)

BlockATMA cell

Farmer Friend

FUND

FLOW


STATE LEVEL There are three state level participatory bodies, set up as under:

1. Inter Departmental Working Group (IDWG)

The IDWG is the highest body at state level. Its function include making policy interventions on inter departmental matters. It also deals with policy related issues in the implementation of the scheme. Issues related to integrated transfer of technology at state, district and taluka level are also addressed by IDWG. It coordinates with development departments related to agriculture, establishing linkages among different development departments, SAUs, KVKs, marketing, input and credit institutions, NGOs, private/corporate sector etc for effective implementation of the scheme. It is also empowered to internalize new concepts and institutional arrangements.

The detail of members of IDWG is as under:

Chairman

Principal Secretary, Agriculture

Members

Secretary

o Finance o Forest & Environment o Animal Husbandry o Rural Development o Women & Child

Development Vice Chancellor, SAU’s (4)

Additional Secretary, Agriculture & Co-operation

Director, Agriculture

Director, Directorate of Medicinal & Aromatic plants Research, Boriyavi, Anand

NABARD Representative at the state level

Director, Doordarshan, Ahmedabad

Director, All India Radio, Ahmedabad

Director, SAMETI & State Nodal Officer, ATMA

Five members from SFAC (Chairman, Co-chairman, Women, SC, ST)


2. State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute - Gujarat

(SAMETI-G)

Govt. of Gujarat passed a resolution for establishment of SAMETI-G on 07.08.2006. As

per the provision of this resolution, SAMETI-G was established on 01.01.2007 and was

registered under Public Trusts Act, 1950 on 22.07.2007.

It is an autonomous institution catering to the training needs of extension

functionaries. The institute has greater flexibility in structural and operational aspects.

The SAMETI is headed by Director, SAMETI and is governed by a General Council

(GC). The list of GC members is as under:

Sr. Designation of Trustee Designation in GC

1. Principal Secretary, Agriculture Chairman

2. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Member

3. Commissioner of Fisheries Member

4. Additional Commissioner, Member

5. Additional Secretary (Services) Member

6. Director Member

7. Director Member

8. Director Member

9. Managing Director Member

10. Director of Extension Education Member




14 Extension Education of Institute Member

15. State Nodal Officer, ATMA Member

16. Director, SAMETI Member Secretary

Manpower

One of the most important factors for the success of any scheme/program is its human resources. The details of manpower provision and present manpower status under SAMETI-G are as under:


Sr. Position Pay Scale (Rs.)

Number of Post Name and Date of

Joining Approved Filled in Vacant

1 Director, SAMETI-G

37400-67000+8900 Grade Pay

One One - Dr. R. A. Sherasiya 03-08-2011

2 Deputy Director 15600-39100+6600

Eight Four Four

3 State Coordinator

Consolidated Rs. 30,000/month

One One

4 Account-cum-Clerk

9300-34800+4200

One One -

5 Computer Programmer

Consolidated Rs. 12,000/month

One One -

6 Senior Clerk 5200-20200 one - One

7 Peon 4440-7440 One - One

Total Fourteen Eight Six

3. State Farmers Advisory Committee (SFAC)

One of the salient features of “Modified Extension Reforms Scheme” is the active

participation of farmers in the decision making process at block, district and state

level. Accordingly, Farmers Advisory Committee (FAC) has been constituted at all

three levels viz. State, District and Block level under modified extension reforms

scheme.

The distribution of work of FAC is dependent on their level. FAC gives feedback from

farmer’s side which helps to make action plan and decide the priority base for various

activities. BFAC helps BTT, DFAC helps AGB & AMC and SFAC helps State Nodal Cell

(SNC) to finalize SEWP & helps SAMETI for training need. DFAC is constituted from

members of BFAC and similarly, SFAC is constituted from the members of DFAC.

During the year, State Farmers Advisory Committee (SFAC) of Gujarat met on 18th

August, 2013 at Gandhinagar. Representatives of 19 districts attended the meeting.

ATMA Directorate At state level, the State Nodal Cell, consisting of the State Nodal Officer (SNO) and State-Coordinator is ensuring timely receipt of DAAPs, preparation of SEWP after duly incorporating farmer’s feedback obtained through State Farmers Advisory Committee and its approval by State Level Sanctioning Committee (SLSC).


SNO coordinates with different developmental departments for effective convergence. Allocation of funds to the ATMA districts is also done by SNO. He is also responsible for periodic review of the scheme and reporting the same to GoI. The director, SAMETI is holding additional responsibility of State Nodal Officer.

DISTRICT LEVEL

The Support to State Extension for Extension Reforms scheme is implemented at the district level through ATMA. ATMA is an autonomous institution; registered at district level under trust act, with participation of all the key stakeholders involved in sustainable agricultural development in the districts.

The detail of operational modality of the scheme at district & below level is depicted in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2: Operational Modality of ATMA

ATMA Governing Board (AGB) is the apex body at the district level. AGB provides

overall policy direction in the implementation of the scheme in district. District

Development Officer (DDO) acts as the chairman of AGB. ATMA Management

Committee (AMC) is the executing body at the district level. The day to day activities

of the scheme at district level is looked after by the Project Director. The details of the

executing agency and the officers who have shouldered these responsibilities are

given in Annexure 1.


CHAPTER – 3

STATE LEVEL ACTIVITIES

ATMA DIRECTORATE

The ATMA Directorate is responsible for overall implementation of the scheme at the

state and district level. The activities in the state are carried out according to the

approved State Extension Work Plan (SEWP). The SEWP for financial year 2013-14 was

prepared from District Agriculture Action Plans of 26 districts. It was submitted to GoI

for approval.

GoI approved the Gujarat SEWP of Rs. 49.53 crores for year 2013-14. Accordingly, the

approval of activities and annual allocation of funds for FY 2013-2014 was

communicated to the districts, the SNO office and the SAMETI-G.

During the year, ATMA Directorate had liaison with various development

departments, private companies and NGOs for effective execution of the scheme.

Also, Regular review-cum-experience sharing workshops were conducted with district

level officers. Various problems faced in the implementation of the scheme at the

district level were discussed and possible solutions to the problem were suggested.

The details of review-cum-experience sharing workshops are as under:

Sr. Date Place District

represented No. of

participants 1 9 & 12 April 2013 SAMETI-Gandhinagar 26 52 2 10 May 2013 SAMETI-Gandhinagar 26 26 3 25 June 2013 SAMETI-Gandhinagar 26 27 4 6-7 Augest 2013 SAMETI-Gandhinagar 26 52 5 5 September 2013 SAMETI-Gandhinagar 26 28 6 3 October 2013 SAMETI-Gandhinagar 26 22

7 13 November 2013 FTC, ChotaUdaipur, Vadodara

05 17

8 21 Novermber 2013 FTC, Ahmedabad 04 15 9 28 Novermber 2013 FTC, Mahesana 04 10 10 30 Novermber 2013 FTC, Rajkot 08 18 11 14 December 2013 FTC, Navasari 05 30 12 2-3 January 2014 SAMETI-Gandhinagar 26 30 13 29 January 2014 SAMETI-Gandhinagar 26 26 14 04 March 2014 SAMETI-Gandhinagar 26 27 15 18-19 March 2014 SAMETI-Gandhinagar 26 51


BEST PERFORMING ATMA DISTRICT AWARD

There is provision for Best Performing ATMA district Award under ATMA scheme. This

award is given to the district which has done excellent work in the implementation of

the scheme during the year. Applications received from the various districts for the

award were evaluated by the committee formulated for the purpose. The

recommendation of the committee was sent to the Chairman, IDWG and on his

approval, the 'Best performing ATMA District Award’ for FY 2012-13 was conferred as

detailed under:

Sr. Rank District Amount of Award

1 First KUTCH The project Director was Shri K. C. Chaudhary

Rs. 50,000

2 Second Sabarkantha The project Director was Shri V. K. Patel

Rs. 30,000

3 Third Surat The project Director was Shri P.M Acharya

Rs. 20,000

The course of action for awarding 'Best Performing ATMA District Award' for FY 2013-14 is under process.


BEST ATMA FARMER AWARD

With the aim of providing encouragement to progressive famers and acknowledge their role in agricultural development, Best ATMA Farmer Awards are given to farmers who have done exemplary work in agriculture and allied field. The awards are given at State, District and Taluka level. The “Central Award Committee” selected a total of 496 farmers for ‘Best ATMA Farmer Award-2012-13’ after three stages of intensive evaluation and review. The district wise detail of the award is as under:

Sr.

Districts Best ATMA Farmers Award-2012-13 State level District Level Block Level Total

1 Ahmedabad - 6 27 33 2 Amreli - 10 12 22 3 Anand - 08 16 24 4 Banaskantha - 08 17 25 5 Bharuch 1 10 39 50 6 Bhavnagar - 03 05 08 7 Dahod - 03 21 24 8 Dang - 01 01 02 9 Gandhinagar 1 05 06 12 10 Jamnagar - 10 28 38 11 Junagadh 2 06 25 33 12 Kheda - 10 34 44 13 Kutch 1 06 05 12 14 Mehsana - 06 05 11 15 Narmada - 05 11 16 16 Navsari 1 04 05 10 17 Panchmahal - 04 12 16 18 Patan - 05 05 10 19 Porbandar - 00 02 02 20 Rajkot - 06 04 10 21 Sabarkantha 1 08 15 24 22 Surat - 04 14 18 23 Surendranagar - 03 08 11 24 Tapi - 07 08 15 25 Vadodara 1 02 05 08 26 Valsad - 06 12 18 TOTAL 8 146 342 496


State level winners were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 50,000. District and Taluka level winners were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 10,000 respectively. In addition, each awardee farmer was given a certificate and a memento.

The course of action for awarding “Best ATMA farmer Award- 2013-14” is under process.


SAMETI-G

SAMETI-G is an autonomous institution catering to the training needs of extension

functionaries of Gujarat. It is located at Krishibhavan, Gandhinagar.

Human Resource Development (HRD)

Training

During the year, SAMETI has conducted total 42 on/off campus training programs

against the target of 25. The trainings were imparted on various topics of

agriculture and allied fields. Details of trainings are given on separate page. A total

of 1,239 middle/high level officers of the line departments and SAU scientists were

trained. A total of 3,072 training man days was achieved during the year as against

1,117.


The details of training programs are as under:

Sr. Types of Training Duration No of Days

Participants Training Man Days

1 Cultivation Practices of Cotton

01/04/13 to 03/04/13

3 24 72

2 IPM in Cotton

04/04/13 to 06/04/13

3 22 66

3 Training for Computer Programmer

15/04/13 1 27 27

4 Orientation & Technical discussion Meet for Horticulture staff

17/04/13 to 18/04/13

3 28 84

5 General Information and New technology in Agriculture/Horticulture

29/04/13 to 01/05/13

3 32 96


29/05/13 to 31/05/13

3 30 90

7 Orientation of Modified ATMA Scheme

04/06/13 to 06/06/13

3 26 78

8 Use of ICT for Extension Functionaries

13/06/13 to 15/06/13

3 32 96


18/06/13 to 20/06/13

3 29 87

10 Preparation of SREP at EEI, Anand sponsored by EEI

20/06/13 to 21/06/13

2 31 62

11 Cultivation Practices of Date palm

26/06/13 to 27/06/13

2 27 54

12 Soil Health Card 27/06/13 1 67 67

13 Soil Health Card 28/06/13 1 64 64


03/07/13 to 05/07/13

3 24 72

15 Extension Training Methods

18/07/13 to 20/07/13

3 28 84

16 Hi-Tech Horticulture

23/07/13 to 25/07/13

3 29 87




17 Orientation of Modified ATMA Scheme

02/08/13 to 03/08/13

2 25 50


16/09/13 to 18/09/13

3 26 78

19 Information about Scientific research in production & productivity of Livestock

23/09/13 to 25/09/13

2 27 54


26/09/13 to 27/09/13

2 28 56


04/10/13 to 05/10/13

2 25 50

22 Sheep rearing for junior assistant of GUSHEEL

07/10/13 to 09/10/13

3 35 105


10/10/13 to 11/10/13

2 25 50

24 Sheep rearing for junior assistant of GUSHEEL

17/10/13 to 19/10/13

3 36 108

25 Right To Information Act 21/10/13 1 27 27

26 Organic Farming 28/10/13 to 30/10/13

3 32 96

27 Basic concept of new Agricultural technologies

11/11/13 to 13/11/13

3 30 90

28 Importance of Water Conservation and Water Harvesting in Agriculture

20/11/13 to 22/11/13

3 30 90

29 Application of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System in Agricultural Development

25/11/13 to 28/11/13

4 29 116

30 Scientific cultivation of Rice with SRI

26/11/13 to 28/11/13

3 30 90





04/12/13 to 06/12/13

3 30 90

32 Extension Training Methods

11/12/13 to 13/12/13

3 30 90

33 General Information and New technology in Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry

16/12/13 to 18/12/13

3 25 75


19/12/13 to 21/12/13

2 22 44

35 Primary knowledge about fisheries Department

31/12/13 to 04/01/14

5 36 180

36 Organic Farming

16/01/14 to 18/01/14

3 26 78

37 Orientation of Modified ATMA Scheme and Communication technology

20/01/14 to 21/01/14

2 28 56


23/01/14 to 24/01/14

2 28 56


03/02/14 to 04/02/14

2 28 56


25/02/14 to 26/02/14

2 21 42

41 Soil Health and Water management practices for Sustainable Agriculture

05/03/14 to 07/03/14

3 15 45


13/03/14 to 14/03/14

2 25 50

Total 1239 3108


Exposure visit of Extension Functionaries There is provision for exposure visit for Extension Functionaries under “Support to

State Extension Programme for Extension Reforms”. Exposure visit serves an important

function of introducing the participants to new technology and provides them with firsthand

knowledge innovations in agriculture and allied sectors. During the year 2013-14, a total of 6

exposure visits of extension functionaries were conducted. The details of which are as follows:

Sr. No.

DistrictNo. Of

persons

No. of days of

visit

Dates of Exposure

Visit State(s) Visited

1 Navsari 9 8 21-08-13 to 28-08-13

Karnataka (Banglore, Maysoor, Satara, Hasan)

2 Mehsana 6 7 09-02-14 to 15-02-14

Maharashtra (Nagpur)

3 Tapi 4 4 11-02-14 to 14-02-14


4 Navsari 6 5 09-02-14 to 13-02-14


5 Narmada 5 5 10-02-14 to 14-02-14


6 Valsad 4 6 08-02-14 to 13-02-14


Total 34 35


Post-Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Extension Management (PGDAEM)

MANAGE, Hyderabad has launched a nationwide one-year distance learning course

on Post-Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Extension Management (PGDAEM) with the

aim of bridging the gap in knowledge of extension functionaries. The SAMETI-G has

been recognized as Regional Study Centre by MANAGE, Hyderabad. A total of 26

candidates enrolled for PGDAEM during FY 2012-2013. Regular contact classes were

conducted for these candidates. In addition, they were provided necessary guidance

in the from time to time. Details of contact classes and examinations conducted

during the year are as follows:

Sr. Events Date(s) No. of Candidates

a+b=c

1 First Semester Contact Classes 24-28 June 2013 14 + 12 = 26

2 First Semester End Examination 02-06 September 2013 16 + 10 = 26

3 Second Semester Contact Classes 06 – 10 January 2014 06 + 20 = 26

4 Second Semester End Examination

20-24 January 2014 16 + 10 = 26

a=Present, b=Absent, c=Total


CHAPTER – 4

DISTRICT LEVEL ACTIVITIES The implementation of Support to State Extension Programmes for Extension

Reforms at the district level is done through the Agricultural Technology

Management Agency (ATMA). ATMA has been established in all the 26 districts of the

state. Furthermore, the AGBs & AMCs have been formulated in all the 26 districts. At

block level, Block Technology Team (BTT) and Block Farmers Advisory Committee

(BFAC) have been formulated.

BAP (Block Action Plan) is prepared by BTT for their respective block and is approved

in the joint meeting of BTT & BFAC. These approved BAPs were presented in the joint

meeting of AMC & AGB by the BTT chairman. The District Agricultural Action Plan

(DAAP), was compiled by the AMC on the basis of the BAPs, and was approved by the

AGB and forwarded to ATMA Directorate & SAMETI for further approval of GoI.

Various activities were conducted in the districts based on the approved DAAP.

FARMER ORIENTED ACTIVITIES

Many farmer oriented activities like demonstration, training, rabi-shibir, farm school,

exposure visit, formation of FIGs, and their capacity building etc were undertaken as

per the ATMA cafeteria and approved DAAP during the year. The brief presentation

of activities undertaken by ATMA districts during 2013-2014 is depicted under:

Training of Farmers

Training is one of the important farmer centric extension activity under ATMA.

Training helps in capacity building of farmers. Farmers are able to improve

Information, knowledge and skills through such need based training. Inter-State

Training, Within-State Training and Within-District training were conducted during

the period under report as detailed below:

a) Inter-State Training

During the year under report, a total of 85 Inter-state training programs were conducted.

A total of 3,272 farmers benefitted under this component. In all training a total of 16,758

man days were achieved as against the target of 11,250 man days. A district wise detail of

inter-state training is as under:


Sr. District No. of

Trainings

No. of beneficiaries

Male Female Total Man days

1 Ahmedabad 3 114 0 114 650

2 Amreli 4 130 0 130 590

3 Anand 4 89 0 89 525

4 Banaskantha 4 199 0 199 799

5 Bharuch 5 125 0 125 500

6 Bhavnagar 2 75 0 75 500

7 Dahod 2 85 0 85 391

8 Dang 3 80 50 130 340

9 Gandhinagar 2 35 36 71 425

10 Jamnagar 2 75 0 75 450

11 Junagadh 3 113 0 113 835

12 Kheda 4 148 0 148 780

13 Kutch 2 51 40 91 779

14 Mehsana 4 75 93 168 628

15 Narmada 3 141 0 141 758

16 Navsari 6 131 40 171 787

17 Panchmahal 3 156 0 156 680

18 Patan 1 52 0 52 260

19 Porbandar 1 36 0 36 288

20 Rajkot 2 100 0 100 600

21 Sabarkantha 4 129 33 162 899

22 Surat 3 95 0 95 713

23 Surendranagar 2 100 0 100 700

24 Tapi 9 177 80 257 1005

25 Vadodara 3 159 78 237 1460

26 Valsad 4 77 75 152 416

Total 85 2747 525 3272 16758

Training on various subjects ranging from scientific dairy farming to post harvest technology were conducted. The subjects for inter-state training were chosen according to the need of farmers and Training was provided at various public and private organizations doing excellent work in the area of training.


A list of some of the subjects and institutes covered for inter-state training is given under:

Sr. Subject of Training Place of Training 1 Scientific cultivation of soybean Directorate of Soybean Research, Indore,

Madhya Pradesh 2 Animal Husbandry Gaushala-Pathmeda, MPUAT, Udaipur,

Rajasthan 3 Micro irrigation system on

various crops Jain Irrigation Jalgoan, Maharashtra

4 Integrated Farming system Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Baramati, Maharastra

5 Agronomical Crop Production Agriculture University, Udaipur 6 Agri-inputs Management Balasaheb kokan Agri. University, Dapoli,

Maharashtra 7 Dry Farming KAZARI, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 8 Scientific cultivation of wheat Karanal, Hariyana 9 Vermi-compost Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jhabua (Madhya

Pradesh) 10 Value addition in cotton &

cumin Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapith(MPKV)-Rahudi, Puna

11 Latest Research in Wheat Crop Wheat Research Center, Karnal, ICAR, New Delhi

12 Use of Machine, tools & Implements in Agricultural Operations

Budni, Madhya Pradesh

13 Scientific dairy farming National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 14 Seed production & crop

production Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Baramati, Maharastra

15 Scientific cultivation of onion/garlic

Onion and Garlic Research Station, Pimpalgaon, Maharastra

16 High-tech horticulture & post harvest technology

National Institute of Post Harvest Technology Center (NIPHT), Pune, Maharashtra

17 Agriculture Marketing and Advanced Agriculture Technology

Pune ,Maharashtra

18 Scientific Farming of Cotton CICR, Nagpur, Maharashtra 19 Green House Management IHITC, Jaipur, Rajasthan


b) Within-State Training

Within-State training were conducted in all twenty-six ATMA districts of the state. In all 13,536 male and 5,554 female farmers benefited through 464 training programs conducted within the state. Technical know-how on various aspects related to agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry in general were imparted to the farmers through these training.

The training included subjects like soil health management, vegetable cultivation, vegetable marketing, different government schemes, advance technologies of various crops & animal husbandry, clean milk production, value addition for better price gain, marketing strategies for final products, dry farming practices, seed storage technology, soil health management etc.

In all, achievement for this component was 160 % (achievement of 36,146 man days as against the target of 22,500 man days). A brief district wise summary of within-state training is as under:


Within-State Training

Sr. District No. of

Trainings



1 Ahmedabad 26 1044 307 1351 1431 2 Amreli 17 332 207 539 1677

3 Anand 24 1092 0 1092 1792 4 Banaskantha 22 916 205 1121 1515 5 Bharuch 06 156 0 156 780 6 Bhavnagar 12 372 35 407 1121 7 Dahod 19 502 67 569 880 8 Dang 8 222 127 349 651 9 Gandhinagar 04 99 79 178 890 10 Jamnagar 11 310 160 470 1410 11 Junagadh 18 344 158 502 1689


Sr. District No. of

Trainings



12 Kheda 15 406 331 737 2019 13 Kutch 9 331 98 429 2153 14 Mehsana 17 337 480 817 2354 15 Narmada 17 469 123 592 1112 16 Navsari 32 291 750 1041 1361 17 Panchamahal 08 190 189 379 996 18 Patan 11 556 17 573 670 19 Porbandar 10 216 72 288 864 20 Rajkot 42 1554 30 1584 1954 21 Sabarkantha 15 369 289 658 2062 22 Surat 29 1063 394 1457 1618 23 Surendranagar 30 1101 52 1153 1794 24 Tapi 24 349 346 695 973 25 Vadodara 23 654 504 1158 1158

26 Valsad 15 261 534 795 1222 Total 464 13536 5554 19090 36146

c) Within-district Training

Within-District training is one of the core farmer oriented activity under ATMA. All twenty-six districts have conducted training at village or district level training institute under this component. In all, 1,835 such training programs were conducted within the districts. A total of 76,331 farm-men and 23,877 farm-women were imparted knowledge and skills on various issues related to agriculture and allied fields. The achievement under this activity was 229 % (achievement of 1,03,208 man days as against the target of 45,000 man days).

Sr. District No. of

Trainings No. of beneficiaries


1 Ahmedabad 87 4181 551 4732 4732

2 Amreli 80 6615 1133 7748 8818

3 Anand 44 1232 897 2129 3087

4 Banaskantha 62 2933 731 3664 3664

5 Bharuch 16 554 246 800 1600

6 Bhavnagar 66 3180 484 3664 3664

7 Dahod 51 1841 543 2384 2384

8 Dang 20 820 271 1091 1091

9 Gandhinagar 21 1598 635 2233 2233


Sr. District No. of

Trainings No. of beneficiaries


10 Jamnagar 52 3707 711 4418 4418

11 Junagadh 81 2247 780 3027 3027

12 Kheda 172 6686 1940 8626 8626

13 Kutch 95 5390 1209 6599 6599

14 Mehsana 107 4368 1442 5810 5810

15 Narmada 50 1678 539 2217 2217

16 Navsari 40 421 1055 1476 1700

17 Panchmahal 18 2130 433 2563 2563

18 Patan 42 1962 606 2568 2568

19 Porbandar 25 1053 440 1493 1493

20 Rajkot 154 1491 205 1696 4696

21 Sabarkantha 85 3130 1082 4212 4212

22 Surat 128 4953 1293 6246 6246

23 Surendranagar 80 5176 712 5888 5888

24 Tapi 90 1947 2659 4606 4710

25 Vadodara 139 6208 1533 7741 7741

26 Valsad 30 830 1747 2577 2577

Total 1835 76331 23877 100208 106364


Demonstrations

Demonstrations provide farmer an opportunity to practically view new technology and its result. They also help farmer to compare new technology with currently used technology. Demonstrations are effective tool for successful extension of new technology.

A total of 39,284 demonstrations were organized in different villages of all 26 districts of the state. A total of 28,422 farm-men and 10,862 farm-women benefitted from these demonstrations. Under agriculture sector, demonstrations were organized on subjects like improved varieties, seed treatment, SRI technology, integrated nutrient management, integrated pest management, organic farming, soil health management, Vermi-compost, farm waste management, value addition etc.

Under Animal husbandry sector demonstrations were organized on subjects like vaccination against diseases, nutritional management and artificial insemination for improved breed in buffalo.

Under horticultural sector, demonstration were conducted on subjects such as integrated pest management in fruit crops, post harvest management and value addition in fruit crop, nursery development for forest plant etc.


Efforts were also made to conduct demonstrations in other field like fisheries,

apiculture, mushroom cultivation, medicinal plants, use of sprayer-duster & chaff

cutter, sapling of different horticultural crops, etc. The district wise detail of

demonstrations is as under:

Sr. District No. of

Demonstrations Beneficiaries

Male Female Total

1 Ahmedabad 856 771 85 856

2 Amreli 1448 1057 391 1448

3 Anand 1663 1275 388 1663

4 Banaskantha 2620 1943 677 2620

5 Bharuch 1600 1512 88 1600

6 Bhavnagar 741 737 4 741

7 Dahod 2024 1510 514 2024

8 Dang 1120 744 376 1120

9 Gandhinagar 610 472 138 610

10 Jamnagar 3719 1484 2235 3719

11 Junagadh 2722 2068 654 2722

12 Kheda 680 650 30 680

13 Kutch 800 559 241 800

14 Mehsana 912 912 0 912

15 Narmada 517 357 160 517

16 Navasari 1190 605 585 1190

17 Panchmahal 603 597 6 603

18 Patan 1490 1331 159 1490

19 Porbandar 1030 810 220 1030

20 Rajkot 1779 1779 0 1779

21 Sabarkantha 2520 1800 720 2520

22 Surat 1839 1482 357 1839

23 Surendranagar 1094 910 184 1094

24 Tapi 2521 1358 1163 2521

25 Vadodara 900 815 85 900

26 Valsad 2286 884 1402 2286

Total 39284 28422 10862 39284


Farmer to Farmer Technology Dissemination

Farmer to farmer technology dissemination is an important component of extension

activities. Famer to farmer technology dissemination also took place at various

demonstrations sites in the districts. Many farmers visited the demonstration site

and gained technological guidance from the demonstrator farmers. In all 4,32,792

farmers benefitted by visiting the demonstration sites, the district wise details of

which is as under:

Sr. District No of Demonstrations

No of beneficiaries

Male Female Total

1 Ahmedabad 130 6544 477 7021

2 Amreli 129 38357 0 38357

3 Anand 1563 28396 0 28396

4 Banaskantha 115 26441 605 27046

5 Bharuch 150 4185 330 4515

6 Bhavnagar 150 44334 181 44515

7 Dahod 71 14197 4853 19050

8 Gandhinagar 53 14664 1236 15900

9 Jamnagar 67 3400 0 3400

10 Junagadh 98 28328 1005 29333

11 Kheda 50 15000 0 15000

12 Kutch 109 28499 2674 31173

13 Mehsana 91 450 0 450

14 Narmada 4 35 10 45

15 Navasari 45 8202 5572 13774

16 Panchmahal 99 28389 1311 29700

17 Patan 52 10592 0 10592

18 Rajkot 162 5858 0 5858

19 Porbandar 99 28389 1313 29700

20 Sabarkantha 120 16583 18381 34964

21 Surat 6 89 11 100

22 Surendranagar 34 5328 36 5364

23 Tapi 50 1430 1680 3110

24 Vadodara 67 19704 396 20100

25 Valsad 50 11004 4325 15329

Total 3564 388398 44396 432792


Exposure Visit

The farmers can be motivated to take-up new initiatives, if they are exposed to new

places & farms where successful farming practices incorporating new innovations are

followed. There are provisions for such exposure visits for the farmers in ATMA,

where they can visit places in other states, within Gujarat state and within their

district. Exposure visits organized during the reporting period are as detailed below:

a) Inter State Exposure Visit

With a view to provide exposure to the advanced farming situations/practices followed in other states; the inter-state exposure visits were organized by all the 26 districts. In all, 78 such exposure visits were conducted, where in 2,727 farm men and 1,445 farm women participated. As against the target of 11,250 man days 25,972 man days were achieved.

Sr.

District No. of Exposure Visit

No. of Beneficiaries

Male Female Total Man days 1 Ahmedabad 2 132 19 151 1207

2 Amreli 3 108 106 214 1552

3 Anand 7 194 50 244 1126

4 Banaskantha 4 180 46 226 1356

5 Bharuch 5 54 204 258 1098

6 Bhavnagar 2 163 0 163 1084

7 Dahod 3 124 0 124 710

8 Dang 3 28 61 89 227

9 Gandhinagar 2 38 38 76 570

10 Jamnagar 1 100 0 100 600

11 Junagadh 4 156 91 247 1703

12 Kheda 2 99 50 149 796

13 Kutch 2 54 93 147 1188

14 Mehsana 5 166 47 231 1348

15 Narmada 2 31 66 97 729

16 Navasari 3 34 89 123 807

17 Panchmahal 3 136 46 182 1130

18 Patan 2 103 50 153 927

19 Porbandar 1 48 0 48 384

20 Rajkot 2 95 99 194 1206

21 Sabarkantha 5 135 101 236 1806

22 Surat 4 187 28 215 1276

23 Surendranagar 2 106 44 150 1200


Sr.

District No. of Exposure Visit



24 Tapi 3 65 62 127 592

25 Vadodara 3 123 3 128 810

26 Valsad 3 68 52 120 540

Total 78 2727 1445 4192 25972

The beneficiary farmers visited progressive farmers’ fields of other state and also to

various public and private institutes like Potato Research Station, Shimla; Jain

Irrigation System LTD, Jalgaon; various research stations of SAUs and institutes of

importance during the course of their visit.


b) Within State Exposure Visit

There are various research stations in Gujarat which conduct farmer centric research

on various crops. Farmers can benefit a great deal from visiting such centers. In

addition, new initiatives in farming are also being taken-up by the progressive

farmers of Gujarat state. There are many fields of progressive farmers in addition to

the research stations of the four SAUs. To interact with these initiators and gain

firsthand knowledge form scientists at the research stations; a total of 331 within

state exposure visits were organized by 26 ATMA districts. In all, 13,046 male farmers

and 6,089 female farmers were provided exposure to improved farming practices

followed in the state beyond their district.


As against the physical target of 29,900 man days; in all 30,778 man days were achieved. The district wise details are depicted as under:

Sr. District No. of

Exposure Visits No. of beneficiaries

Male Female Total Man days 1 Ahmedabad 21 1029 297 1326 1326 2 Amreli 09 477 54 531 1073 3 Anand 21 793 483 1276 1276 4 Banaskantha 06 315 0 315 1479 5 Bharuch 05 30 240 270 1230 6 Bhavnagar 07 225 97 322 906 7 Dahod 15 350 106 456 456 8 Dang 10 386 224 610 738 9 Gandhinagar 18 542 446 988 988 10 Jamnagar 06 307 0 307 1228 11 Junagadh 07 580 196 776 1556 12 Kheda 19 718 494 1212 1508 13 Kutch 07 85 247 332 1496 14 Mehsana 38 1332 546 1878 2295 15 Narmada 20 587 228 815 893 16 Navsari 06 74 187 261 921 17 Panchmahal 03 1000 0 1000 1000 18 Patan 08 299 133 432 432 19 Porbandar 03 93 50 143 619 20 Rajkot 06 532 0 532 987 21 Sabarkantha 28 1121 218 1339 1907 22 Surat 14 632 198 830 1681 23 Surendranagar 22 241 221 462 1333 24 Tapi 08 457 884 1341 1534 25 Vadodara 20 768 304 1072 1072 26 Valsad 04 73 236 309 844

Total 331 13046 6089 19135 30778


(c) Within District Exposure Visit

During the year, the farmers of all twenty-six districts were taken for exposure visits to the fields of other progressive farmers of the district or to the prominent research institute in the district. As many as 564 such within district exposure visits were conducted, where in a total of 33,397 farm men and 13,560 farm women were benefited. As against the target of 22,500 man days a total of 46,958 man days were achieved. The details of which are as under:

Sr. District No. of

Exposure Visits No. of beneficiaries

Male Female Total Man days 1 Ahmedabad 24 1911 549 2460 2460 2 Amreli 47 1544 162 1706 1706 3 Anand 29 2672 1300 3972 3972 4 Banaskantha 13 3366 756 4122 4122 5 Bharuch 8 758 263 1021 1021 6 Bhavnagar 19 1259 273 1532 1532 7 Dahod 22 478 278 756 756 8 Dang 16 731 144 875 875 9 Gandhinagar 09 970 819 1789 1789 10 Jamnagar 27 1525 198 1723 1723 11 Junagadh 18 481 658 1139 1139 12 Kheda 35 1181 523 1704 1704 13 Kutch 19 601 418 1019 1019 14 Mehsana 45 1437 993 2430 2430 15 Narmada 18 522 247 769 769 16 Navasari 13 572 1144 1716 1716 17 Panchmahal 02 2986 238 3224 3224 18 Patan 04 198 27 225 225 19 Porbandar 04 89 32 121 121 20 Rajkot 20 663 0 663 663 21 Sabarkantha 74 3919 887 4807 4807 22 Surat 07 1107 334 1441 1441 23 Surendranagar 19 1724 301 2025 2025 24 Tapi 26 1148 1788 2936 2936 25 Vadodara 35 1356 531 1887 1887 26 Valsad 11 199 697 896 896

Total 564 33397 13560 46958 46958


Mobilization of Farmer’s Group Farmer’s group is the key focus of the Extension Reforms Scheme, where emphasis is being given to farmer led extension and demand driven process through these groups (FIGs & CIGs). Group is a very important tool enabling farmers to pave the way for their capacity building collectively by sharing technical know-how, skills, interest and obligation on the basis of group strength. Group forming and organizing the group activities provides the opportunity to have a voice and increase their influence in planning & implementation. This process makes them more powerful to influence the process of their capacity building too. This is vital for improving their social, economic and environmental conditions through useful & constructive lobbying and advocacy that are conducive for development of agricultural & allied activities.

Formation of FIGs/CIG The district ATMA has focused on forming the Farmers Interest Group/ Commodity Interest Group (FIG/CIG). To motivate farmers to form groups is the foremost activity for each district ATMA. The details of district wise FIG/CIG formed during the period under report are as under:

Sr. District No of Groups formed

No. of beneficiaries Male Female Total

1 Ahmedabad 145 1537 676 2213 2 Amreli 182 2066 619 2685 3 Anand 360 3883 1571 5454 4 Banaskantha 255 2262 1383 3645 5 Bharuch 173 1428 917 2345 6 Bhavnagar 247 2736 646 3382 7 Dahod 292 2733 1186 3919 8 Dang 222 1943 1030 2973 9 Gandhinagar 80 723 466 1189 10 Jamnagar 507 4028 2154 6182 11 Junagadh 477 4328 1365 5693 12 Kheda 200 1960 945 2905 13 Kutch 543 4985 1962 6947 14 Mehsana 147 748 1301 2049 15 Narmada 288 2929 766 3695 16 Navasari 326 2799 1776 4575 17 Panchmahal 362 4290 1140 5430 18 Patan 127 994 631 1625 19 Porbandar 21 133 109 242 20 Rajkot 200 2142 253 2395 21 Sabarkantha 540 5728 2372 8100


Sr. District No of Groups formed


22 Surat 139 719 1260 1979 23 Surendranagar 242 2559 921 3480 24 Tapi 550 3692 3709 7401 25 Vadodara 146 1745 430 2175 26 Valsad 599 4430 3291 7721

Total 7370 67520 32879 100399

During the year under report, as against the target of 1,300 groups to be formed, as

many as 7,370 groups were formed in twenty Six districts of the state. The groups

covered 67,520 male and 32,879 female farmers. In all 1,00,399 farmers were affiliated

with ATMA activities and motivated for collective efforts.


Capacity Building of FIG/CIG

Farmers’ groups are the key vehicles to bring development in agriculture. These groups

are required to build their capacity on various aspects. Various activities including group

behavior, conflict management, account procedures, technological advancements, etc.

were carried out by district ATMA. It was planned to organize monthly meeting of group

representatives at one place in the district to keep them active throughout the year. As

many as 362 such capacity building activities were conducted during the reporting

period at the 26 districts of the state.

Sr. District No of Activities No. of beneficiaries M F Total

1 Ahmedabad 01 1211 325 1536 2 Amreli 32 1468 175 1643 3 Anand 02 841 176 1017

4 Banaskantha 09 414 26 440 5 Bharuch 80 606 578 1184 6 Bhavnagar 65 0 1000 1000 7 Dahod 10 4572 2292 6864 8 Dang 40 342 156 498 9 Gandhinagar 07 924 370 1294

10 Jamnagar 01 0 38 38 11 Junagadh 01 185 4 189 12 Kheda 02 1330 0 1330 13 Kutch 01 425 378 803 14 Mehsana 10 558 530 1088

15 Narmada 05 1698 466 2164 16 Navsari 18 310 561 871 17 Panchmahal 02 5820 225 6045 18 Patan 11 182 103 285 19 Porbander 02 1153 177 1330 20 Rajkot 16 215 375 590 21 Sabarkantha 26 211 862 1073 22 Surat 12 1111 191 1302 23 Surendranagar 02 477 228 705 24 Tapi 03 1167 1083 2250 25 Vadodara 02 1544 256 1800

26 Valsad 02 273 272 545 Total 362 27037 10847 37884


Capacity Building of FIG/CIG activity photo

Revolving Fund support to FIG/CIG

The FIGs/CIGs were supported with revolving funds so that they can improve their

financial health by carrying economic activities on group basis. In all, 255 FIG/CIG were

supported with revolving fund during the year, as against the target of 520 FIG/CIG.

Sr. District No of Activities (Groups)


M F Total

1 Amreli 7 90 15 105

2 Banaskantha 13 189 5 194

3 Bharuch 20 144 109 253

4 Dang 20 230 38 268

5 Gandhinagar 20 277 23 300

6 Junagadh 20 247 0 247

7 Kheda 10 135 15 150

8 Mahesana 16 201 30 231

9 Narmada 10 109 17 126

10 Navsari 20 167 115 282

11 Panchmahal 18 255 15 270

12 Porbandar 01 0 11 11

13 Sabarkantha 20 180 120 300

14 Surat 20 73 214 287

15 Tapi 20 30 220 250

16 Valsad 20 143 115 258

Total 255 2470 1062 3532


Best Organized Group

ATMA also facilitates the Farmer Interest Groups with award to the best performing group. A total of 72 FIGs were awarded with Best Organized Group award during the financial year. In all, these 72 FIGs had a total of 975 member farmers (825 male and 150 female).

Sr. District No of Activities (Groups)

No. of beneficiaries M F Total

1 Amreli 5 60 15 75

2 Bharcuh 5 53 11 64 3 Dahod 10 111 14 125 4 Dang 5 37 26 63 5 Gandhinagar 5 60 15 75 6 Jamnagar 12 134 13 147

7 Junagadh 5 44 11 558 Kheda 10 120 30 150 9 Narmada 5 56 15 71 10 Panchmahal 10 150 0 150

Total 72 825 150 975

Farmer Awards

The systematic procedure as the previous year was adopted for ‘Best ATMA Farmer Award 2012-13’. A well structured printed application form with due instructions was printed in local language and circulated to the farmers of all the twenty six districts. The process of receiving filled up application forms & its scrutiny was done in due course of time. The specific time schedule for whole process was framed-out and communicated to all district ATMA. A total of 342 block level best farmer awards were given. The block level awards were conferred to the recipients during Krishi Mahotsav, 2014.

FARM INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

District Level Exhibition, Kisan Mela, Fruit/Vegetable Show

During the period under report, 39 district level exhibitions/kisan melas/fruit-vegetable shows were organized by district ATMA either independently or in


collaboration with other agencies. In all 58,752 farm men and 33,273 farm women visited such exhibitions/kisan melas and benefited from the information regarding latest technological advancement in agriculture and allied fields. As against the target of 23 exhibition, kisan mela, fruit/vegetable show; in all, 39 such activities were organized in 26 districts of the state; the details of which are as under:

Sr.

District No. of Events


Male Female Total

1 Ahmedabad 1 1441 1039 2480

2 Amreli 2 3554 1046 4600

3 Anand 1 2203 524 2727

4 Banaskantha 1 6384 1189 7573

5 Bharuch 1 2592 920 3512

6 Bhavanagar 1 2633 439 3072

7 Dahod 1 2640 1851 4491

8 Dang 5 1798 797 2586

9 Gandhinagar 1 690 518 1208

10 Jamnagar 1 1359 599 1958

11 Junagadh 1 2201 1160 3361

12 Kheda 2 1488 533 2021

13 Kutch 5 5076 3319 8395

14 Mehsana 1 2085 1117 3202

15 Narmada 3 4185 1614 5799

16 Navsari 1 495 784 1279

17 Panchmahal 1 676 736 1412

18 Patan 1 1250 650 1900

19 Porbandar 1 995 722 1717

20 Rajkot 2 1292 427 1719

21 Sabarkantha 1 6776 1486 8262

22 Surat 1 1185 1355 2540


24 Tapi 1 2000 8000 10000

25 Vadodara 1 1706 388 2094

26 Valsad 1 753 1760 2513

Total 39 58752 33273 92016


Information Dissemination through Print Media

The print media has its specific advantage for technology transfer. The district ATMA

has focused on using print media extensively by preparing folders and booklets in

local language for the use of the farmers. Print media was prepared covering various

topics in agriculture and allied fields. The summary of various print media prepared

during the year is as under:

Sr. No.

Type of Printed Media No. of Printed Copies

1 Folder 57200 2 Leaflet 1167700 3 Pamphlet 18300 4 Booklet 78868 5 Other 4629


Farmer-Scientist Interaction at district level The farmers while working in the field and applying new technologies are facing location specific and situation based queries related to the application of the technology. Farmers have many queries related to their day to day farm-operations. A provision is there in the scheme for Farmer-Scientist Interaction at district level so that farmers can directly interact with the concerned scientist. During the period under report, 100 such F-S interactions events were conducted at district level as against the target of 26. A total of 7,685 farm men and 2,094 farm women participated in such interactions. The district wise detail of such interactions is as follows:

Sr. District No of Farmer Scientist Interaction


1 Ahmedabad 2 101 0 101 2 Amreli 3 236 124 360 3 Anand 2 211 0 211 4 Banaskantha 2 334 36 370 5 Bharuch 2 306 105 411 6 Bhavnagar 6 538 30 568 7 Dahod 3 152 25 177 8 Dang 4 287 100 387 9 Gandhinagar 2 134 58 192 10 Jamnagar 2 621 0 621 11 Junagadh 21 675 61 736 12 Kheda 3 391 31 422 13 Ktuch 3 473 96 569 14 Mehsana 2 122 85 207 15 Narmada 10 815 126 941 16 Navsari 7 270 441 711 17 Panchmahal 1 199 41 240 18 Patan 2 256 43 299 19 Porbander 2 117 15 132 20 Rajkot 4 119 0 119 21 Sabarkantha 3 358 77 435 22 Surat 2 53 0 53 23 Surendranagar 3 272 0 272 24 Tapi 2 297 380 677 25 Vadodara 3 197 0 197 26 Valsad 4 151 220 371

Total 100 7685 2094 9779


Field Day and Kisan Goshthi To disseminate the outcomes of application of new farming technology to a larger mass; field days and kisan goshthi were organized on the demonstration plot, at a critical stage of the crop. The idea behind this is that the farmers can perceive the effect of the new and improved technology by seeing it personally. In kisan goshthi, farmers can interact with scientists to obtain solution of the problems they actually face in the field related to production technology. Here, the experiences of different farmers; extension professionals and scientists are shared to find out the solution on the spot. District wise details of block & village level kisan goshthis organized for the member farmers of FIGs/CIGs during the year under report are as under:

Sr. District No of Field Day/ Kisan Goshthi


1 Ahmedabad 51 3862 264 4126 2 Amreli 16 1553 435 1988 3 Anand 23 1810 389 2199 4 Banaskantha 28 3394 374 3768 5 Bharuch 23 3243 877 4120 6 Bhavnagar 38 3731 127 3858 7 Dang 12 569 183 752 8 Dahod 30 1348 477 1825 9 Gandhinagar 12 904 332 1236 10 Jamnagar 37 3685 239 3924 11 Junagadh 56 6237 660 6897 12 Kheda 28 2236 625 2855 13 Kutch 41 2449 661 3110 14 Mehsana 41 6055 1594 7649 15 Narmada 12 1917 309 2226 16 Navsari 34 1296 1532 2828 17 Panchmahal 20 1765 642 2407 18 Patan 17 1604 242 1846 19 Porbander 07 789 48 837 20 Rajkot 59 5234 0 5234 21 Sabarkantha 34 3253 559 3812 22 Surat 21 1727 259 1986 23 Surendranagar 34 3016 163 3179 24 Tapi 19 2108 2119 4227 25 Vadodara 38 2653 654 3307 26 Valsad 24 1275 898 2173

Total 755 67713 14662 82369


As against the target of 450; 755 such Kisan-Goshthies and Field Days were arranged

in 26 districts, where in 67,713 farm men and 14,662 farm women took part in

discussion on important aspects of farming.


ASSESSMENT, REFINEMENT, VALIDATION AND ADOPTION OF FRONTLINE TECHNOLOGIES

There is a provision to undertake assessment of front line technology relevant to the local area under B13 head of ATMA. This Assessment, Refinement, Validation and Adoption of Frontline Technologies is carried out by KVK or other similar research institutes. During the year 2013-14, 15 Districts did work under this component. The technology assessment/refinement carried out by some of them is briefly described below:

1. Bharuch Groundnut is an important crop of Chaswad area in Bharuch. For

summer groundnut, the fertilizer dose recommended by State Agricultural University (SAU) is 25-50-0 Kg N-P-K per hectare. Adoption of INM by farmers in the area is slow. With the aim of refining the existing recommendation of SAU for local region, KVK, Chaswad proposed a technology refinement project entitled “Effect of Nutrient Management on growth and Yield of Summer Groundnut” to ATMA, Bharuch. The project compared 3 different treatments of fertilizer application: 1) T1: Farmers practices 2) T2: SAU Recommended dose of Fertilizer (RDF) and 3) T3: RDF + Seed Treatment with Rhizobium and PSB + Postasium Humate @ 2.5 k/ha + 2 spray of Micronutrients (at 40 and 60 DAS, consisting of 200 g micronutrient mix + 5 g IBA in 100 litre of water). A total of 40 farmers participated in the technology refinement. On an average, highest yield was obtained in treatment T3 (1814 kg/ha) followed by T2 (1667 kg/ha). Treatment T3 also gave highest BC ratio of 1.56, followed by 1.45 for T2. The study concluded that the application of micronutrients, potassium humate and IBA have beneficial effect in Groundnut production in Chaswad area.


2. Dang

In Dang, farmers follow broadcasting method for sowing groundnut.

The SAU recommendation for sowing groundnut is at 30 cm spacing. KVK,

Waghai submitted a proposal for assessing suitable sowing distance for Dang

area. With the aim of finding suitable sowing distance for Dang area,

assessment of 3 different sowing distances was carried out in the project.

These were: 1. T1: Farmers method (Broadcasting) T2: SAU recommendation

(30 cm spacing) and T3: 20 cm of row to row spacing.

The project covered 40 farmers spread over 10 villages. The results

showed that Treatment T2 gave highest average yield of 2152 kg/ha, followed

by T1 (1640 kg/ha).

3. Surendranagar

KVK, Nana-kandhasar in Surendranagar district carried out technology

refinement on “Chelated and area specific mineral mixture for dairy buffalo.

The study compared 3 different treatments: 1) T1: Farmers practice (control) 2)

T2: Recommended practices (Buffalo fed with mineral mixture

supplementation 30g/day) and 3) T3: Buffalo fed with area specific mineral

mixture supplementation 30g/day. The superiority of feed was assessed in

terms of: 1) Milk yield 2) Estrus after calving and 3) No. of insemination per

conception.

Preliminary results suggest that treatment T3 gave highest average yield

of milk (5 liters), followed by treatment T2 (4.5 liters). KVK has proposed to

continue the study for measuring reproductive efficiency.


Farm Schools

With a view to replicate & diffuse

the proven farming technologies in

nearby farms & area of a

progressive farmer, farm schools

are organized. The farm schools

are visualized to provide season

long technical backstopping/on

field training to participating

farmers.

Farm Schools were conducted on

various agriculture and allied

subjects. A total of 6 sessions are conducted on the field of progressive farmer in

each farm school.. The farm schools are organized in the farm of progressive farmers

who are leaders and members of Commodity Interest Groups (CIGs) / Farmers’

Interest Groups (FIGs), with the help of ATMA. These progressive farmers conduct the

class under the farm schools at the time of various critical stages of the crop as per

specified schedule.


The details of Farm Schools arranged during the reporting period are as under:

Sr. No.

District No. of Farm Schools

No. of Beneficiaries Male Female Total

1 Ahmedabad 38 964 24 988

2 Amreli 59 1534 0 1534

3 Anand 25 575 50 625

4 Banaskantha 60 1326 234 1560

5 Bharuch 24 564 61 625

6 Bhavanagar 44 1144 0 1144

7 Dang 3 75 0 75

8 Dahod 21 253 293 546

9 Gandhinagar 15 304 86 390

10 Jamnagar 35 825 50 875

11 Junagadh 56 7420 80 7500

12 Kheda 30 364 416 780

13 Kutch 45 1094 166 1260

14 Mehsana 45 1170 0 1170

15 Narmada 16 278 122 400

16 Navsari 20 227 273 500

17 Panchmahal 33 825 0 825

18 Patan 28 338 390 828

19 Porbandar 12 272 40 312

20 Rajkot 73 1700 125 1825

21 Sabarkantha 67 1300 400 1700

22 Surat 32 596 204 800


24 Tapi 28 377 323 700

25 Vadodara 49 970 304 1274

26 Valsad 21 284 260 544

Total 919 25768 3928 29796

As many as 919 farm schools on integrated crop management of Cotton, Cumin,

Sesamum, Onion, French beans, Brinjal, Cauliflower, Tomato, Potato, Chilli, Pigeon

pea, Castor, Groundnut, Wheat, Gram, Garlic, Tobacco, Capsicum, Banana, Ginger,

Turmeric, Funnel, Mustard, date palm, Pomegranate, Sorghum, Mango, vermi-

compost. etc., were conducted as against the target of 675 farm schools. In all 25,768

male and 3,928 female farmers participated in this activity.


CHAPTER – 5

ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES

In addition to the various mandatory activities in the ATMA guideline, various

additional activities have been carried out by the ATMA Gujarat. The brief details of

them are as follows:

(a) MONITORING OF ACTIVITIES BY STATE OFFICE STAFF

Staff of ATMA Directorate and SAMETI visited the various districts of Gujarat to

monitor the activities and implementation of ATMA scheme in the state. Feedback of

farmers on ATMA scheme and their suggestions were collected during these field

visits. In addition discussions were held with the staff of district office on various

topics such as current status of agriculture in their district/block, problems faced by

them in implementation of scheme and its possible solution. Suggestions were made

to the district officers for better implementation of the scheme. The details of some

of field visits are as under:

Sr. No.

Name of officer Designation Place(s) visited Date of visit

1 Dr. R. A. Sheresiya Director SAMETI & State Nodal Officer, ATMA

Kutch 29-05-13 to 30-05-13

Banaskantha 18-06-13

Jamnagar, Rajkot & Surendrangar

05-07-13 to 06-07-13

Gandhinagar 12-08-13

Kutch 23-08-13

2 Dr. R. A. Sheresiya Director SAMETI & State Nodal Officer, ATMA

Vadodara & Anand

21-09-13

Mr. Gaurav Joshi Deputy Director, SAMETI

3 Mr. Ravi Shah Deputy Director, SAMETI Navsari 6-7/10/13

Rajkot 29/11/13

4 Mr. Rajesh Dhameliya

State Co-ordinator Kheda

Mr. Rakesh Solanki Deputy Director, SAMETI


(b) Nodal agency for routing funds

During the year under report, the GoG has given responsibility to SAMETI for

routing the funds of various centrally sponsored GoI projects namely NFSM &

other GoG schemes. For these projects SAMETI has been identified as State Level

Autonomous Agency to receive funds from GoI and to disburse it to the

concerned agencies. For NFSM, the funds were routed though district ATMA for

making payments of district activities.

(c) Participation in Vibrant Gujarat

Government of Gujarat has organized Vibrant Gujarat Global Agriculture Summit

from 9th to 12th September, 2013 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Various events like

display of best practices by the farmers, exhibition of new innovations by public


and private sector companies, lectures on various important topics of agriculture

and allied field, awards to progressive farmers were organized during the summit.

ATMA Gujarat has played an important role for selection of farmers for Best

Farmers Award from the various nominations/applications received from all over

the country. A total of 546 farmers were selected from various districts of India.

The selected farmers were awarded at the Summit by the Hon. Chief Minister of

Gujarat.

In addition, ATMA Gujarat coordinated Best Agriculture Practices pavilion during

the event, where 100 progressive farmers from all over India displayed their

stories/best practices to other farmers.

(d) Visit of Delegates from Africa

Total 30 delegates from Liberia, Kenya and Malawi along with 2 MANAGE,

Hyderabad faculties visited ATMA-Gujarat on 6/11/2013 as a part of US-India-

Africa triangular international training program on New dimensions in Agriculture

Extension Management for Extension functionaries

A visit to a farm-school in Matapura and visit to the field of progressive farmer of

Chandrala village, in Gandhinagar district were organized for these delegates. A

fruitful interaction of delegates with the farmers of ATMA took place. Various

topics like bio-gas, green house technology, drip irrigation system, advances in

animal husbandry etc. were discussed. MANAGE and delegates appreciated the

work of ATMA in Gujarat.

(e) Registration of Farmers on iKisan portal

In order to organize the information on various agriculture related topics and

schemes of Gujarat state on a single place and facilitate timely, cheap and

transparent delivery of information to the farmers, Dept. of Agri. and Cooperation,

Government of Gujarat has started iKisan portal, under the guidance of Hon.

Principal Secretary (Agri.).

Farmer’s friends working under ATMA Gujarat have been selected to ensure

registration of Gujarat farmers on this portal. The registration of farmers on the

portal is going on.


(f) Participation in Krishi Vasant

GoI organized Krishi Vasant- A national level fair cum Exhibition at Nagpur during 9-13 February, 2014.

ATMA Gujarat has organized visit of more than 2300 farmers representing all the 33 districts of Gujarat to Krishi Vasant. In addition, a Gujarat State Pavilion was also put up at the event by ATMA. ATMA also coordinated selection of Gujarat farmers for Best Agricultural practices and Award to be given during the event. From ATMA-Gujarat, 2 farmers were selected for Award and 3 farmers were selected for best practices pavilion. The contribution of these farmers to agriculture sector was recognized by GoI during the event. The detail of these farmers is as under:

Sr. no.

Name of Farmer District Award/Best Practices Pavilion

1 Sh. Rameshbhai Chhotabhai Patel Anand Award

2 Sh. Narpatsinh Harisinh Nioriya Narmada Award

3 Sh. Jikarali Khokhar Mehsana Best Practices

4 Sh. Chandrasinh Madabhai Konkani Dang Best Practices

5 Sh. Ketanbhai Jasbhai Patel Anand Best Practices


(g) Participation in Progressive Punjab Agriculture Summit at Mohali, Punjab

Govt. of Punjab organized Progressive Punjab Agriculture Summit at Mohali,

Punjab during 16th -19th February, 2014. ATMA Gujarat arranged exposure visit

of farmers to the event. Following farmers were awarded during the event:

Sr. no. Name of Farmer District 1 Sh. Chandrakant Tribhovandas Patel Vadodara 2 Smt. Krishnaben Arvindbhai Patel Gandhinagar 3 Sh. Dineshbhai Chaturbhai Patel Ahmedabad

(h) Kheti ni vaat Khedut ne Sath- Informative television program for farmers

ATMA Directorate and SAMETI has started broadcast of Agriculture related Live TV Programme “Kheti ni vaat, Khedut ne saath”. The program is being broadcasted every Monday to Friday between 05:00 and 06:00 p.m. on BISAG channel 1. The programme can be watched from every village in Gujarat through 15,600 E-gram centers. The farmers can ask the questions to the expert on phone during the program. During the year 2013-14, a total of 74 live phone-in programs were broadcasted in which many farmers were able to obtain solutions to the problems faced by them from subject matter experts.


(i) Convergence of Development Departments & Public Private Partnership

Government of India, has put a lot of emphasis on convergence between different line department to avoid duplication of work and for better utilization of resources. Due convergence was made with different development department of Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Horticulture, Fisheries, the four SAUs, KVKs, etc. for conduction of district level activities.

The extension reforms scheme also provides ample opportunities for public-private partnership in conducting various extension related activities. It is mandatory to use 10 per cent of the activities and allocation through for the private partners. The scheme has a broader concept of private partner that includes boards and corporations, public and private companies, firms, Para-technicians, farmers' organization and groups, NGOs, agri-entrepreneurs, cooperatives, input dealers and all those who are interested (direct/indirect) and can contribute for the well-being of farms and farmers. In Gujarat, various activities carried out under PPP mode are listed below:

Name of Agency Area of Collaboration

State Department of Agriculture ATMA Execution, Training

State Department of Horticulture ATMA Execution, Training

State Department of Animal Husbandry ATMA Execution, Training

Anand Agricultural University ATMA Executing, Training

Junagadh Agricultural University ATMA Executing, Training

Navsari Agricultural University ATMA Executing, Training

SD Agricultural University ATMA Executing, Training

KVKs Transfer of technology, Training, Technology Assessment & Refinement, field visit

Gujarat Land Development Corporation Training

Gujarat State Seed Corporation Training

Ganpata University Training

Digital Agri Media/ Dhanani Films E-Technology Packages

BISAG Training

Flower Growers Association of Gujarat State

Field Visit

GSFC / GNFC / IFFCO Exposure Visit, Training

NIAM, Japuir Training

MANAGE Training


(J) VISIT OF GOVT. OF INDIA OFFICIALS During the year 2013-14, various officers from Govt. of India visited Gujarat to review the implementation of modified ATMA scheme in State and collect feedback from State Govt., Extension functionaries and farmers. They visited various farm schools and interacted with farmers and district level ATMA staff. They encouraged the good work carried out under ATMA in Gujarat and also provided suggestions to make the ATMA scheme more effective. The details of the visit of GoI officers are as follows:

Sr. No.

Name of officer & Designation

Address Place(s) visited

Date of visit

1 Shri Balram Singh, Extension Officer (Extension Reforms)

Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Directorate of Extension, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India, Room No. 546, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi- 110 114

Gandhinagar, Sabarkantha & Banaskantha

24-27 June 2013

2 V. Natarajan, Consultant (Extn. Reforms)

Sabarkantha 10 September 2013

3 Dr. P. Kanaka Durga Research Associate

MANAGE, Rajendranagar Hyderabad – 500 030

Anand & Vadodara districts

15 & 16 November 2013

4

Bhaskar Gujji, Assistant Director (IT),


Mehsana 29th November 2013

5

Dr. S. K. Mishra, Joint Director

Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Directorate of Extension, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India, New Delhi- 110 114

Sabarkantha, Mehsana, Surat & Vadodara districts

21st February 2014 to 1st March 2014

Dr. G. Jaya, Deputy Director,



CHAPTER – 6

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

1. Brief of ATMA Scheme

FY 2013-2014 : GoI Contribution (90%)

Rs. In Lakhs

GoG contribution (10%)

Rs. In Lakhs

Opening Balance : 157.48 33.87

Released During the Year : 3630.75 594.67

Other receipt during year : 25.60 -

Total available Grant : 3813.83 560.80

Utilized : 3510.33 527.97

Balance Carried Forward : 303.50 32.82

2. Brief of other projects

Rs. In Lakhs

Sr. Name of

Project

Opening Balance

Released During year

Other receipt during year

Total Available

Grant

Utilized Balance carried

Forward

1 NFSM 140,154,439 385,062,000 12,971,818 538,188,257 346,773,160 191,415,097

2 NSHFF 42,52,823 - - 42,52,823 4,08,467 38,44,356


ANNEXURE The details of the Project Directors of ATMA-Gujarat

Sr. District Name of Project

Director Address of ATMA Office Duration

1 Ahmedabad

Shri P. R. Chaudhari Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Near Visat Petrol Pump, Sabarmati , Ahmedabad . 380005

01-04-13 to 09-12-13

Shri H. D. Vaghela 10-12-13 to 31-03-14

2 Amreli

Shri D. S. Gadhiya Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Chakkar gadh, Near Patel Sankul, Sarasvat Society, Amreli.365601

01-04-13 to 07-12-13

Shri G. S Dave 08-12-13 to 31-03-14

3 Anand

Shri S. B. Vaghamsigh Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Jilla Seva Sadan, Opp. D.S.P. office , Anand

01-04-13 to 31-03-13

Shri J. J. Patel 10-12-13 to 31-03-14

4 Bansakantha

Shri A. R. Gami Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre T.C.D. Farm ,Near Gandhi Linkan Hospital , Deesa Dist. Banaskantha. 385535

01-04-13 to 28-02-14

Shri R. M. Patel 01-03-14 31-03-14

5 Bharuch

Shri S. K. Dhimmar Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre District Panchayat , Bharuch.

01-04-13 to 02-09-13

Shri S. K. Panelia 03-09-13 to 31-03-14

6 Bhavanagar

Dr. D. L. Patel Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Shamaldas College, Opp. Cricket Compound, Bhavanagar

01-04-13 to 07-12-13

Mrs M. J. Balas 08-12-13 to 31-03-14

7 Dahod

Shri K. S. Patel Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Chakalia Road, Near Thakkar bapa Statue. Dahod 389151

01-04-13 to 07-12-13

Shri J. R. Patel 08-12-13 to 03-03-13




Shri J. M. Khant 04-03-13 to 31-03-14

8 Dang Shree J.B.Mathasoliya

Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Near office of The Assistant Director of Horticulture, Agriculture Compound, Ahwa Dist Dang

01-04-13 to 31-03-14

9 Gandhinagar Shri K. T. Patel

Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Near office of the Dy .Director of Agriculture, (Soil Coordinator) Sector No. 15, Gandhinagar.

01-04-13 to 31-03-14

10 Jamnagar Dr. Haresh Jadhav

Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Airo dram Road, Near Tulan Mill, Jamnagar.361001

01-04-13 to 31-03-14

11 Junagadh

Shri M. M. Kasondra Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Laghu Krishi Bhavan, Opp. Sardar Bag, Near Gujarat State Seeds Corporation, Junagadh.362001

01-04-13 to 07-12-13

Shri D. S. Gadhiya 08-12-13 to 31-03-14

12 Kheda Shri Vipul Parmar

Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Near T.C.D. Farm Thasara, Dist.Kheda.388260

01-04-13 to 31-03-14

13 Kutch

Shri K. C. Chaudhari

Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre Near S.T. Work Shop, Bhuj Dist. Kutch.370001

01-04-13 to 22-11-13

Dr. P. K. Swarnakar 23-11-13 to 30-11-13

Dr. F.K. Modh 30-11-13 to 10-01-14

Dr. P. K. Swarnakar 11-01-14 to 03-03-14




Shri J. M. Varmora 04-03-14 to 31-03-14

14 Mahesana

Shri H. I. Patel Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre Dhobi Ghat, Mehsana 384001

01-04-13 to 02-09-13

Shri K. M. Patel 03-09-13 to 31-03-14

15 Narmada

Shri B. K. Bhatt Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre Vadiya Palace Compound, Rajpipla Dist Narmada

01-04-13 to 30-06-13

Shri C. N. Patel 01-07-13 to 31-03-14

16 Navasari Shri K. V. Patel

Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Aru Chara Rasta, Dandi Road, Navasari.396445

01-04-13 to 31-03-14

17 Panchmahal Shri J. M. Khant

Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, C/O office of the Assistant Director of Agriculture, T.& V. Sub. Division, I.T.I. Compound, Dist.Panchamahal

01-04-13 to 31-03-14

18 Patan

Shri Y. I. Shihora Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre Training & Visit office building, Patan.

01-04-13 to 07-12-13

Shri R. K. Choudhari 09-12-13 to 31-03-14

19 Porbandar

Shri V. H. Hirpara Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Jilla Sadan -2, Sandi pani Road. Porbandar.

01-04-13 to 03-03-14

Shri V. P. Korat 04-03-14 to 31-03-14

20 Rajkot Shri Jigar Bhatt

Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Near Radio Colony, Near Bajarang Vadi Naka, Rajkot.

01-04-13 to 31-03-14




21 Sabarkantha Shri V. K. Patel

Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Sahakar Vibhag Jilla Panchayat, Himatnagar, Dist. Sabarakantha

01-04-13 to 31-03-14

22 Surat

Shri P. M. Acharya Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre.T. C.D. Farm, Bardoli, Dist. Surat.

01-04-13 to 09-12-13

Shri N. K. Gabani 10-12-13 to 31-03-14

23 Surendranagar

Shri N. J. Gohel Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Near Dist. Industries Centre. Surendranagar

01-04-13 to 04-03-14

Shri H. V. Gosai 07-03-14 to 31-03-14

24 Tapi

Shri Nitin G Gamit Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Vyara Dist Tapi.394650

01-04-13 to 01-09-13

Shri S. B. Gamit 02-09-13 to 31-03-14

25 Vadodara

Dr. Meena Trivedi Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Old Divan Bungla Compound, Chhotauepur Dist. Vadodara.

01-04-13 to 09-12-13

Shri P. M. Acharya 10-12-13 to 31-03-14

26 Valsad

Shri N. K. Gabani Project Director, Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Farmers Training Centre, Jilla Panchayat, Valsad

01-04-13 to 09-12-13

Shri H. M. Chaudhary 10-12-13 to 29-12-13

Shri K. C. Chaudhary 30-12-13 to 31-03-14

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