Training and Extension for Farmers

What to Do?
What Can You Get?
Whom/Where to Contact?

What to Do?

24,000 @ per block (1 BTM + 3ATM) Extension functionaries dedicated for agricultural extension are being provided at the Block level and below, under the Extension Reforms scheme ATMA. Contact them or any other functionary of the State Government in agriculture and allied departments to get answers for your queries, information about any Programme/ Scheme and appropriate technologies for the area or individual farmer.
Set up or participate in Farm School or Demonstration Plot.
Get exact information from the web and get your farm registered through hand-held device.
Tune in to agriculture related programmes on Local Doordarshan (18 Regional, 1 National, 180 Low Power transmitters), All India Radio, FM Radio Stations (96) kisan channel or even some private channels to get latest knowledge and information.
Contact the nearest Kisan Call Centre (KCC) on toll free number 1800-180-1551 for answers to your specific queries through the KCC agents or through senior experts from 6 AM to 10 PM on

all 365 days in a year.
Students with agriculture qualification can get 2 months training free of cost and can establish Agri-Clinic/Agri-Business Centre with the help of bank loan along with 36% Subsidy (44% in case

of SC/ST/ Women).
Participate in exposure visits and trainings for progressive farmers.
Get selected information & services from the web through interactive SMS (USSD) without internet on your mobile.
Access Farmers’ Portal to get location specific information (including package of practices, list of dealers, crop advisories etc.).
Benefit from SMS Portal for Farmers by getting registered through Kisan Call Centre or Pull SMS (KISAAN REG <Your Name>,<first four characters of State>,<first four characters of District>,<first four characters of block>) at 51969 or 9212357123

What Can You Get?

S.No	Type of Assistance	Pattern of assistance for the activity.	Scheme/Component
1	Training of farmers
1.1	Training of farmers outside the state upto 50 man-days / block	Rs.1250/- per farmer per day including transportation, boarding and lodging	ATMA Scheme, Sub schemes NHM/HMNEH under MIDH
1.2	Training of farmers within the district (1000 man-days per block)	Rs.400/- farmer per day which includes transportation, boarding and lodging of farmers for residential training; otherwise, Rs. 250 /- per farmer per day if training is not residential	ATMA Scheme, Sub schemes NHM/HMNEH under MIDH
2	Exposure visit of farmers
2.1	Training of farmers within the State(100 man-days / block)	Rs. 1000 /- per farmer per day which includes transportation, boarding and lodging of farmers	ATMA Scheme
2.2	Training of farmers outside the state upto 50 man-days / block	Rs. 1250/ farmer per day which includes transportation, boarding and lodging of farmers	ATMA Scheme, Sub schemes NHM/HMNEH under MIDH
2.3	Training of farmers within the district (1000 man-days per block)	Rs.400/- farmer per day which includes transportation, boarding and lodging of farmers for residential training; otherwise, Rs. 250 /- per farmer per day if training is not residential	ATMA Scheme, Sub schemes NHM/HMNEH under MIDH
2.4	a) Capacity building, skill development of farmers’ groups and for other support services(for 20 groups per block) b) Seed Money to these groups as one-time grant for taking up income generating activity c) Food Security Groups (2 groups/block)	Rs. 5000 per group Rs. 10,000/group Rs. 10,000/group	ATMA Scheme
2.5 2.6	Farm School (Training to 25 farmers per season at six critical stages of crop). Organization of demonstrations (125 demonstrations per block)	Rs. 29,414 /- per Farm School Rs. 1000/- farmer per day which includes transportation, boarding and lodging of farmers Upto Rs. 4000/ - per demonstration plot (0. 4 hectares)	ATMA Scheme ATMA Scheme

Whom/Where to Contact?

Zonal Assistant Director(Agri)/Nearest Agriculture Sub-Depot/Agriculture Field Staff/ Rural Knowledge Centre /Kisan Call Centre - Phone : 03192-243434

Source: Department of Agriculture, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Last Modified : 3/1/2020

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