PRESENTATION BY GROUP IV

RESEARCH AND EXTENSION

NATIONAL KHARIF CONFERENCE 2011

Deployment of Manpower
Clearly state your companys long-term mission.
Try to use words that will help direct the growth of your company, but be as concise as possible.

Manpower: Issues and Suggestions

Problem of filling PD/DPD positions - problem of qualifications SMS/BTM salary is very low.
Qualifications may be relaxed with the approval of IDWG Resort to Selection Mode from next lower rank

Higher salary being proposed during 12th Plan

Service Charges and Service Tax not provided in Cafeteria No provision of Service Tax in the Cafeteria Amount of Rs 4000 very low for FFs

Savings under contingency & operation expenditure as already laid in the Guidelines; Service Tax is a statutory due and must be paid from savings

Being proposed during 12th Plan

Amount being provided to meet the contingent expenditure. Willing farmers with good experience may be taken as FFs

Fund Utilisation
Summarize your market in the past, present, and future.
Review those changes in market share, leadership, players, market shifts, costs, pricing, or competition that provide the opportunity for your companys success.

Suggestions on Funds Release

Release of funds in 3 or more instalments delays activities and hinders payment of salary.
GOI should release of funds in two installments as per Guidelines

RKVY funds to be utilized for extension activities on gap filling mode.

Use it for incremental needs for permitted activities

Funding to be linked to use of Electronic Monitoring System (EMS)

States need to organise refresh trainings through NIC

States share in the Farmers Friend which is 50% may be reduced to 10% as in other activities.
GOI may take up the issue during 12th Plan

Constitution of Farmers Advisory Committees

SN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 States Arunachal Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Kerala Meghalaya Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh SFAC 0 1 In progress 0 In progress In progress DFAC 0 24 In progress 7 In progress 56 BFAC 0 76 205 151 39 249 821

FACs: Issues and Suggestions

Interference from different quarters in selection of FACs

National Level Farmers Advisory Committee, which may emanate from the SFACs

Presence of KVK Expert in BTT Meeting

Take DFAC from BFACs and SFAC from DFACs

States may finalise the SFACs on priority

Public-Private-Partnership (PPP)

Progress under PPP not encouraging in most of the States

PPP being confused with outsourcing of extension work to NGO/PVT sector True PPP mode has to have clearly defined contributions from both the public and Private partners Private partners shouldnot take undue advantage of PPP in promoting their own products PPP arrangements may be finalised through a transparent bidding process wherever there is more demand

Convergence between Research & Extension

Arunachal Pradesh
No Feed Back Monthly interface between ATMA and KVK Started Monthly interface between ATMA and KVK and joint visit to villages Started SAUs have designated district-wise experts 14 district level interfaces conducted. Linkage between ATMA-KVK/Research Stations in some districts Organization of one day workshop on Convergence State directives to all concerned deptts for convergence

Jharkhand Himachal Pradesh

Kerala

Meghalaya Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh

Issues and Suggestions

Cost norms of different GOI schemes for training/demonstration vary.
GOI may rationalize the same during 12th Plan

ATIC-KVK-ATMA interface at State level may be held at regular intervals

ICAR is bringing out its Research- Extension policy; Any such policy should be brought out in consultation with DAC

MASS MEDIA SUPPORT TO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

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Issues and Suggestions

Proactive involvement of SLC/ DLCs in content creation and review of programmes

telecast/broadcast by DD/AIR. Regular meetings are not being held in the States
except for Punjab, Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh.
If Secretary/ APC are not able to conduct the meeting regularly, meeting may be conducted at Directors level.

Use of DD and AIR to disseminate messages / advisories to the farmers to cope up with emergent issues.
A Nodal Officer for linking the development Departments with DD/ AIR to be nominated by each State.

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Community Radio Station

Sl No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 State Proposals Received 0 1 1 2 0 2 12 Sent to I&B CRS Established (LOI Ministry Issued) 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 (4)

Arunachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Kerala Meghalaya Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh

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Issues and Suggestions

The annual ceiling in the cafeteria for CRS is uniform for all states ( Rs.54 lakh). This is not sufficient for bigger states.
The ceiling may be consistent with the size of the state. States may project their requirements in this regard, so that suitable approvals could be taken by GOI.

Some applications directly sent by the States are pending with I&B Ministry.
All the applications are to be routed through DAC, so that DAC can take up the matter with I&B. Ministry.

KISAN CALL CENTRES

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Calls received till December 2011

Arunachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand

8638 175604 96109

Kerala
Meghalaya Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh All India

546
3709 428893 437273 7498290

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Issues and Suggestions

Call flow in the States needs to improve. New arrangements with IKSL offering higher technology options being implemented. States to provide full support.

Ownership by the States. As far as possible KCCs are to be located close to SAU/ State establishments. States having their own call centres may be converged with KCC for uniformity and better serices to farmers Latest version of guide books to be provided to the KCC agents. Training and Capacity building of KCC agents by States Updating of KKMS database by SAUs NARP Zone-wise
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Implementation of Modified Approach

States to implement revised KCC mechanism as per circular dated 7.4.2011 States to closely involve in selection process of KCC agents.

A roster of experts to be deputed at weekly/ fortnightly intervals

for responding to farmers calls at KCC in conference mode. The roster may be shared with respective KCCs.

ESTABLISHMENT OF
AGRI-CLINICS &

AGRI-BUSINESS CENTRES

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Status of ACABC Scheme(upto Jan. 2012)

Sl. No.

State

Graduates Trained (No.)

Ventures % Success Established (No.) Rate

9.00 29.83 19.20

1 2 3 4

Arunachal Pradesh

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352 453 173 5 2298 4921

1
105 87 27 2 782 2153

Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand

Kerala

15.61
40.00 34.03 43.75

5
6 7

Meghalaya
Rajasthan

Uttar Pradesh

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Issues and Suggestions

States find no role in ACABC scheme.
The revised scheme has enough provisions for state involvement in selection of NTIs, candidates, monitoring/surprise inspections and using ACABC for extension delivery/ distribution of inputs under different schemes. States desirous of implementing the scheme may do it through respective SAMETIs for which funding would be channelized through MANAGE.