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NATIONAL RABI WORKSHOP NEW DELHI, 20TH SEPTEMBER’19AMIT MOHAN PRASADPRINCIPAL SECRETARY, AGRICULTUREGovt. of Uttar Pradesh

T

HE MILLION FARMERS’ SCHOOL

&

DIGITAL EXTENSION INITIATIVE

The IdeaTo double the farmers’ income, three things are neededReduce the cost of cultivation, increase the production and obtain the rice price for the farmersTechnology has a crucial role to play in all the threeExtension is the main vehicle for taking new technology to the fieldTherefore, we must focus on agriculture extension in order to enhance productivity, production, market linkages and farmer’s income

Agriculture ExtensionThere is a separate programme called National Mission on Agriculture Extension and Technology (NMAET)Under this, Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) is tasked to carry out extension workEvery programme

like NFSM or BGREI or NMAET has a component of demonstration in farmers’ fields

However, extension has remained the weakest area in agriculture and input management has gained supremacy

Extension in Campaign ModeThe idea was developed during an interaction with the farmers at MathuraThe cascade model of training was used to train the trainersA module of one hour per day for five days was thought ofCourse content was designed and finalizedState level officers

functioned as

KRPs

and

prepared

district level Master Trainers through VC

Master Trainers trained the Trainers (TA/BTM/ATM) at the KVKs and other

centres

The Course ContentDay 1: Rabi crops, Soil health and Crop cycleDay 2: Agriculture Inputs, Animal Husbandry, Dairy and FisheriesDay 3: Prime Minister Fasli Bima

Yojana

; Various subsidies under different schemes

Day 4: Raising Farmer’s Income; Agriculture diversification and Horticulture

Day 5: Plant

Protection, Online registration of farmers and Direct Benefit Transfer

Current DesignThe module has been converted into a four day programme with one and half hours every dayConvergence with other allied departments is the big focus nowStaff of Horticulture and Animal Husbandry Department collaboratesIn the fourth edition (June 2019) technical staff of sugar cane department participated actively

The confidence of farmers on this system of extension has increased gradually

Launched on the 5th of December by

Hon’ble

Chief Minister

The Launch

Running of ModulesIt is launched with a lot of fan fair across the statePublic representatives participate in the launch with great enthusiasmEntire development administration comes out in support of this programme anchored by Agriculture DepartmentFour editions completed; more than 4 million farmers trained so far and counting…….

Cascade model of training is used for trainers’ training

Each farmer gets a free copy of the module

The Training ParadigmUse of technology is a major feature of the training programme (AV, NIC, live streaming…)Random number technique used for knowledge test………App for attendance of farmersWhile information and knowledge of farmers about the better practices, better varieties etc is going up, the spin off has been the capacity building of our own staff

There can be no better method to build the capacity of the field staff

Participation of women farmers is a heartening feature.

Digital Extension InitiativeVaigyanikon Ki Baat, Kisaano

ke

Saath

This experiment was done on the 4

th

of June

The video conferencing facility across the state set up by NIC was

utilised

At the State Level Centre

,

Hon’ble

Minister,

top agricultural

scientists and senior officers of agriculture and allied

depts

were

present

These came from ICAR, CIMMYT, Basmati Foundation, State Agriculture Universities and State Government

Departments

Resources from

SAUs

and

KVKs

were widely used for this

Vaigyanikon ki Baat…..

Apart from the scientists, we had two progressive farmers also at the State HQ

Shri

Ram Saran

Verma

and

Shri

Bharat

Bhushan

Tyagi

have been awarded

P

adma

Sri this year for farming

At the district level

centres

, progressive farmers and departmental officers were made to sit

Therefore, this was a two way communication where the scientists and farmers were able to interact

Digital Extension….Topics are selected carefully, according to the time of the year and audienceLatest edition was on 11th of September, focused on women farmers; Sudha Pande and Biatana

Devi were star speakers

Presence of renowned scientists is an attraction for the farmers in the NIC halls as well as the villages

Entire program is live streamed which can be seen by farmers in the villages and elsewhere

Viewing in the Villages

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Impact Assessment of TMFSIFPRI recently did an impact assessment of TMFS and found statistically significant difference in knowledge level of farmers!Their findings include (other benefits):

Enhanced job satisfaction among employees

Enhanced capacity of employees

Better communication established between farmer

and department

Thank You!