The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved on 4th February 2014 the implementation of the National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology (NMAET) during the 12th Plan period.
The extension of NMAET and its components will be expanded and up-scaled appropriately and implemented in a more coordinated and convergent manner.
The Mission will have a total outlay of 13073.08 crore rupees with Government of India’s share of Rs. 11390.68 crore and State share of 1682.40 crore rupees.
NMAET consists of 4 Sub Missions -1 Sub Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE)
2Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP)
3 Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
4Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPP)
The aim of the Mission is to restructure and strengthen agricultural extension to enable delivery of appropriate technology and improved agronomic practices to farmers. This is envisaged to be achieved by a judicious mix of extensive physical outreach and interactive methods of information dissemination, use of ICT, popularization of modern and appropriate technologies, capacity building and institution strengthening to promote mechanization, availability of quality seeds, plant protection etc. and encourage aggregation of Farmers into Interest Groups (FIGs) to form Farmer Producer Organizations’ (FPOs).
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