Major Functions of ATMA

Major functions of the ATMA are to:-

   Take steps to ensure that problems, constraints and needs of the farming community ar identified and diagnosed periodically.

   Draw up plans by stessing on integrated research-extension linkage approach for farming systems for agriculture development of the district.

   Ensure that line departments/ institutions draw up intgrated development plan based upon resource available with them and other supplementary resources mobilized by the ATMA.

   Forge or develop sysematic linkages between national/state/district institutions of excellence in the field of agriculture and marketing.

   Ensure capacity building of the personnel engaged in overall agriculture development and strenghthen infrastructure support for the benefit of the farmers and producers.

   Create suitable mechanism to ensure location specific adaptive, indigenous knowledge based reaserch.

   Ensure adequate linkages and frequent interaction between scientists, extension functionaries, technicinas & farmers in order to prepare an integrated plan to develop better understanding of the problem, means to adopted to sort out those problems and to develop a mechanism of feed back.

   Ensure capacity building of the ultimate users i.e. the farmers by way of providing them training for skill up-gradation] and also to provide credit to them through various lending institutions.

   Facilitate private investments for infrastructure development.

   Receive and expend project funds, maintain revolving accounts, enter into contracts and agreements, receive donations and provide services & deliver goods to beneficiaries.

   Generate resoueces in order to bring financial sustainability through charging for selected services renderd to to beneficiaries by ATMA

   Make rules and by-laws for the cunduct of the affairs of the ATMA and add, amend, vary ot rescind them for time to time.

   Do all such lawful acts and things wheather incidental to objectives in force or notas may be required in furtherance of the objectives if the ATMA and,

   Do all Other such things as may be considered necessary by the society (ATMA)and may be incidental or conductive to the attainment of its objectives.