2. Inadequate infrastructure & services in rural areas
•Lack of new technologies in the field of agriculture
•Lack of good agricultural education
Climate change/variability and natural disasters
• Uneven monsoon,floods,landslides ect.
• Bad impacts of global warming
Sociological and psychological attitude towards farming
• Young people feel that farming is for the dropouts
• Young people prefer white collar jobs
Poor connectivity and marketing system
• Bad roads and inadequate vehicles leads to poor transportation
• Poor pricing policies and storage facilities
Lets throw some light on the problems tackled by the
Farmers of the agro-based country....
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10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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3. Glimpse of proposed solution
Youth driven
program
Advantages
over existing
system
Implementation
in real life
Development of information centres.
Scholarship for students studying agriculture.
Installation of “PUMPSET” in each village.
providing vehicles for information centre in each block.
Providing all the agricultural input at subsidized rates.
Recruitment of graduates, post graduates and PhDs in
agriculture.
A team of 8 people to serve at each block (information
centre) .
Setting a committees at district, state level.
An organization at national level will monitor the working of
employees at the state ,district and block level.
Proper utilization of human resource.
Creation of job opportunities in the field of agriculture.
Nationwide impact with low cost input.
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4. 44
We will frame out a network of graduates, post-graduates
and PhDs
Graduates Post-graduates PhDs
Criteria for recruiting
different group of
people
have particular skills
needed in the field of
agriculture
should hold a degree of
B.Tech or B.Sc in
agriculture
should qualify an
entrance conducted by
upsc
should be well-versed
with local culture and
language
have skills along with
work experience
should hold a degree of
B.Tech/B.Sc +M.Tech/M.Sc
in agriculture
should qualify an
entrance conducted by
upsc
should be well-versed
with local culture and
language
have specialized skills
along with vast experience
should hold the degree
of doctorate in agriculture
should qualify an
entrance conducted by
upsc
should be well-versed
with English language
apart from knowing the
local language
Number of persons
to recruited
6755 3555 355
5. 5
National
committee
State
committee
District
committee
Information
centres in
each electoral
block
Practical working of the plan
A committee at national level
will be drafted which will
include leaders from two
major political parties and
highly qualified doctorate
holders .
A committee at state level
will be formed including
doctorate holders and
master degree holders,
answerable to national
committee only.
District level committee will
be composed of master
degree holders and some
graduate, answerable to
state and national
committee.
One information centre in
each electoral block. It will
comprise of a few graduate
and other servicemen
answerable to all above
committees.
PART-A
6. 6
PART-B1. All the
information
centres will be
equipped with
electricity backup,
internet and
telephone facility
and other facilities
necessary for
livelihood .
4. The farmers
won't have to go
to market place to
cell there product,
instead they will
simply take a to
the information
centre and can get
there payment.
5. All the agriculture
input like seeds,
fertilizers, machine and
tools, agricultural loan
etc. will be provided at a
subsidized rates so that
people don’t consider
agriculture, a job for
dropouts.
3. All the information
centre will be allotted a
fleet of vehicles
(number depending
upon population) for
proper transportation
and connectivity to the
market place.
2. All the
information centres
will have one
weather officer
appointed for the
propose of getting
all the weather and
forecasts so that a
farmers can be well
prepared for the
upcoming situation .
7. 7
Decision Support System
Extension
& Training
Policy Making
Farm
Decisions
Decision-Making
Drought
continues. Rainy
season begins.
Favorable planting/
cultivating…
too windy
Farm management
tools and
educational aids to
provide a pathway of
learning for farmers
Risk Management:
preparedness &
mitigation measures
Decision Support System for Agricultural Weather Management
PART-C
8. 8
National
committee
2-leaders (one from
each of two major
political parties)
35-PhDs (one for
each state)
35-graduates(one
for each state)
35- post-
graduate(one for
each state)
Network of executives in this plan
State
committee
320-PhDs(one
for each district)
320-graduates
(one for each
district)
320-post
graduate (one
for each district)
To be continue
9. 99
Information
centre
3200-graduates(1 for
each information
centre)
3200-weather
experts(one for each
information centre)
3200-tranport
managers(one for each
information centre)
16000-workers(5
workers for each
information centre)
District
committee
3200-post
graduate(one
for each block)
3200-
graduatets(one
for each block)
There will be one information centre in each block of a district.
Information centre = no. of blocks
10. 10
The total jobs created through our plan are 33065 .
Totaljobscreated Graduates
Post-graduates
PhDs
Weather experts
Transport
managers
Workers
6755
3555
355
3200
3200
16000
11. 11
The gross financial input is approximated to 53 million dollars
per annum.Totalfunding
required
Payment to recruited
people
Cost of
transportation facility
Cost of technological
applications
52 million $ per
annum
0.4 million $ per
annum
0.6 million $ per
annum
12. 12
Appendix
www.rural.nic.in
www.wikkipedia.com
Report- Agenda 21-Promoting sustainable agriculture
A report on Indian Agriculture: Performance and
Challenges
A report by Indian Agricultural Research Institute(IARI)
A report by Indian Council of Agricultural
Research(ICARI)
Report of the APO seminar on strengthening the
agricultural support services for small farmers held in
Japan, 4-11 July 2001
