ATMA GOVERNING BODY (GB)
ATMA would be supported by Governing Body (GB) and Management Committee (MC). The Governing Body is a policy making body and provide guidance as well as review the progress and functioning of
ATMA.
Composition
| 1 |
District Magistrate/ Collector |
Chairman |
| 2 |
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/
Chief Development Officer (CDO) |
Vice- Chairman |
| 3 |
Joint Director/ Deputy Director (Ag) |
Member |
| 4 |
A representative from
ZRS/ KVK |
Member |
| 5 |
One Farmer representative |
Member |
| 6 |
One Livestock Producer |
Member |
| 7 |
Representative of Women Farmers Interest Group |
Member |
| 8 |
One Horticulture Farmer |
Member |
| 9 |
One SC/ST Farmer
representative |
Member |
| 10 |
A representative of NGO |
Member |
| 11 |
Lead Bank Officer of the
District |
Member |
| 12 |
A representative of District Industrial Centre |
Member |
| 13 |
Representative of Agriculture Marketing Board |
Member |
| 14 |
Representative of input supplying
Association |
Member |
| 15 |
One Fisheries/Sericulture
representative |
Member |
| 16 |
Project Director ATMA |
Secretary- Treasurer
(Ex-officio) |
Appointment/ Nomination/Term of Members:
Non-official members of GB will be appointed for a period of 2 years by APC on the recommendation of the Chairman of GB.
Some initial appointments would be staggered to ensure that about two-thirds of the members would be carry over for an additional year on the GB.
Thirty percent of the farmer representatives on the GB would be reserved for women farmers to ensure their interests are fully represented.
Key Functions of ATMA Governing Board
The key functions of ATMA Governing Board would be to:
- Review and approve Strategic Research and Extension Plan (SREP) and annual action plans that are prepared and submitted by the participating units.
- Receive and review annual reports presented by the participating units, providing feedback and direction to them as needed, for various research and extension activities being carried out within the district.
- Receive and allocate project funds to carry out priority research, extension and related activities within the district.
- Foster the organization and development of Farmers Interest Groups (FIGs) and Farmers Organization (FOs) within the district.
- Facilitate the greater involvement of private sector and firms and organizations in providing inputs, technical support, agro-processing and marketing services to farmers.
- Encourage agriculture lending institutions to increase the availability of capital to resource poor and marginal farmers, especially SC, ST and women farmers.
- Encourage each line department, plus the KVK and ZRS, to establish farmer advisory committee to provide feedback and input into their respective R-E
programmes.
- Enter into contracts and agreements as appropriate to promote and support agricultural development activities within the district.
- Identify other sources of financial support that would help ensure the financial sustainability of the ATMA and its participating
units.
- Establish revolving funds/ accounts for each participating unit, and encourage each unit to make available technical services, such as artificial insemination or soil testing on a cost recovery basis moving towards full cost recovery in a phased manner.
- Arrange for the periodic audit of ATMAs financial accounts and
- Adopt and amend the rules and by-laws for the
ATMA.
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