Farmers of Goa get technology boost.

The two bodies were inaugurated at the Agricultural Department at Tonca Caranzalem in the presence of senior officials of the agriculture department. In a bid to impart scientific training to farmers, the state government has set up the State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute and Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA).

Minister for agriculture Ramesh Tawadkar said "The government has initiated various steps to encourage agriculture and take it to greater heights by introducing farmer friendly techniques and special emphasis on organic farming.".

SAMETI-Goa will function as the nodal state level training institute in the area of agricultural management and will provide capacity building support. SAMETI-Goa is a state level training institute established to impart training and has been set up under the centrally sponsored scheme for support to state extension programmes.

ATMA is a district level agency established to disseminate agricultural technologies to the farmers to help equip them with modern farming technology. Consultancy services in the areas like project planning, appraisal, implementation, monitoring and evaluation will be offered to farmers.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/