National Agriculture Technology programme was conceived as a pilot project. It was launched in November, 1998. It was an initiation of government of India with World Bank Assistance. Under this project, Innovations in Technology Dissemination (ITD) component has been planned, which aims at developing a transfer of Technology (TOT) system that is demand driven, well integrated with research and financially sustainable and accountable to stake holders of agricultural development.
The innovation in technology dissemination (ITD) component of the project aimed at addressing key constraints in technology generation, validation and dissemination by introducing new institutional models and operational reform process in selected states. The states were namely Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Orissa and Punjab. The project was pilot tested in four districts of above mentioned each states.
Setup of National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP)
Participants