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Lesson 28:ICAR Research Projects

Objectives

The overall objective of NATP was to revitalize the agriculture technology generation assessment, refinement and dissemination systems.

1. Increase the quality and type of technologies disseminated through
   1. Location specific technology development.
   2. Diversification and intensification of farming systems.
   3. Use of sustainability enhancing technologies.
2. Enable research and extension systems to become demand driven and responsible for solving problems of farmers.
3. Strengthen research-extension-farmers (R-E-F-) linkages.
4. Increase financial sustainability of the system.
5. Shared ownership of agricultural Technology System (ATS) by key stakeholders i.e. farmers especially poor, women and disadvantaged, public sector research and extension agencies like ICAR, SAUs, DOA etc.