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National Mission on Agricultural Extension and Technology

The mission aims to restructure and strengthen agricultural extension machineries to enable delivery of appropriate technology and improved agronomic practices to farmers.

  • It is envisaged to be achieved by physical outreach and interactive methods of information dissemination, use of ICT, popularisation of modern and appropriate technologies, availability of quality seeds, plant protection etc.
  • It amalgamates all the existing agricultural extension schemes and regroups in to 4 Sub Missions 

i. Sub Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE)
ii. Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP)
iii. Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
iv. Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine (SMPP)

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