|
The
National Agricultural
Technology Project (NATP) initiated with the financial
assistance from World Bank consists of three main
components. Out of them the “Innovation in Technology
Dissemination” (ITD) component envisages to pilot test and
operate through a district level autonomous registered
society called as “ Agricultural Technology Management
Agency” (ATMA). It is expected to test new innovations in
four district of each seven states of India i.e. Andhra
Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharastra, Panjab and
Himachal Pradesh that would begin to delineate future
direction for the extension system and to bridge the
Research – Extension – Farmer linkage gaps, those are found
constraints in the flow of appropriate technology to
farmers. ATMA Kangra being a third phase district under NATP
was registered as society on 16th March 2000 with its
headquarter at Palampur and the NATP activities started
accordingly.
District Kangra, which comprises of area within three
agro-ecological zones has further been divided into 6
agro-ecological situations on the basis of variations in
altitude, topography, precipitation (rainfall & snow),
thermal regime, soil type, irrigation facilities and land
use. The details of area falling under different AESs are
given as under:
AES-1
:Rainfed, Moderately Plain area with High
temperature
AES-2 :Riverbed high temperature low rainfall
area.
AES-3
: Rainfed subtropical ”Changer” area with
Low rainfall.
AES-4
:Moderate rainfall, low temperature,
irrigated area.
AES-5
:High rainfall, acidic soils, hail storm
prone area.
AES-6 :Grassland, meadows and other snow
blessed area of high hills temperate wet zone. | 
