ATMA GOVERNING BOARD (GB):
As per the constitution of ATMA, a policy making body i.e. AGB has been constituted with Chairmanship of District Collector and Project Director as Vice Chairman. There are official And non-official members with representation of all related line departments and NGO.

KEY FUNCTION OF ATMA GOVERNING BOARD :

The key function of ATMA Governing Board would include the following functions and task: a.       Review and approve strategic and annual work plans that are prepared and submitted by the participating unit.

b.      Receive and review annual reports carried out by the participating units, providing feedback and direction to the participating units, as needed, about the various research and extension activities being carried out within the district.

c.            Receive and allocate project funds to carry out priority research extension and related activities within the district.

d.                  Foster the organization and development Farmers Interest Groups (FIGs) and Farmers Organization (FOs) within the district.

e.                  Facilitate the greater involvement of private sector and firms and organization in providing inputs, technical supports, agro-processing and marketing service to farmers.

f.                    Encourage agriculture lending institution to increase the availability of capital to resource poor and marginal farmers, especially SC and women farmers.

g.                  Encourage each line department, plus the KVK and ZRS, to establish farmers advisory committee to provide feedback and input into their respective R-E programmes.

h.                  Enter into contracts and agreements as appropriate to promote and support agricultural development activities within the district.

i.                   Identify other source of financial support that would help ensure the financial sustainability of the ATMA and its participating unit.

j.                   Establish revolving funds / accounts for each participating unit, and encourage each unit to make available technical services, such as artificial insemination or soil testing, on a cost recovery basis moving towards full cost recovery in a phased manner.

k.                Arrange for the periodic audit of ATMAs financial accounts ; and

l.            Adopt and amend the rules and by-lows for the ATMA.

ATMA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (AMC):

KEY FUNCTION OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE :

The functions and tasks to be carried out by the ATMA Management Committee would include the following  :

1.      Carry out periodic Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRSs) to identify the problems and constraints faced by different socio-economic groups and farmers within the district

2. Prepare an integrated, Strategic Research Extension Plan (SREP) for the district that would specify short and medium term adaptive research as well as technology validation and refinement and extension priorities for the district ; these priorities should reflect the importance farmers constraints identified during the PRA.

3. Prepare annual work plans that would be submitted to the ATMA Governing Board for review, possible modification and approval.

4. Maintain appropriate project accounts for submission to technology dissemination unit (TDU) for audit purpose.

5. Coordinate the execution of these annual work plans through participant line departments, ZRS, KVKs, NGOs, FIGs / FOs and allied institutions, including private sector firms.

6.  Establish coordinating mechanisms at the block level, such as farmer advisory centres (FACs), that would integrate extension and technology transfer activities at the block and village levels and

7.  Provide annual performance reports to the Governing Board outlining the various research, extension and related activities and related activities that were actually carried out, including targets achieved.

8. Provide secretariat to Governing Board and initiate action on policy direction, investment decisions and other guidance received from the board.

This has been constituted with representation from the district level Line Departments, ZRS and NGOS . The committee is chaired by Project Director ATMA.

ROLE OF SAMETI

The State Agricultural Extension Management and Training Institutes (SAMETI) would be strengthened by way of providing training material and equipments, communication support, programme cost and salaries of selected incremental faculty members and a few support staff. SAMETI are proposed to be autonomous institute with greater flexibility in structural and operational aspects. 

Role of SAMETI in NATP would be :

• To function as a mini- MANAGE at the state level and provide extension input for extension functionaries.

• To provide the consultancy in area like project planning, appraisal, implementation etc.

• Develop and promote the application of management tools for improving the effectiveness of Agriculture Extension service through better management of human and material resources.

• Organize need based training programme for middle level and grass-root  level agricultural extension functionaries; and

• Management, Communication Participatory Methodologies etc. a sequal to the feedback from training programme.

USING NGO's TO ORGANIZE FARMERS

The GB of the ATMA would select utilise project funds to support on e or more NGOs to assist different types of farmers in becoming organised into different types of FOs within the district. These FOs may include both SHGs and FIGs at the village level and these village groups would, in turn, be encouraged to evolve into CAs credit societies marketing cooperatives and other types of FOs at the Block and District levels. Through these different FOs, farmers would be encourage to begin organizing different types of services for themselves, including input supply, credit and / or technical services and marketing arrangements activities that would increase productivity and incomes, while decreasing there dependence on government. FOs are already immerging among, commercial farmers in some parts of India, there fore, the goal would be to form village level SHGs and FIGs among small and marginal farmers, including women and other disadvantaged group, that would eventually evolve into FOs that would represent the interest of these more impoverished target groups.

DEVELOPING NEW PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Finally, ATMA units would be encouraged to enter into different types of partnerships, where the roles and responsibilities of both sets of institutions and organizations would be clearly defined. For example, ATMA might solicit and receive donated hybrid seed and other inputs from trials and demonstration. Since these inputs would be donated, the cost of conducting these trails and demonstration would be reduced. At the same time, farmers in different parts of the district could readily compare, during farmer field days, how different varieties, hybrid, or other inputs perform when grown or used side-by-side within a typical farmers field within their AEZ. In addition, as farming system within a district continue to intensify and diversify, the private sector may play an increasingly importance role in providing technical information about input use, or even setting up their own “contract extension” system for high value commodities that require a high degree of quality control. All of these emerging relationships would help increase the overall efficiency of the ATS. Annexure –4 illustrates the anticipated role and functions of different public and private units within a district ATS.

Constitution of Block Technology Team ( BTT) :
In all the 15 Participating Block the BTT has been constituted with Block Agriculture officer and Block Animal Husbandry officer as chairman and vice chairman respectively . So also representation from line departments has also been ensured .

Farmers Advisory Committee (FAC ) :
15 FACs has been constituted.

Farmer’s Interest Group (FIGs):
0000 of FIGs have been formed by participatory efforts of ATMA with line Department and NGO Representatives. The groups have been formed as per interest of the farmers viz., Horticulture, Agriculture, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Sericulture and Lac Culture etc .

Farmer’s Organizations (FOs):
More then 100 Farmer's Organizations with progressive farmers established in the district.