"The time has come to use the existing network of 2.82 lakh Input Dealers to serve the 110 million farmers of the country with improved business ethics coupled with service and profit motive - hence this initiative". Shri. Sanjeev Gupta, IAS, Director General, MANAGE

"Developing Input Dealers into well informed entrepreneurs in the service of the farmers is the motto of this course."  Dr. P. Chandrashekara, Director, MANAGE

The Post WTO regime has brought the importance of “Market Led Extension” which calls for diversification of crops, improvement in productivity and  quality while reducing cost of cultivation so as to be competitive both in the domestic as well as in international markets.  There is a need of planning cropping pattern, one season ahead so as to plan produce and  distribute inputs on time.  This also ensures healthy relation between the requirement & arrivals of various commodities in the market which helps in stabilization of their     more....