Prospects Of Human Resource Efficiency In Agricultural Extension B.MAHESH NAIK L-2017-A-33-M
Role of agriculture research scientists, extension workers Agricultural sector: 12-15 per cent of national income Agriculture Increasing speed of economic development of nation. 50-60 per cent of India’s population : under agriculture Development and sustainability of human civilisation Development and Modernization of Agriculture INTRODUCTION Work efficiency of employees Disseminate information HRD Programmes HRD
are the people who make up the workforce of an organization, in country framework for helping workers develop Professional and Personal skills Human resources Human resource development Abilities knowledge
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SYSTEM : The Green Revolution conducting field demonstrations of high-yielding varieties improving input delivery to farmers By end of 1970s: extension system had largely achieved its major goal increasing area under high-yielding varieties In late-1970s: involved in distribution of agricultural inputs through state agricultural depots handling of subsidies Public Sector Extension System played key role :
bridge the gap between technology developed at research institutions and its adoption at field level Training and Visit System (T&V) 1974 World Bank sponsored Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) 1970s improved financial and human resource capacity of extension system scientific manpower of six to seven subject-matter specialists Low manpower resources restrict the reach of KVKs to a limited number of farmers
01 02 03 04 Department of Agriculture ICAR institutes criticisms on failure of extension, government introduced State Agriculture Universities Human Resource Efficiency In Public Sector ATMA ATMA model Extension system: demand-driven market-oriented farmer-accountable system activities platform for convergence of various agencies
04 ATMA: nodal point at district level technology dissemination, integrating research and extension activities decentralising day-to-day management of public agricultural extension system
Survey Reports Only 40 per cent of farmers had access to any source of information on modern technology Highest proportion obtained information from other progressive farmers (16.7 per cent), input dealers (13.1 per cent) radio broadcasts (13 per cent Only 5.7 per cent of farmers had received information from extension agents Public extension agencies, including extension workers, KVKs, and State Agricultural Universities, were a source of information for around 10 per cent of households In Uttar Pradesh, public sector extension sources (State extension staff, KVKs, All-India Radio, university extension, and plant protection units) were collectively a source of information for only 25 per cent of farmers.
Cont. In Madhya Pradesh, 37 per cent : contacted State extension staff for services. Other major sources of extension services: All-India Radio and television (21 per cent) KVKs (12 per cent) Private sector sources: 25 per cent The Situation Assessment Survey 2013: highlighted prominence of farmer-to-farmer exchange of information more in Indian agriculture
Smallholder farmers rely mainly on local sources of information, such as progressive farmers (16 per cent) and input dealers (12.6 per cent), along with the radio (12.4 per cent) only 4.8 per cent of smallholders viewed the extension worker as a primary source of information, as compared to 9.8 per cent of medium farmers and 12.4 per cent of large farmers There is major scarcity of extension staff at various levels. As per the report, in 2012-13 one extension functionary served 1162 operational holdings (broadly, sectoral variations exist) DFI committees opinion, minimum ratio of extension service provider to farmer recommended as: Hilly areas – 1:400 Irrigated areas – 1:750 Rainfed areas- 1:1000
Number Of Extension Personnel Per Operational Holding And Net Cropped Area, Selected States In Number And Hectares States No of extension personnel No of operational holding/extension personnel Net cropped area/extension personnel (hectares) Andhra Pradesh 4167 3162 2608 Assam 2779 979 991 Bihar 10231 1583 553 Chhattisgarh 4313 869 1092 Gujarat 3501 1353 2799 Himachal Pradesh 1084 886 499 Haryana 3019 536 1184 Jammu and Kashmir 5812 249 127
Jharkhand 4219 656 364 Karnataka 3226 2428 3154 Kerala 3933 1737 531 Madhya Pradesh 10775 823 1387 Maharastra 15770 869 1105 Orissa 3794 1230 1477 Punjab 1398 753 2982 Rajasthan 5495 1254 3194 Tamil Nadu 8320 976 606 Uttar Pradesh 12976 1767 1265 Uttarakhand 1031 885 731 West Bengal 6164 1156 859 All India 119048 1156 1187
A total of 27,937 positions were sanctioned depending on strength and eligibility of each state. As on 15/4/2017, only 13,672 positions were filled and 14,265 positions were vacant. If these ATMA vacancies are filled up then ratio would improve from 1162 farmers per officer to 1037 farmers per officer. The ratio of staff to farmers varies widely across the country (1:300 in Kerala, 1:2,000 in Rajasthan, 1:2100 in Punjab) India has a total of 0.12 million agricultural extension workers to serve a net cropped area of 141 million hectares and 158 million operational holdings cont…
Limitations of public extension services following : The extension worker: farmer ratio is very wide in India i.e. 1: 1162 Educational background and professional expertise of village level extension worker At present role of VLW is confined to providing advisory to process of production
Reasons HUMAN RESOURCE EFFICIENCY IN PRIVATE SECTOR Privatization: the act of reducing the role of government or increasing role of private sector in an activity Genesis of Private Extension Inability of the Public Extension to reach all farmers, all the time Services which are not fully covered by Public Extension are covered by Private Extension AES in private sector are mostly delivered by input dealers
Suppoting Examples 2.80 lakh input dealers across the country, compared to approximately 1.42 lakh sanctioned posts of extension workers Hyderabad based Nuziveedu Seeds: programme, ' SubeejKrishiVignan IFFCO and KRIBHCO ( KrishakBharati Cooperative): conducting farmer meetings, organizing crop seminars, arranging for soil testing facilities, adopting villages 4. Tata Chemicals: Tata KisanKendras with the objective of empowering and enabling farmers 5. DCM Shriram : seeds and fertilizers and established HariyaliKisan Bazaar (HKB) 6. PepsiCo in Punjab and Heritage Foods in A.P: undertake contract farming of potato and vegetables respectively 7. AGROCEL an agro-chemical company: necessary technical guidance to farmers 8. ITC, another agribusiness major, launched its e- Chaupal initiative in extension over a decade ago, the " ChoupalSaagars " and " ChoupalPradarshanKhet " (CPK)
Agriculture Extension System by NGOs In India about 15,000-20,000 NGOs are actively involved in development of rural areas by extension services Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) Bharatiya Agro- Industaries Federation (BAIF) AE model is successfully running across six states in India with a network of 40,000 farmers as beneficiaries and a total of 309 AEs as of December, 2017 Syngenta foundation flagship initiative of Agri -Entrepreneur (AE) Model
Agriculture Extension Services through FIGs/ FPGs/Women farmer Groups farmer interest groups farmer clubs women farmer groups special interest groups MAHAGRAPE (Grape Growers Association of Maharashtra) United Planters Association of Southern India (UPASI) , In South India
PROSPECTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Develop a sound (HRD) policy Farmers’ capacity building be central to HRD policy Introduce a national farmer capacity development mission 4.76 lakh farmers are trained every year under ATMA and equal number of farmers may be trained by other Research Institutes and other schemes of State Governments Launch “National Farmers’ e-Literacy Campaign” ( Rashtriya Kisan e- Saksharata Abhiyan ) to train over 2 crore farmers Establish e-Extension and Agricultural Knowledge Management Centre as an ICT enabled research and capacity building Strengthen MANAGE as national hub, EEIs as regional hubs, SAMETIs and district training institutions as spokes
Cont… Regular capacity building for changing roles of extension personnels Proposed to set up an International Centre of Excellence in MANAGE/ NAARM ‘HRD and Training’ the existing and emerging training institutions need to be accredited Agricultural Extension Human Resource Information System with data on personnel, vacancies, expertise, training history Collaborative and concerted efforts by NCERT, ICAR and Agricultural Universities Farms of research stations, agriculture colleges and institutions, KVKs, state farms should developed as centres of excellence Superior competency, skills and knowledge of every extension staff, including supervisory and administrative level officials
CONCLUSION India needs more public, private and NGO extension and better co-ordination among them Have to develop Human Resource Management Plan at state level to figure out capacity gaps, bringing new expertise and enhancing capacities of existing human resources For DFI, more extension personnel required.so there is necessary of skilled manpower in agriculture extension Finally by utilizing current resource efficiently with recruiting personnel and using ICT’s will improve agriculture scenario in India