STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PLAN

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welcome
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STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PLAN (SREP)
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WHAT IS STRATEGIC PLANNING ?
It is the process of determining what an
Organization intends to be in the future and
how it will get there. It involves 1. The
goals to be pursued. 2. The programmes, services
offered to accomplish the goals. 3. Mode of
organizing and utilizing the resources needed
people, money, expertise, facilities etc.
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NEED FOR SREP

• To get an overview of the prevailing Scenario
  in the district
• To explore and understand the problems and
  opportunities in different farming systems,
  preferences and priorities of the farming
  community
• Facilitate long term visioning and strategic
  planning for agricultural development
• Facilitate involvement of all actors at
  different
• levels in the development process

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Contd..

• Facilitate integration and redesigning of
  On-going development programmes
• Development of annual action plans for each block
  
• Develop Farmer Centered, Market Oriented,
  Research and Extension management System

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SREP
CONTENTS OF SREP
DIAGNOSTIC SECTION
STRATEGIC SECTION
INFORMATION
ANALYSIS
ACTIVTIES
STRATEGIES
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DIAGNOSTIC SECTION

• INFORMATION OF THE DISTRICT AND VILLAGE
• General features
• Agro-climatic information
• Agro-ecological situations
• Information on land based systems
• Demographic data
• Land and soil

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Contd.

• Rainfed and Irrigated Area
• On-going Development, Extension and Research
  Activities
• Information On Markets
• Agro-processing Facilities
• Storage Facilities
• Agricultural Credit
• Input And Service Facilities
• Farmers Groups And Organizations
• Private Sector Organizations and NGOs
• Information And Communication
• Farming Systems

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STRATEGY SECTION

• STRATEGIES WOULD BE DEVELOPED ON FOLLOWING
  CATEGORIES
• Diversification and intensification of existing
  farming systems.
• Improvement of productivity / income of different
  enterprises in existing farming systems and
  natural resource management.
• Sustainability of the Extension System.
• Human Resource Development of Extension and
  Research Personnel, NGOs and others.
• Dovetailing and re-designing of various on-going
  schemes of agriculture and other line
  departments, public, private and NGO.

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STEPS IN DEVELOPING STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND
EXTENSION PLAN

• Orientation of District Heads of Line
  Departments, Scientists, NGOs, and other Key
  Stakeholders on Strategic Planning.
• Identification of Agro-eco situations (AES) in
  the district with SAU and departments
• Identification and selection of representative
  village(s) under each AES for collection of
  data / information through participatory
  approaches

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Contd

• Constitution of AES teams representing
  Block Level Functionaries, Scientists of SAU
  and NGOs.
• Training of AES teams on team building,
  participatory tools, FSA/FSBE concepts,
  sustainability issues - NRM, IPM, INM, etc.
• Identification and analysis of Success Stories,
  Major Farming Systems, technological gaps and
  ITKs.

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Contd

• Collection of data from representative villages
  of each AES by involving farmers of different
  categories on the following aspects.
• Major farming systems and enterprises in each
  farming system
• Identification of gaps in each farming
  situation of the enterprise and reasons for gaps
• Problems of different enterprises under
  different farming systems
• Prioritization of problems
• Identification of indigenous and exogenous
  solutions for the prioritized problems ( joint
  interaction of farmers, extensionists and
  scientists)

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Contd

• Identification of most appropriate options /
  solutions for overcoming the problems.
• Consolidation of data / information and sharing
  with other AES teams.
• Sharing with farmers for verification and
  collection of missing data, if any.
• Sharing of data, information and prioritized
  problems and solutions with district heads of
  line departments, scientists, input and other
  service providers in the district.

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Check the information with project objectives
and requirements Compare with secondary
data Identify critical issues, problems, needs,
opportunities and threats in perspective of
district, state and national priorities.

• Conduct SWOT for major farming system in each AES
  
• Find out the possible research and extension
  issues as per the farmers needs
• On the basis of prioritized issues district
  research and extension strategies will be
  developed

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• Activity schedule for each of the
• strategy will be developed at district
• level
• ATMA management committee will
• scrutinize the District Action Plan with
• on going schemes (convergence)
• Approval of SREP and District Action
• Plan by G.B. ATMA.

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CONTENTS OF SREP

• INTRODUCTION
• METHODOLOGY
• BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF THE DISTRICT
• ONGOING EXTENSION, DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH
  ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENTS, ORGAINSIATIONS,
  INSTITUTIONS IN THE DISTRICT
• IDENTIFICATION, DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF
  EXISTING FARMING SYSTEMS IN EACH AES
• PROPOSED EXTENSION STRATEGIES
• PROPOSED RESEARCH STRATEGIES
• SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES OF EXTENSION STRATEGIES
• SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES OF RESEARCH STRATEGIES
• OPERATIONAL MODALITIES AND MECHANISM

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