Forty Four Agriculture Information Centres
set up in the Country
Agriculture Technology Information Centres have been setup under the Innovations in Technology Dissemination (ITD) component of National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP). Forty four Agricultural Technology Information Centres (ATIC) were established with the financial support from National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) of ICAR in various institutions including 28 State Agricultural Universities and 16 ICAR Research Institutes. In addition, three ATICs, one each by Anand Agricultural University, Navasari Agricultural University and Junagadh Agricultural University were established by the respective Universities on their own without any financial assistance from ICAR.
This information was given by Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
MP:SB: CP: centres (20.12.2011)