Monitoring and Evaluation of Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) Scheme in Karnataka State.
STEM has evaluated ATMA scheme twice.
First time the reference year was 2016-17. It was done as two projects. The first project , covered Bengaluru & Kalaburgi Revenue Divisions of the state, while the second project covered Belagavi & Mysuru Revenue Divisions. Both the projects were funded by the Department of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka.
The second time the reference year was 2018-19 and covered all 29 districts and 167 talukas where the scheme is implemented. The study was awarded by the Karnataka Monitoring and Evaluation Authority.
The purpose is to examine the implementation process and assess the achievements of physical and financial targets and the impact of the scheme and to get the necessary feedback for further improvement. The objectives of the evaluation are as follows:
- To assess the impact of the scheme on adoption of technology, cropping pattern, knowledge base and farming practices of the farmers.
- To examine the impact on production productivity and yield across the regions.
- To evaluate the various farmers-oriented activities under the scheme across the divisions and the extent of achievement in Research-fanner-Extension linkages.
- To assess the progress under the scheme in terms of achievement of physical and financial targets, capacity building and implementation of the scheme as per the guidelines.
- To examine to what extent the programme objectives are achieved and give specific suggestions if any, for effective implementation of the programme.
