STATE AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT AND EXTENSION TRAINING INSTITUTE (SAMETI) :

The State Agricultural Extension Management and Training Institutes (SAMETI) would be strengthened by way of providing training managerial and equipments, communication support, programme cost SAMETIs are proposed to be autonomous institutes with greater flexibility in structural and operational aspects.

Key functions of SAMETI :

• To provide capacity building support in Extension Management related areas to the extension functionaries both from public and private sector.


• To provide consultancy in the areas like project planning, appraisal, implementation etc


• Develop and promote the application of management tools for improving the effectiveness of Agricultural Extension services through better management of human and material resources.


• Organize need based training programmes for middle level and grass-root level agricultural extension functionaries: and Develop modules on Management, Communication, Participatory Methodologies etc, as a sequel to the feedback from training programmes