The district level supportive infrastructure centre called “Master Facilitation Centre” (MFC) would provide working space/ business place on sale/ lease basis for sciences & technology professional groups, quality testing labs for inputs and outputs, soil, water including mobile grading and packing, warehousing & cold storage, deep freeze container facilities, sample display whole sale marketing shopping complex for inputs & produce/ products and air conditioned shops for perishable produce of rural sector, traders and commission agencies and export houses, coordinated by market intelligence & watch centre having network at the State/ National/ Global level. It would be run on commercial lines.

Based on the village-wise master plan, prepared by super specialty expert professionals, viable and manageable segments would be formed. The farmers in that segment would organize themselves as a self-help group/ producers society with the help of the professional coordinator who is a representative of accountability based consultancy organization. The consultancy organization is available at “Master Facilitation Centre” in the district headquarters. The organization appoints a village coordinator to head the Village Coordination Centre (V.C.C) with the entire necessary infrastructure. The executive committee of the society would be responsible for finalization of consultancy, appointment of and payment for their services, creation of necessary common infrastructure, inputs and produce marketing, arrangement of necessary common infrastructure, inputs and produce marketing, arrangements of necessary finances and insurance and repayments and payments of premiums. They will also initiate & pursue insurance claims for the damages to the crops if any.

Thereafter, accountability based consultancy organization would prepare a Detailed Project Report (D.P.R) which includes costs, estimations, cropping systems suitable to local climate, resource availability, local practices and market demand. Based on this report, patternised cropping systems- mixed cropping, mixed farming, mono cropping etc,- would e evolved and implemented. Thus sciences & technology inputs based on D.P.R. would be utilized under the guidance of subject specialists of the consultancy through their coordinator on a continuing basis including on the job training with the involvement of individual unit holders/ farmers and the society.

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