Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) would serve as a focal point for integrating Research and Extension(R-E) activities, and for de-centralizing day to day management of the public Agricultural Technology System (ATS). An R-E unit within the project district including KVKs, ZRS or sub-stations, and the key line departments including the Department of Agriculture (DOA), Animal Husbandry (DAH), Horticulture (DOH) and Sericulture (DOS) would become constituent members of the ATMA. Each R-E unit would retain its institutional identity and affiliation but programmes and procedures concerning district wise R-E activities would be determined by Governing Board of the ATMA, to be implemented by its Management Committee.