National Consortium
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) was registered in 1988 as a non-profit Trust. The basic mandate of MSSRF is to impart a pro-nature, pro-poor and pro-women orientation to a job-led economic growth strategy in rural areas through harnessing science and technology for environmentally sustainable and socially equitable development.
MSSRF is doing research in the following areas:
* Coastal Systems Research
* Biodiversity
* Biotechnology
* Ecotechnology
* Food Security
* Information, Education and Communication
Special Projects
Know more about MSSRF: www.mssrf.org
Action for Food Production (AFPRO) is an Indian socio-technical non-governmental organization with Christian inspiration working for the development of the rural poor through effective natural resource management solutions.
It provides technical guidance and backup support to grassroots level NGOs for the implementation of environmentally friendly projects for water, food security, livelihoods and allied capacity building.
AFPRO reaches out to the country through nine field units located strategically all over India. It has a team of hydrologists, geologists, geophysicists, civil engineers, sociologists and specialists in agriculture, fisheries, forestry and livestock.
Know more about AFPRO: www.afpro.org
The National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, popularly known as MANAGE, is an apex national institute set up in 1987 as an autonomous society under the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. MANAGE is the Indian response to the challenges of management in a rapidly growing agricultural sector. As a management institute, MANAGE has a mandate to assist the State Governments, the Government of India and other public sector organizations in effective management of their agricultural extension and other agricultural management systems. MANAGE is a nodal institute for conducting International Programmes and organizing study visits for foreign delegates in the above areas.
MANAGE offers its services in 5 streams. They are
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Consultancy
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Management Training
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Management Education
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Management Research
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Information and Documentation services
The institute is located on a 16 hectare campus in the serene rural surroundings of Rajendranagar, 15 km away from Hyderabad city. Prominent educational, training and research institutions on agriculture and rural development in close vicinity of MANAGE are the Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM ), and the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD).
Know more about MANAGE: www.manage.gov.in
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