Welcome to Rural Technology Park
It has been realized that development in any country is possible, when its majority of population living in rural areas become part of the growth process. Development of rural infrastructure and expansion of both farm and non-farm economy is the only way forward to achieve such an inclusive growth. Comprehensive rural development identified as one of the main approaches towards achieving the objectives of reducing poverty, expand employment and enterprises creation and enhancing livelihood opportunities in the region to improve the wellbeing of those living in the rural areas. Therefore, it is suggested that a platform can be created to show case a large number of rural technologies for its demonstration, dissemination, adoption to benefit a larger group of people. This platform can be called as Rural Technology Park.
The Rural Technology Park would lay emphasis on the introduction of appropriate technological inputs for improving the productivity and quality of farm and non-farm sectors, introduction of new livelihood options, skill enhancement and capacity building, better use of local resources with concurrent energy and eco-management, development of management and entrepreneurial skills, introduction of new and innovative technologies those have been developed by young and rural entrepreneurs etc. There is a huge scope for delivering such interventions as has been amply demonstrated by experts in several cases. It is sincerely envisaged that the establishment of such “Rural Technology Park” would go a long way in creating concrete and tangible socio-economic benefits for the rural people through providing new technological solutions, training for capacity & skill development, and support for their implementation.