Naads Secretariat

The National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) is a Government Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries mandated to manage the agricultural input distribution chains, support strategic interventions, promote agribusiness and value chain development. The role and responsibility of NAADS has been evolving since its establishment on the basis of lessons learnt from its implementation. These include the growing need to support farmers with improved agricultural inputs (seeds, seedlings and stocking materials) to boost production and productivity, support interventions that aim at developing agribusiness enterprises, promoting value addition and market linkages for agricultural produce.