- Management of Natural Resources to uplift the livelihood of arid farmers
- Identification of problems of the arid areas and under-taking research for their solution
- Development of management strategies for climate change impacts, declining biological resources, desertification and fragile watersheds.
- Harnessing Alternate energy resources for decentralized energy systems in rural areas.
- Screening of germ plasm of cereals, pulses, range grasses and arid horticultural crops best suited to the area.
- Development of improved production technologies and cropping systems for dry land Agriculture
- Demonstration and dissemination of improved technologies to the end users/farmers