ICAR - Central Arid Zone Research Institute

National

• Unravelling Biochemical And Molecular Basis Of Bacterial And Fungal Endo-Symbiosis For Management Of Abiotic Stress In Plants
• DUS test centre for pomegranate
• Preventing extinction and improving conservation status of threatened plant through application of biotechnological tools
• Production and demonstration of tissue culture raised plants under three location and collection and maintenance of elite germplasm of Date palm
• Establishment of Field Gene Bank for Arid Region
• Understanding the adaptation mechanism of wild forage halophytes in the extreme saline-sodic Kachchh plains for enhancing feed resources
• Genetic diversity assessment, propagation and conservation of Marwar teak [Tecomella undulate (Sm.) Seem.]- An important timber tree of arid desert heading towards extinction
• Landuse-Land cover mapping of Jodhpur district at 1:10000 scale
• Development of guidelines for the conduct of test for Distinctiveness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS) in Horse gram, Clusterbean, Moth bean and Lathyrus
• Participatory tree nurseries establishment for enhancing livelihood and employment generation in arid Rajasthan
• Integrating genomics and plant breeding to develop nutritionally enhanced chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
• All India Coordinated Research Project-National Seed Project (Crops)
• Landuse-land cover mapping of Barmer district at 1:10000 scale
• Production of quality seed and plant materials of arid crops
• Harvesting, Processing and value Addition of Natural Resins and Gums
• National mission on sustaining Himalayan ecosystems (NMSHE)-Task force-6 (Himalayan Agriculture)
• National mission on sustaining Himalayan ecosystems (NMSHE)-Task force-5 Indigenous Technology Knowledge (ITK)
• Mitigation of climate change by enhancing C-sequestration in agriculture and adaptation strategies to thermal stress in ruminants in arid region of western India
• Livelihood and nutritional security improvement of tribal farm women through horticulture
• All India Network Project on Rodent Control

Foreign Aided

• Improving crop and water productivity in Indira Gandhi canal command area (Phase II)
• Managing agricultural production systems in low rainfall regions of India for sustainable livelihood
• Community based rangeland management and utilization potential of Opuntia ficus-indica in low rainfall regions of India