- Ecological studies on target pests, viz., rodents, birds and higher vertebrates
- Development, refinement and validation of technologies for all the three group of vertebrates and
- Transfer of technology and Capacity building on Vertebrate Pest Management
Major Programmes
- Surveillance and assessment of damage caused by rodents, birds and higher vertebrates in predominant cropping systems
- Development and refinement of management technologies for pest rodents and problem birds
- Bio-ecology of new small vertebrate species like, squirrels, porcupines, bats etc in agriculture/Horticulture
- Bio-ecology and management of select Higher Vertebrates (Nilgai, wild boar, monkey, deeretc.)
- Farmers Participatory Adaptive Research on vertebrate Pest Management in adopted villages