AICRPDA centre, Bengaluru was started in August, 1970-71. This centre is catering the research needs of dryland farmers of Central Dry Zone (Zone-IV), Eastern Dry Zone (Zone-V) and Southern Dry Zone (Zone VI) in the red loamy soils on finger millet based production system. The mandate of the project is (a) Optimizing the use of natural resources, i.e., rainfall, land, water and to minimize soil and rainwater loss and environmental degradation, (b) To evolve simple technology for sustainability, increase crop productivity and economic viability, (c) To increase stability of crop production over years by way of improvements in natural resources and crop management systems and alternate crop production technologies matching the weather aberrations, (d) To develop alternate and sustainable land use systems and (e) To evaluate improved dryland technologies and transfer them to farmer’s fields.
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