Objectives

To evolve and evaluate very early, early duration drought tolerant high yielding rice varieties for dry and semidry conditions of Ramanathapuram district
To evolve high yielding mundu type chilli variety tolerant to drought
To develop improved agronomic techniques for rainfed rice, chilli, and vegetables
To find out alternate remunerative crops for rice during aberrant weather situations
To find out suitable tree species and fruit crops for wastelands of Ramanathapuram District