Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI)

Subject : Polity

Section: National Organization

Context: Four new facilities at Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur inaugurated by Union Minister

Concept:

The Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI) is one of the biggest research institutes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), an autonomous organization working under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture Research and Education (DARE) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare of Government of India.
The institute made a humble beginning in 1952 when Government of India initiated Desert Afforestation Research Station at Jodhpur to carry out research on sand dune stabilization and for establishment of shelter belt plantations to arrest wind erosion.
It was reorganized as Desert Afforestation and Soil Conservation Station in 1957 and finally in its present form Central Arid Zone Research Institute in 1959 on recommendation of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) expert

Mandate:

Basic and applied research on sustainable farming systems in arid ecosystem
Repository of information on the state of natural resources and desertification processes
Livestock-based farming systems and range management practices for the chronically drought affected areas
Generation and transfer of location-specific technologies Infrastructure