Development and application of innovative and appropriate crop production techniques with emphasis on physiology, plant nutrition, controlled/modified growing environments, water use efficiency, weed management in intensive cropping systems
MicroRNA and other small RNA elucidation, development of novel elucidation methods, genome analysis, and strategies for the application of DNA markers in practical plant cultivar and variety identification.
Development and deployment of interventions towards dissemination of research findings to all stakeholders particularly farmers
Mechanisms to make commercial agriculture attractive to growers especially the youth, women and farmers in marginal environments
