Arid Zone Research Institute (AZRI), Bhawalpur aims at multidisciplinary approach with the following main objectives: to evaluate present constraints to agricultural productivity in the desert where the potential for irrigation is either undeveloped or does not exist; to establish a regional capability to trickle the problems of arid areas and develop suitable techniques for the best land use in the Cholistan desert, to assess the social and economic acceptability of proposed technological innovations and develop suitable methods for the rapid and effective dissemination of new agricultural information; and to ensure self-sustainability of biological systems and environmental protection of fragile arid ecosystems of the Cholistan desert. AZRI, Bhawalpur has been working for the last more than two decades with following mandate to achieve the mentioned objectives.