Collaborating Science & Technology Institutes For the preparation of India’s 6th National Report and New National Action Programme to Combat Desertification (NNAP-CD), inputs from the following Science & Technology Institutes were/are-being received and incorporated in the Reports:  

National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning Arid Forest Research Institute Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Central Soil Salinity Research Institute Central Soil & Water Conservation Research & Training Institute National Research Centre for Agroforestry Indian Grassland & Fodder Research Institute Central Institute for Arid Horticulture Forest Research Institute Tropical Forest Research Institute Central Arid Zone Research Institute Himalayan Forest Research Institute G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development