he Office of Arid Lands Studies (OALS) is a multidisciplinary research, instruction, and knowledge transfer unit in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Arizona in Tucson. (more... )

• Decision Support Systems Development
• Food Security Assessment and Agricultural Monitoring
• Land Use Planning and Management
• Natural Products Chemistry and Genetics, Economic Botany, and New Crop Development
• Natural Resources Monitoring and Assessment
• Water and Land Conservation and Reclamation
• Information Dissemination, Knowledge Transfer, and Education