The basic mandate of MSSRF is to impart a pro-nature, pro-poor and pro-women orientation to a job-led economic growth strategy in rural areas through harnessing science and technology for environmentally sustainable and socially equitable development.
MSSRF is doing research in the following five areas:
- Coastal Systems Research
- Biodiversity and Biotechnology
- Ecotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture
- Reaching the Unreached
- Education, Communication, Training and Capacity Building
The Foundation operates through the following pathways to agricultural and rural development: conservation and enhancement of natural resources, promotion of sustainable livelihoods, gender equity and voicing the voiceless as well as information and skill empowerment.