What have we done so far?
The Centre has been engaged in the following activities:

Policy and Problem Oriented Studies
The Centre undertook problem-oriented studies; such studies became the main research activity of the Centre. These studies generally involved, (i) evaluation of certain development programs initiated by the government in rural areas, and (ii) assessment of an overall impact of development programs on different sections of the rural population.

While program evaluation and impact evaluation studies continue to dominate the work program of the Centre even now, a large number of ad-hoc policy oriented studies have also been undertaken over these years. The research studies carried out by AER Centre cover a wide spectrum of issues in the field of agricultural economy. The Centre has completed 170 problem oriented and policy related studies up to March 2008.  The faculty of AER Centre has to its credit more than 500 research papers published in national and international journals of repute. The Centre has published 11 books on agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, forestry and rural development aspects. Copies of the completed studies are available in the Center’s library for consultation.

Providing Technical Advice
The Center’s faculty has been providing technical assistance and guidance to post-graduate and research students of the H.P. University and other Indian Universities on problems of agricultural economy. A large number of foreign visitors, students of agricultural economics and experts, interested in studying problems of Himalayan economy have also been provided assistance by the Centre. The prominent among these visitors include Johan W. Mellor, Agricultural Economist of international repute, various delegations from ICIMOD, delegation from Nepal Government, World Bank, GTZ, USAID, Asian Development Bank, Ford Foundation, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg, Germany, AUSAID, etc.

Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Symposia Attended
The faculty members regularly attend national and international Conferences/ Seminars/Workshops/Symposia for dissemination of their research work and for keeping them updated on the current trends and developments in the fields of agricultural economics/rural development and related fields.  The international exposure was provided even to the farmers when some of them were taken to Nepal for attending the workshop/seminars.

Expertise of the Centre
The AER Centre has expertise in conducting impact evaluation and economic feasibility studies for Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal husbandry, Forestry and Rural Development related activities. Besides studies assigned by the Government of India, the AER Centre has conducted studies sponsored by the State Departments of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal husbandry, Forest Farming, Rural Development and Tribal development. The impact evaluation and economic feasibility studies for of World Bank, GTZ, USAID, ICIMOD, CIP, NJPC, and SJVNL have also been carried out by the AER Centre. 

Members
The Officer In charge of the Centre was member Secretary of Agro-Climatic Zonal Planning team of Zone No. I constituted by the planning Commission, Government of India. Dr Ranveer Singh, Officer Incharge was Member of State Level Judging Committee constituted for selecting best apple orchard (Udyan Pandit) in Himachal Pradesh, during 2003.He was also Member of Committee on Fruit Tree Valuation in Himachal Pradesh constituted by Directorate of Horticulture, Government of Himachal Pradesh, during 2000 and member Executive Committee of IIHS, H.P.University.