Which one of the following statements is false regarding the efforts made to check desert spread in Rajasthan?

• A. The Desert Development Program was started in the year 1977-78 with the objective of halting the process of desertification, maintaining ecological balance in the affected areas and increasing the productivity of land and water resources in these areas.
• B. Desert Development Program is being implemented from the year 1995-96 on the basis of catchment development approach.
• C. The main objective of establishing the Central Arid Zone Research Institute (Kajri) Jodhpur is to diagnose the problem of desert spread.
• D. There has been a rapid increase in population in the desert areas as well as a continuous decrease in the area of ​​agriculture due to uncontrolled grazing.