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Central Institute for Cotton Research
EstablishedApril 1976; 48 years ago (April 1976)
MissionCotton research
DirectorDr. Y. G. Prasad
OwnerICAR
LocationTwo campuses:
1. Nagpur: NH 44 (Nagpur Wardha Road) about 14 km from the Nagpur Railway Station and about 5 km from the Nagpur Airport.
2. Sirsa: NH9, Sirsa, Haryana., India
Coordinates21°02′13″N 79°03′18″E / 21.037°N 79.055°E / 21.037; 79.055
WebsiteOfficial Website

Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), is a central research institute established in 1976 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research to promote long-term research efforts in cotton production and provide support and conduct applied research on cotton with the active involvement of State Universities.The research institute has two campuses one in Nagpur Maharashtra and the other in Sirsa Haryana. The research efforts of CICR fall under the All India Coordinated Cotton Improvement Project (AICCIP), initiated by the Council in 1967. Its headquarters are located in Nagpur and the other two regional units are located at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and Sirsa, Haryana.

Campuses

CIRS has two campus at Nagpur in Maharashtra and Sirsa in Haryana.

Nagpur Campus

Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur ('CICR, Nagpur or CICRN) in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra, implemented a pilot project in the Vidarbha region (highly prone to farmer suicides), based on a Brazilian model to enhance the per-acre yield of cotton while reducing its per-acre cultivation cost. The Brazilian model is based on straight cotton crops while Indian government's model promotes the use of Bt cotton crops.

Sirsa Campus

Central Institute for Cotton Research, Sirsa ('CICR, Sirsa or CICRS) was established at Sirsa city in collaboration with the Government of Haryana. It is located across the Chaudhary Devi Lal University on NH9.

See also

References

  1. Makarand Gadgil. "Maharashtra govt to test Brazilian model in Vidarbha". LiveMint. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  2. "Indian government still 'flip flopping' on GM trials". 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014.

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