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| Established | April 1976 |
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| Mission | Cotton research |
| Director | Dr. K R Kranthi |
| Owner | Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
| Location | Two campuses: , 1. Nagpur: NH 44 (Nagpur Wardha Road) about 14 km from the Nagpur Railway Station and about 5 km from the Nagpur Airport. Sirsa: NH9, Sirsa, Haryana. |
| Coordinates | 21°02′13″N 79°03′18″E / 21.037°N 79.055°ECoordinates: 21°02′13″N 79°03′18″E / 21.037°N 79.055°E |
| Website | Official Website |
Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), with campuses in Nagpur in Maharashtra state and Sirsa in Haryana state, is 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 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[edit]
CIRS has two campus at Nagpur in Maharashtra and Sirsa in Haryana.
Nagpur Campus[edit]
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.[1][2]
Sirsa Campus[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Makarand Gadgil. "Maharashtra govt to test Brazilian model in Vidarbha". LiveMint. Retrieved 21 June 2012. [dead link]
- ↑ "Indian government still 'flip flopping' on GM trials". 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014.