Established April 1976 Website Official Website Founded 1976 | Director Dr. K R Kranthi Phone 098505 63000 | |
Location NH 7 (Nagpur Wardha Road) about 14 km from the Nagpur Railway Station and about 5 km from the Nagpur Airport, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Address Panjari, Wardha, Nagpur, Maharashtra 441108 Owner Indian Council of Agricultural Research Similar Indian Agricultural Research, Dr Panjabrao Deshmuk, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Central Institute of Fisheries, University of Agricultur | ||
Central Institute for Cotton Research abbr. CICR 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.
Pilot projects
Maharashtra Government in collaboration with the CICR, 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.