Established 1988 Website ifgtb.icfre.gov.in Founded 1988 | acronym IFGTB Phone 0422 248 4100 | |
Address Forest College Campus, Cowley Brown Road, Opposite Central Library, RS Puram, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641002 Similar MSME Develop Institute, Indian Council of Forestry, Sugarcane Breeding Institute, PSG College Of Technolo, Central Institute for Cotton R | ||
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB) is a Forestry Research institute situated in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. It works under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding is a national institute formed in April, 1988 under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), an autonomous council under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. To identify and evolve varieties of species used in afforestation and social forestry that will contribute to the national goal of achieving a growth of 3 to 4 cubic meters of biomass per ha per year within the ecological considerations applicable to the area.