Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), is a central research institute established in 1976 by the

Indian Council of Agricultural Research The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture. Th ...

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 Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...

and the other two regional units are located at

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and

Sirsa, Haryana Sirsa is a city and a municipal council in Sirsa district in the westernmost region of the Indian state of Haryana, bordering Punjab and Rajasthan. It is located in Thar desert. It is located 250 kilometres north-west of New Delhi and 260 kilome ...

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

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, implemented a pilot project in the

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region (highly prone to farmer suicides), based on a

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ian 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

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crops.

Sirsa Campus

Central Institute for Cotton Research, Sirsa (CICR, Sirsa'' or ''CICRS'') was established at

Sirsa Sirsa is a city and a municipal council in Sirsa district in the westernmost region of the Indian state of Haryana, bordering Punjab and Rajasthan. It is located in Thar desert. It is located 250 kilometres north-west of New Delhi and 260 kilome ...

city in collaboration with the

Government of Haryana The Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts. It consists of an executive, ceremonially led ...

. It is located across the

Chaudhary Devi Lal University Chaudhary Devi Lal University, named after Chaudhary Devi Lal, the former Deputy Prime Minister of India was established by the Government of Haryana on 2 April 2003. The University, located at Sirsa 256 km from Delhi and 285 km from ...

on NH9.

References

External links

Times of India covering CICR's development of its own bt cotton varieties
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Campuses

Nagpur Campus

Sirsa Campus

See also

References

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