Question: The Central Institute of Cotton Research is located at?
Options:
Nagpur
Pune
Ahmedabad
Gandhinagar
The Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) is a leading research institution in India dedicated to improving cotton production and quality. It is located in Nagpur, Maharashtra, which is a major cotton-growing region in the country. The institute conducts research on various aspects of cotton production, including crop improvement, pest management, and fiber technology.
🔑Key Points:
-The Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) is located in Nagpur, Maharastra.
-It is a central research institute established in 1976 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
-It was established to promote long term research efforts in cotton production.
-It is to 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.
-The Institute has three Divisions at Nagpur to undertake basic, strategic and futuristic (including some frontier areas) research and transfer of technology programmes specifically for the rainfed central cotton zone.
-The two regional units are located at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and Sirsa, Haryana.
-Mission of the Institute
-To develop economically viable and eco-friendly production and protection technologies for enhancing quality cotton production by 2-3% every year on a sustainable basis for the next fifteen years (till 2025).
-Director- Dr. Y G Prasad