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Central Institute for Cotton Research

Cotton research institute in India

Summary

Cotton research institute in India

Field	Value
name	Central Institute for Cotton Research
image	[[File:Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) Logo.png	200px]]
established
mission	Cotton research
head_label	Director
head	Dr. Y. G. Prasad
owner	ICAR
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. 2. Sirsa: NH9, Sirsa, Haryana.
country	India
coor
website	Official Website

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Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), is a 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

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 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.

Sirsa Campus

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.

Activities

CICR is a center of excellence for cotton research and development in India. It focuses on developing crops, production methods, technologies, products, and services to farmers, industries and other research and development organizations.

Studies

Socio-economic impact assessment of Bt cotton in India

CICR conducted survey of farmers found that cotton production increased by over 9% with the use hybrid Bt cotton seeds, helping India become a net exporter of cotton. The study on also highlighted that area under cotton has increased by 4.91% in the last 10 years. The survey was done in nine-cotton growing states of Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. The survey also indicated to have recorded a zero suicide figure in Karnataka where the figure varied between 1-4 per cent.

Projects

Maharashtra Government in collaboration with CICR, implemented a pilot project in 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. However, Since the Brazilian models are based on straight cotton crops while Indian government promotes the use of Bt cotton crops, there seemed to arise a contradiction in the policies followed.

In 2024, CICR sponsored a pilot project to leverage artificial-intelligence (AI) methods for real-time pest monitoring to control pink bollworm infestation of cotton crops.

References

Makarand Gadgil}} {{dead link. (July 2013). "Maharashtra govt to test Brazilian model in Vidarbha". LiveMint.
(28 September 2014). "Indian government still 'flip flopping' on GM trials".
(2016-04-09). "Not worried if Monsanto quits India: CICR". The Times of India.
"Mandate – Central Institute for Cotton Research".
(2012-06-07). "Cotton output rises by over 9 percent due to Bt seeds".
({{date). "Bt Cotton farmers record zero suicide rate in Karnataka". The Times of India.
Gadgil, Makarand. ({{date). "Maharashtra govt to test Brazilian model in Vidarbha". [[Mint (newspaper).
Shagun. (2024-07-15). "AI to the rescue: Cutting-edge tech to help cotton farmers fight pink bollworm".

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