Central Institute for Cotton Research


Central Institute for Cotton Research , with campuses in Nagpur in Maharashtra state and Sirsa in Haryana state, is central research institute established 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, 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 in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra, implemented a pilot project in the Vidarbha region, 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 was established at Sirsa city in collaboration with the Government of Haryana. It is located across the Chaudhary Devi Lal University on NH9.

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