Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI)

  • Recently, the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare inaugurated the Krishi Sammelan (Farmer's Meet), organised by the ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute.
  • CPCRI was established in 1970 as one of the agricultural research institutes in the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
  • Its mandate was to undertake research on coconut, arecanut, cocoa, cashew, oil palm and spices at the time of establishment.
  • The research on cashew, oil palm and spices was later delinked from CPCRI to form separate institutes.
  • In 2023, a new mandate crop, Palmyra Palm, was added to ....
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