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The Coconut Research Station was established in 1916 at Kasargod, Kerala by the Government of Madras and subsequently it was taken over by the Indian Central Coconut Committee in 1948 and continued till 1970. Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) was established in 1970 as one of the agricultural research institutes under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), by merging Central Coconut Research Station, Kasaragod, Central Coconut Research Station, Kayamkulam as well as CentralArecanut Research Station, Vittal and its five substations at Palode and Kannara (Kerala), Hirehalli (Karnataka), Mohitnagar (West Bengal) and Kahikuchi (Assam).
The Institute deals with the research and frontline extension aspects of coconut, arecanut and cocoa under five Divisions viz., Crop Improvement, Crop Production, Crop Protection, Physiology, Biochemistry and Post Harvest Technology and Social Sciences. The Institute has three Regional Stations - Kayamkulam (Kerala), Vittal (Karnataka) and Minicoy (Lakshadweep) and three Research Centres - Kahikuchi (Assam), Mohitnagar (West Bengal) and Kidu (Karnataka). It has infrastructural facilities like well established research farms, well equipped laboratories at Headquarters, Regional Stations and Research Centres, besides Library cum Documentation Centre at headquarters and Regional Stations. The Transfer of Technology of the Institute is carried out through Extension Section, Agricultural Technology Information Centre and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (one each at Kasaragod and Kayamkulam). |
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