The Coconut Research Station at Kasaragod in Kerala was initially established in 1916 by the then Government of Madras and subsequently it was taken over by the Indian Central Coconut Committee in 1948. 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).
Recent Events
A Business Planning and Development (BPD) unit sanctioned under the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) was inaugurated at central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod on 07.06.2013.
| There is a very famous Chinese proverb, “Give a man a fish and you have to feed him every day, give him a net and teach him how to catch fish, and he can feed himself for a lifetime”. |
