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).
The
Institute had the mandate 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 were later delinked from CPCRI to form separate
institutes. The present mandate of the institute is to conduct research on
coconut, arecanut and cocoa.
On
the occasion of 100 years of Coconut Research a set of two stamps on
ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute was released by Colonel S F H
Rizvi, Postmaster General, Northern Region, Kerala Circle on 8th January, 2018
at Kisan Conference Agri Business Expo, Kasargod, Kerala organized to mark the
silver jubilee of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) and the foundation day of the
Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI).
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