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| name = Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod<br />
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| established = 1974<br />
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| academic_affiliation = [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]]<br />
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| website = {{url|cpcri.gov.in}}<br />
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CPCRI New website url. [https://cpcri.gov.in/page https://cpcri.gov.in]<br />
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The '''Central Plantation Crops Research Institute''' ('''CPCRI''') https://cpcri.gov.in/page is a [[Central government|central]] [[research institute]] for [[plantation]] [[Cash crop|crops]], headquartered in [[Kasargod]], [[Kerala]] in India. It was established in 1970<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, CPCRI |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/cpcri-kudlu-kasaragod/168/}}</ref> as one of the [[agricultural research]] institutes in the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) under the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR), [[Government of India]]. The Institute has the mandate to undertake research on coconut, [[areca nut]], [[Borassus|palmyra]], and [[Cocoa bean|cocoa]].<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:CPCRI Kasaragod, Kerala, India.jpg|thumb|CPCRI Kasaragod]]<br />
The institute was established in 1916 as Coconut Research Station at [[Kasargod]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) |url=https://kasargod.nic.in/en/central-plantation-crops-research-institute-cpcri/}}</ref> and was later taken over by the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR). Central Plantation Crops Research Institute was established by ICAR in 1970 by merging Central Coconut Research Station at Kasaragod and [[Kayamkulam]], along with Central Arecanut Research Station, [[Vittal (town)|Vittal]] and its five substations at [[Palode]] ([[Kerala]]), [[Kannara, Thrissur|Kannara]] (Kerala), [[Hirehalli]] ([[Karnataka]]), [[Mohitnagar]] ([[West Bengal]]) and [[Kahikuchi]] ([[Assam]]).<br />
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All India Co-ordinated Coconut and Arecanut Improvement Project (AICCAIP) started functioning from 1972 at CPCRI, Kasaragod and later renamed as All India Coordinated Research Project on Palms (AICRP) in 1986. The AICRP has 14 centres on coconut, four on oil palm and one on palmyra.<br />
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==Research==<br />
Initially mandated to conduct research on coconut, [[areca nut]], cocoa, cashew, [[oil palm]], and spices, the institute later separated research on cashew, oil palm, and spices to establish independent institutes. In 2023, the CPCRI expanded its mandate to include [[palmyra palm]].<br />
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The institute's research programs are structured into five divisions:<br />
*Crop Improvement<br />
*Crop Production<br />
*Crop Protection<br />
*Physiology<br />
*Biochemistry<br />
*Post Harvest Technology<br />
*Social Sciences.<br />
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Additionally, it oversees the International Coconut Gene Bank for South Asia situated at [[Kidu, Karnataka|Kidu]] in [[Karnataka]]. Serving as the headquarters of the All India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on palms, it manages 28 centers spread across 14 states and one union territory, encompassing 13 SAUs/SHUs, one CAU, and four ICAR institutes.<br />
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There are two regional stations at [[Kayamkulam]] (Kerala) and [[Vittal (town)|Vittal]] (Karnataka). There are four research centres at [[Mohitnagar]] (West Bengal), Kahikuchi (Assam), and [[Kidu, Karnataka|Kidu]] (Karnataka). Besides, there are two [[Krishi Vigyan Kendra]] (KVKs) in Kasaragod and Kayamkulum.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|https://cpcri.icar.gov.in}}<br />
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