List of All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP)
A significant development in the field of agricultural research in India is the formulation of All India Coordinated Research Projects (AICRPs), initially for the improvement of agricultural crops, but later extended to all aspects of crop husbandry. The first AICRP was started at the Institute on maize in 1957 with the active collaboration of the Rockefeller Foundation. A novel feature of this programme is that the central research institutes as well as agricultural universities and State Departments of Agriculture were brought to work together as a team to resolve research problems of the crop at national level. IARI's leadership role has been pivotal for the growth of the National Coordinated Centres for a large number of All India Coordinated Programmes of ICAR. The coordinated programmes on wheat, maize, vegetables, seeds and agronomy, previously under the control of IARI, were upgraded to the status of Project Directorates. Almost all the coordinated projects which had their origin in IARI have been moved out and relocated in different parts of the country. At present, however, the Institute serves as the headquarters/centre of the following coordinated research projects:
Project Head Quarters
Project Name | Project/Network Coordinator | Division |
All India Coordinated Project on Nematodes | Dr. Archana U. Singh | Nematology |
All India Coordinated Research Project on Floriculture | Dr. K. P. Singh | Floriculture & Landscaping |
All India Network Project on Pesticide Residues | Dr. K. K. Sharma | Agricultural Chemicals |
National Centres functioning at IARI under All India Coordinated Research projects
Project Name | Principal Investigator | Division |
All India Network project on Biofertilizers (Erstwhile All India Coordinated Research Project on Biological Nitrogen Fixation) | Dr. Radha Prasanna | Microbiology |
All India Coordinated Project on Long Term Fertilizer Experiments | Dr. B. S. Dwivedi | Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry |
All India Coordinated Research Project on Soil Test Crop Response Correlations | Dr. B. M. Sharma | Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry |
All India Network Project on Pesticide Residues | Dr. Irani Mukherjee | Agricultural Chemicals |
All India Coordinated Research Project on Floriculture |
Dr. Kanwar Pal Singh |
Floriculture&Landscaping & |
All India Coordinated Research Project on Renewable Energy Sources for Agriculture and Agro-based Industries | Dr. Navindu Gupta | Environmental Sciences |
All India Coordinated Research Project on Sub-Tropical Fruits | Dr. S. K. Singh | Fruits and Horticultural Technology |
All India Coordinated Research Project on N.S.P. (Crops) |
Dr. M. Dadlani |
Seed Science and Technology & |
All India Coordinated Research Project on Soybean | Dr. K. Annapurna | Microbiology |