Research Centers Of ICAR

S.No.	ICAR Research Center	Location	Year Of Estb.	Objective
1	National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology	New Delhi	1985	To undertake research, teaching and training personnel in the modern areas of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.
2	National Centre for Integrated Pest Management (NCIPM)	New Delhi	1988	To cater to the emerging plant protection needs of different agro-ecological zones of the country.
3	National Research Center For Citrus	Nagpur	1985	To undertake basic and applied research to develop technologies for improvement and increased productivity in citrus, etc.
4	National Research Center for Grapes	Pune	1977	To undertake the programmes involving basic and strategic research for resolving the major biotic and abiotic constraints affecting the grapes production, productivity and sustain productivity and promote diversification to wine production and other value added products
5	National Research Centre for Banana	Tamil Nadu	1993	To undertake basic and strategic research for developing technologies to enhance productivity and utilization of    Banana. To develop improved cultivars through traditional and biotechnological methods and conserve the diversity.
6	National Research Center on Seed species	Ajmer	2000	To conduct basic and strategic research to enhance production, productivity and quality of seed spices with special reference to export and domestic demand, etc.
7	National Research Center on Pomegranate	Maharashtra	2005	To develop suitable varieties with high yield potential and quality fruits having resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses.
8	National Research Center on Orchids	Sikkim	1996	To collect, conserve, characterize and evaluate germplasm and develop National repository of orchids and bulbous flowering plants, etc.
9	National Research Center for Agroforestry	Uttar Pradesh	1988	To under take basic and applied research for developing and delivering technologies based on sustainable agroforestry prctices on farms, marginal and wastelands for different agroclimatic zones in INDIA, etc.
10	National Camel Research Center	Rajasthan	1984	To carryout basic and applied research on camel production and health as influenced by different farming practices, etc.
11	National Research Centre on Equines	Rajasthan	1985	To improve and conserve Marwari Horses and also to produce french male Donkeys for improving indigenous donkeys and mule production.
12	National Research Center on Meat	Hyderabad	1999	To conduct basic and applied research in the frontiner areas of meat science and technology and to develop human resource for the fast growing meat sector.
13	National Research Center on Pig	Assam	----	To bring in excellence in pig production, health and product processing through innovative research in order to provide technology backstopping for enhanced pork production, employment generation and poverty reduction among socially and economically weaker sections through the medium of pig husbandry.
14	National Research Center on Yak	West Kemang	1989	To establish a small herd of pure yaks to carry out observations on performances under range and semi-range systems of management, to conduct research on improvement of yak and its products though selection and breeding with exotic frozen semen, etc.
15	National Research Institute on Mithun	Nagaland	1988	Identifiation, evaluation and characterization of mithun germplasm available in the country. Conservation and improvement of mithun for meat and milk . To act as a repository of germplasm and information centre on mithun.
16	National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP)	New Delhi	1991	To strengthen agricultural economics research through integration of economics input in planning, designing, and evaluation of agricultural research programs and enhancing the competence in agricultural policy analysis within the National Agricultural Research System.