Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

Company Description

The Central Potato Research Institute is a governmental organisation in India, with the following mandate:

To undertake basic and strategic research for developing technologies to enhance productivity and utilisation of potato.
To produce disease-free basic seed of different notified varieties developed by the institute.
To act as national repository of scientific information relevant to potato.
To provide leadership and co-ordinate network research with state agricultural universities for generating location and variety-specific technologies and for solving area-specific problems of potato production.
To collaborate with national and international agencies in achieving the objectives.
To act as a centre for training in research methodologies and technology for up-grading scientific manpower in modern technologies for potato production.
To provide consultancy in potato research and develpment.

CPRI operates 7 regional research stations in different potato growing areas in India. These are located in different potato growing areas of the country: Kufri-Fagu (HP), Modipuram (UP), Jalandhar (Punjab), Gwalior (MP), Patna (Bihar), Shillong (Meghalaya), and Ootacamund (Tamil Nadu).

Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, HP, India

Subsidiaries and Factory Locations

Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

ICAR-CPRI Ooty

The programmes at ICAR-CPRI Ooty station are development of agro-techniques for potato cultivation, development of varieties possessing combined resistance to late blight and cyst nematode and to develop control measures for soil and tuber-borne diseases.

ICAR-CPRI Patna

The station possesses a total of 26.17 hectares land out of which 20 hectares is under cultivation with assured irrigation facility. Infrastructure includes laboratory buildings, administrative building, library cum tissue culture laboratory, staff rooms and potato sheds.

ICAR-CPRI Research Station - Shillong

The ICAR-CPRI Research Station in Shillong has been established in the year 1959. The main programmes are screening of germplasms and hybrids for resistance to late blight, bacterial wilt and potato tuber moth and development of production technology and varieties suitable for the North Easter Himalayan hills.

ICAR-CPRI Research Station Gwalior

The Central Potato Research Station, Gwalior has substantially contributed in the growth and development of potato in the region as well as at the national level.

ICAR-CPRI Research Station Jalandhar

ICAR-Central Potato Research Station, Jalandhar (Punjab) is one of the seven regional research stations of the ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh).

ICAR-CPRI RS Modipuram Campus

ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute Regional Station, Modipuram Campus is the biggest Research Station of the Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla.

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News for this Company

January 28, 2020

Gujarat gets lion's share of almost 27% in potato exports

The state ranked fourth in the production of potatoes after Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar with a share of 30%, 22% and 10%, respectively, in India’s total potato production.

Dutch potato processing firms explore opportunities in India

January 28, 2020

Dutch suppliers of the potato (processing) sector explore opportunities in India at the Global Potato Conclave

Dutch potato processing companies are exploring opportunities to further develop the sector amid increased consumption for higher-end potato products. These dutch companies are here to take part in Global Potato Conclave.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced that he will be addressing the 3rd Global Potato Conclave at Gandhinagar, Gujarat through remote video conferencing tomorrow i.e 28th of January 2020.

January 27, 2020

India's Prime minister Narendra Modi to address the Global Potato Conclave at Gandhinagar, Gujarat

India's Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced today that he will be addressing the 3rd Global Potato Conclave at Gandhinagar, Gujarat through remote video conferencing tomorrow i.e 28th of January 2020.

Developed by CPRI, it has high yield vs traditional variety

September 04, 2019

Newly bred Indian potato variety said to be rich in antioxidants, ready for commercial production

Whether fried, baked or sliced, potato gels with nearly every dish. Its bond with Indian consumers would be further strengthened as it would come up in a new avatar and rich in antioxidants with excellent flavour.