08-01-2018 : ICAR- Central Plantation Crops Research Institute A commemorative postage stamp

Indian Council of agricultural Research-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute(ICAR-CPCRI) Kasaragod is celebrating its 100th years in research. The centre has also received the farm land and facilities of the erstwhile Research Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute(CMFRI) functioned at Minicoy during 2006. The research efforts on arecanut started as early as 1947 through the establishment of adhoc arecanut committee by ICAR to study the problems of arecanut industry.