Background

CITI in association with the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Ministry of Textiles is working on a Pilot Project of Cotton under NFSM which is aimed at enhancing the cotton productivity of India by using a cluster-based and value chain approach and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode.

Key stakeholders in this project include:

• ICAR-CICR, Nagpur;
• CITI & SIMA;
• Seed Industry Associations (NSAI and FSII);
• Extension partners like Cotton Development and Research – Associations of CITI and SIMA
• Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes (ATMA)
• Krishi Vigyan Kendra’s (KVK)
• State Departments of Agriculture.
• Textile partners.
• Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)

Overview of the project

The pilot project encompasses three sub-projects, each focusing on specific technologies like HDPS, ELS and Closer Spacing, targeted at enhancing productivity in identified agro-ecological zones.

Overall project area : 10,415 hectares

CITI CDRA project area : 3160 hectares