Address: ICAR-CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR COTTON RESEARCH , REGIONAL STATION, LAWLEY ROAD, COIMBATORE - 641003 (TAMIL NADU)

The All India Coordinated Cotton Improvement Project (AICCIP) was established in 1967 with Headquarters at Coimbatore at the erstwhile IARI, Regional Station.

The major objectives of the Project are

• To develop cultivars and hybrids best suited for different agro-climatic zones of India .


• To develop viable and economical area-based agro-techniques for realizing maximum yields / profits from improved cultivars for both irrigated and rainfed conditions including management of abiotic stresses.


• To develop economic and effective pest and disease management practices under different agro-biological conditions.