The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Regional Station at Vittal has a mandate to carry out research on arecanut and cocoa. The efforts on this direction started as early as 1947 through the establishment of ad-hoc arecanut committee by ICAR to study the problems of arecanut industry. The committee started a research station at Vittal, which gave a firm foundation for arecanut research by establishing the Central Arecanut Research Station (CARS) at Vittal in 1956. Consequent to the establishment of the CPCRI in 1970, the CARS became the Regional Station of the Institute. The systematic research on cocoa production technologies were started during 1970 and the introduction of cocoa as mixed crop of arecanut and coconut has provided for sustained production models.
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