ICAR-CISH Regional Research Station / Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Malda W.B.

CISH-RRS Office Building
CISH-KVK Administrative Building

The Regional Research Station of ICAR-Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow's was inaugurated on 28.02.2016 at Mokdumpur, Malda, West Bengal and the foundation stone of CISH – Krishi Vigyan Kendra was laid on January 21,2017 at Malda, W.B.

MANDATE

  • Exploration and utilization of native diversity of mango, litchi and other underutilized fruits.
  • Exploration and utilization of native diversity of underutilized vegetables.
  • Improvement of fruits and vegetables for novel traits.
  • Standardization and refinement of the package of practices for commercially grown fruits and vegetables.
  • Standardization and promotion of post harvest management and value addition of fruits & vegetables.

STAFF

SN. Name Designation Descipline Email
 
ICAR-CISH Regional Research Station, Malda W.B.
1. Dr. Dipak Nayak Sr. Scientist & I/c RRS (Hort.) Fruit Science Dipak.Nayak@icar.gov.in
2. Dr. Prananath Barman Scientist Horticulture Prananath.Barman@icar.gov.in
3. Mr. Nabin Kumar Das Senior Technical Assistant M.Sc. (Ag.) nabin.das@icar.gov.in
 
ICAR-CISH Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Malda W.B.
1. Dr Dushyant Kumar Raghav Senior Scientist cum Head : Agriculture Entomology Dushyant.Raghav@icar.gov.in
2. Dr. Shailesh Kumar SMS Fisheries Shailesh.Kumar1@icar.gov.in
3. Sh. Varnayudh Vratdhari Diptikar Senior Technical Officer MCA Varnayudh.Diptikar@icar.gov.in

Ongoing and completed projects

S.No.

Title of project

 Funding agency and duration

ICAR-CISH Regional Research Station, Malda W.B.

1

Integrated Beekeeping Development Centre (Centre of Excellence on Beekeeping)

National Bee Board, GOI
(2018 onward)

2

Advance Centre for Establishment of Value Chain and Food Processing of Agri-Horticultural Crops to Empower Rural Youth, Self Help Groups and Prospecting Entrepreneurs

RKVY
(July 2018  onward)

3

Responsible Use of Plant Protection Products in Mango for Farmers Safety and Enhancing Yield of the Crops in West Bengal and Bihar.

 Crop Life India Ltd. (July 2018  onward)

4

AICRP on Honey Bees and Pollinators

ICAR (2018 onward)

5

DUS Testing Centre on Mango (additional centre)

PPV & FRA (2017 onward)

6

AICRP on Fruits

ICAR (2018 onward

7

Technological interventions for quality mango production for doubling income for mango growers in Malda

NABARD

8

Hi-Tech Nursery project

Government of India

9

Tribal Sub-Plan

Government of India

10

SCSP

Government of India

ICAR-CISH Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Malda W.B.

1

Creation of Seed Hubs for increasing indigenous production of pulses in India

2016 onwards

2

Diploma in Agricultural Extension Service for Input Dealers (DAESI)

2017 onwards

 

Research Achievements and Initiatives

  • Documented and characterized 150 traditional mango varieties and being conserved
  • Identified papaya like flavored and pineapple like fleshed mango genotypes
  • Documented and characterized 20 germplasm of bael and jackfruit
  • Physico-chemical characterization of uni-floral honey samples have been done and compared with locally available honey
  • Quality of honey has been analyzed during different days of maturity
  • Fifteen different traditional leafy vegetables have been documented and characterized based nutraceuticals profiling
  • Established a Hi-tech nursery with production capacity of 2.0 lakh planting materials with budget outlay of 1.0 crore
  • Established an Advance Centre on Food Processing and Value Chain Management with budget outlay of Rs. 4.21 crores
  • Established an advance laboratory with HPLC, AAS and molecular diagnosis facility
  • Established A Centre of Excellence on Beekeeping with budget outlay of 89.25 lakh
  • Established A Seed Hub on Pulses with annual production of quality seed more than 500 quintals
  • Established a network of 500 progressive growers
  • Established integrated farming system model on 5 acres area
  • Established a network of more than 7000 nos. of Tribal & SC women farmers in 120 adopted villages. 

Activities

  • A MoUs i.e. "Student Ready” programme has been signed between Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya (UBKV), Cooch Behar, West Bengal and ICAR-CISH Regional Research Station, Malda, West Bengal to develop the capacity building among students.
  • To provide the agriculture knowledge skill a one year course of Diploma in Agricultural Extension Services for Input Dealers (DAESI) is also started at ICAR- CISH KVK, Malda from October 25th2017.
  • ICAR-CISH RRS Nursery: ICAR-CISH RRS, Malda has initiated to establish a Hi-Tech Nursery on 4 ha area for Quality Planting Material Production with annual initial target of 100,000 quality saplings to ensure the supply of good quality and disease free planting material to farmers, gardeners, nurserymen, general public and other government and private sectors.
  • Adopted villages: ICAR-CISH Regional Research Station has adopted 25 tribal villages with 1050 tribal households for establishment of Nutri-smart Tribal Village at Habibpur block of Malda under Tribal Sub-Plan Programme.
  • Activities gallery

Linkage and Collaborations

The CISH-RRS Malda has in linkage with different National and International organizations such as Ministry of Agriculture.

  • National Bee Board, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India.
  • Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers Right Authority, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India.
  • Department of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal.
  • Directorate of Horticulture, Dept. of FPI & Horticulture, Govt. of West Bengal.
  • Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Sargachi, Murshidabad.
  • National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Regional Office, Kolkata.
  • Agricultural Technology Management Agency, Malda.
  • Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers, Welfare, Govt. of  India.
  • Crop Life India Ltd, New Delhi.
  • National Seed Corporation, Malda office.
  • South Asian Biotechnology Center, New Delhi.