Facilities & Infrastructure
Experimental Farm
Research is conducted in an area of 48 ha at headquarters and 20 ha at Bhubaneswar. Maintenance of germplasm collections and released varieties of tuber crops, experiments on tuber crops, and quality planting material production are done at the farm.
Laboratory
The Institute has state-of-the-art laboratories for DNA sequencing, molecular study, transgenics, gene editing, tissue culture, bioinformatics, soil fertility and plant nutrition, soil physics, geoinformatics, plant pathology, virus diagnostics, agricultural entomology & nematology, biomolecules from crop residues, food processing, value addition, and starch biochemistry.
Library
Provides necessary information support for Institute research programmes. Library has a collection of 17400 volumes, subscription of 42 journals, theses, annual reports and other technical publications.
Techno Incubation Centre
Provides hands-on training, technical assistance and incubator facilities to prospective entrepreneurs, SHGs and FPCs for the production of value added products from tuber crops.
Museum
Showcases the tuber crops technologies, products, and publications for the benefit of farmers and other stakeholder.
Dairy Unit
As a component of Integrated Organic Farming System Model and to undertake experiments on organic farming & natural farming for sustainability of tuber crops farming and for clean milk production.
Agricultural Knowledge Management Unit
Nodal point of National Knowledge Network of India (NKN) for effective sharing of scientific resources. A high speed 200Mbps fiber optic connectivity was established for internet communication and can be accessed through the Local Area Network. ICAR-CTCRI home page can be accessed at https://www.ctcri.org.
Residential Complex and Guest Houses
There are staff quarters (5 nos.), play ground and indoor stadium at headquarters. CTCRI has two guest houses with well furnished 3 AC suite rooms, 16 AC double bed rooms and dormitories.
