The project was initiated in 1967-68 with eight centres at IARI, New Delhi by eminent soil scientist, Dr. B. Ramamurthy. During 1970-71, five more centres were added. One centre (Raipur) was added during 1981-82. Presently, STCR project is working with seventeen cooperating centres. Barrackpore centre has not been in operation for some period now, it is in operation. The excellent scientific and technical staff is working at different cooperating centres and SAU’s and two ICAR institutes. The different agro-eco regions along with the soil types falling in the purview of the different cooperating centres are also shown in table.

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