About Us
The Directorate of Sorghum Research (DSR) formerly, National Research Centre for
Sorghum (NRCS), is the central agency
to work on all aspects of
sorghum
research and development under the auspeces of Indian Council of Agricultural Research
(ICAR). While the main centre
at Hyderabad campus is principally engaged in both
basic and strategic research on sorghum, region-specific
research and services are organized through two other centres -
Solapur and Jalna in Maharashtra. It was earlier a multi-crop centre, and its
pioneering work in hybrid and varietal development has created indelible
impact with its contributions in developing superior
varieties of groundnut, red-gram and castor in addition to sorghum hybrids
and varieties. Sorghum being mainly a rainfed crop, is
grown with limited inputs. Therefore, varietal improvement leading
to high yielding hybrids and varieties forms the core of
major research achievements. Its impact can be best illustrated by
the fact that even rupee spent by the government, the
national income increase by 40-fold. Through its network centres
located across the country in various geographical zones, 25
hybrids (CSH 1 to CSH 25) and 25
varieties
Mandate of DSR
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To conduct basic and strategic research leading to technology development for increased productivity of sorghum, its diversified utilization, to promote profitability from sorghum based cropping systems and to serve as national repository of sorghum germplasm.
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To serve as a national centre for training and consultancy on all aspects of sorghum production and utilization and to foster collaborative research with national and international agencies with a view to achieve the above objectives.
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Orient sorghum research towards market and export promotion and to coordinate and conduct multilocation AICSIP programmes at national level.