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ICAR-IIVR, Varanasi is a field unit of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research under the aegis of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. Its objective is to give Vegetable research impetus through the establishment of AICRP on vegetable crops in 1971 at IARI, New Delhi with the responsibilities of coordinating and monitoring vegetable research programs in the country.