Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India has approved a special project on cotton entitled ‘Targeting technologies to agro-ecological zones- large scale demonstrations of best practices to enhance cotton productivity’ under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) for implementation during 2023-24. The project is being implemented through ICAR-Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur on PPP mode in the identified clusters through value chain approach by collaboration with Ministry of Textiles, CITI & SIMA; Seed Industry Associations (NSAI and FSII); Extension partners (Cotton Development and Research Associations of CITI and SIMA); Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes (ICAR-ATARIs) & their Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs); State Departments of Agriculture-ATMA, Textile partners and Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to increase productivity of cotton and production of Extra Long Staple (ELS) cotton.