Welcome to the official website of National Citrus Research Program, Partipatle, Dhankuta

National Citrus Research Program has been established under the Nepal Agricultural Research Council in line with the idea of ​​conducting special research on crops and commodities. Prior to this, the program was working in various organizational formats. First of all, in 2018 BS, a citrus research center was established in Paripatle, Dhankuta under the Department of Agriculture. In fiscal year 2023/24, with the plan of extending the research area to other horticultural crops, it was renamed as “Horticulture Research Center”. Again, with the aim of extensive implementation of its program, it was changed to “Dhankuta Agriculture Center”. Later, Citrus Development Program which was established in 2029 B.S. in Pokhara was relocated into the premises of this center in 2031 B.S. In 2048 BS, the office of Citrus Development Program was shifted to Kirtipur, Kathmandu and only the farm and office of the Center was kept in Dhankuta. As per the decision of the Government of Nepal to conduct all the research related to agriculture from the National Agricultural Research and Service Center, Khumaltar, this office was also placed under the same service center. Later, in 2048 BS, the service center was abolished and the Nepal Agricultural Research Council was established. The center was renamed as Agriculture Research Center, Dhankuta under the council and has been functioning as the "National Citrus Research Program" since 2057 BS.