All India Coordinated Vegetable Improvement Project (AICVIP) was started in . . . . . . . . and under this, India is divided into 8 operational zones.

All India Coordinated Vegetable Improvement Project (AICVIP) was started in 1970 - 71 and under this, India is divided into 8 operational zones. The headquarter of the project was at the Division of vegetable Science, ICAR, New Delhi.
It aims to provide a national network for multi-location testing of vegetable technologies developed by various research institutes and state agricultural universities.