An agreement has been signed between the Balasaheb Thackeray Haridra (Turmeric) Research and Training Centre, Basmat, and the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow, to promote scientific research on turmeric and help farmers get better returns, officials said.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Lucknow on Thursday, a government release said.