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Common Fund Projects

1. Cotton Production Prospects for the Next Decade (CFC/ICAC 01)

Duration:

November 1992 to March 1995

Countries:

Brazil, China (Mainland), Egypt, India, Mali, Mexico, Pakistan, Tanzania and Uzbekistan

Project Executing Agency:

The World Bank

2. Integrated Pest Management for Cotton (CFC/ICAC 03)

Duration:

September 13, 1994 to September 30, 1999

Countries:

Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel and Zimbabwe

Project Executing Agency:

The Israeli Cotton Production and Marketing Board Ltd

3. Integrated Pest Management of the Cotton Boll Weevil in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay (CFC/ICAC 04)

Duration:

June 30, 1995 to June 30, 2001

Countries:

Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

Project Executing Agency:

National Service for Phytosanitary and Agro Food Quality, Argentina

4. Genome Characterization of Whitefly-Transmitted Geminivirus of Cotton and Development of Virus-Resistant Plants Through Genetic Engineering and Conventional Breeding (CFC/ICAC 07)

Duration:

January 1, 1996 to December 31, 2001

Countries:

Pakistan, UK and USA

Project Executing Agency:

National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Pakistan

5. Improvement of the Marketability of Cotton Produced in the Zones Affected by Stickiness (CFC/ICAC 11)

Duration:

January 1, 1997 to April 30, 2001

Countries:

France and Sudan

Project Executing Agency:

The Sudan Cotton Company Ltd.

6. Improvement of Cotton Marketing and Trade Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa (Uganda and Tanzania)

Duration:

October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2004

Countries:

China (Mainland), India, Pakistan and UK

Project Executing Agency:

Natural Resources International Ltd. UK

7. Sustainable Control of the Cotton Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera in Small-Scale Cotton Production Systems (CFC/ICAC 14)

Duration:

October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2004

Countries:

China (Mainland), India, Pakistan and UK

Project Executing Agency:

Natural Resources International Ltd. UK

8. Resistance Management of Helicoverpa Amigers to Pyretrhoids in West Africa (CFC/ICAC/16)

Duration:

Fast track project (2000-2001)

Countries:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Nigeria and Guinee

Project Executing Agency:

Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles

9. Pilot Project, Price Risk Management for Cotton Farmers (CFC/ICAC 17)

Duration:

Three years

Countries:

Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe

Project Executing Agency:

The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe

10. Cotton Price Risk Management Study (CFC/ICAC 19FT)

11. Assessment of the Impact and Main Dynamics of Cotton Diseases Affecting in Particular Small Scale Production Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa (CFC/ICAC 21FT)

Duration:

May 1, 2002 to October 30, 2002

Countries:

Ethiopia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Project Executing Agency:

Secretariat of the Southern and Eastern African Forum (SEACF)

12. Cotton Facts (CFC/ICAC 23FT)

Duration:

May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2003

Countries:

Not applicable

Project Executing Agency:

International Cotton Advisory Committee

13. Improvement of the Sustainability of Cotton Production in West Africa (CFC/ICAC 25FT)

Duration:

June 1, 2003 to July 31, 2004

Countries:

Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Mali and Togo

Project Executing Agency:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland

14. Utilization of Cotton By-produce for Value-added Products (CFC/ICAC 20)

Duration:

Four years

Countries:

India

Project Executing Agency:

Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, India

15. Utilization of Cotton By-produce for Value-added Products (CFC/ICAC 27FT)

Duration:

May/June 2003

Countries:

India

Project Executing Agency:

Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, India

 

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