Date Posted: 22 May, 2013
Emergent Challenges Facing the Cotton Value Chain
Registration for the 72nd Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee since 1939 is underway; go to www.ICAC.org.
The agenda of the meeting features five open sessions, six breakout sessions, plenary sessions and meetings of ICAC working groups on matters of subject matter specialty.
Open Sessions
- Interfiber Competition: Meeting the Challenge of Polyester
- Land Tenure and Implications for Agricultural Productivity
- Cultivating a New Crop of Entrepreneurs
- Making Women Visible: Gender Issues in Cotton
- Overcoming Stagnation in Cotton Yields
Breakout Sessions:
- Making Cotton Trade More Efficient
- Extreme Weather: Facts and Policies
- Producing and Marketing Identity Cottons
- International Forum for Cotton Promotion
- Regional Trade Agreements and Implications for Cotton
- Textile Industry Challenges
ICAC Working Groups
- Task Force on Identity Cottons
- Expert Panel on SEEP
- Private Sector Advisory Panel (PSAP)
- Task Force on Competitive Challenges
- Round Table for Biotechnology in Cotton
- International Forum for Cotton Promotion
- Task Force on CSITC
Interaction and Regional Consultations
- World Café: Challenges Facing Cotton
- World Café: Results and Discussion
- Regional Caucus Meetings