8th Asian Cotton Research and Development Network Meeting
Best Global Sustainable Practices on Cotton Production, Processing and By-products Value Addition
Sept. 9-11, 2019
International Business Centre, International Hotel Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Organizer: International Cotton Advisory Committee
Host organization: Uzbekistan Textile and Garment Industry Association
Supporting organization: Uzpakhtasanoat &The Indian Society for cotton improvement
Main sponsors: John Deere, Bajaj Group, Lummus, Mashtex
9th SEPTEMBER
8.00 REGISTRATION
9.00 INAUGURAL CEREMONY
11.00 TEA BREAK
11.30 PLENARY SESSION-1
- Advances in Cotton Biotechnology
Dr. Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov -Minister for Innovational Development, Uzbekistan - GM Cotton in Asia and Future Prospects
Dr. Ramasami,Chairman RASI SEEDS, India - The Uzbekistan Textile Industry
Mr. Ilkhom Khaydarov-Chairman, Uzbekistan Textile & Garments Association, Uzbekistan - The Cotton Traceability Challenges
Mr. Kai Hughes-Executive Director, International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), Washington DC
1.30 LUNCH
2.30 PLENARY SESSION-2
- Cotton Sustainability in Asia
Mr. Rajeev Baruah, Head of Small Holder Programmes, BCI, India - The Cotton Pest Management Saga in Asia
Dr. Khalid Abdullah-Cotton Commissioner, Pakistan - Cotton Production, Research and Development in Uzbekistan
Dr. Rinat Amirovich Gulyayev-Director General, “Uzpakhtaexport”, Uzbekistan - Biotechnology Regulations -Recommendations for Asia
Dr C. D. Mayee-Ex-Agricultural Commissioner, India
4.30 CLOSE
10th SEPTEMBER
9.00 SESSION-1 SUSTAINABLE COTTON TECHNOLOGIES
- Sustainable Technologies for Doubling Farmers Income
Dr. Keshav R. Kranthi, Head, Technical information Section, ICAC, Washinton DC - Cotton Cluster System Practice Results in Uzbekistan
Mr Prakash Kejriwal, Director, Indorama - Sustainable Cotton Production Achievements in Ethiopia
Dr. Zerihun Desalegn, Country Manager, Solidaridad, Ethiopia - Organic Cotton Achievements, Challenges and Prospects in India
Mr. Vivek Rawal, CEO, BioRe, India and Dr. S. S. Patil Ex-Director Research UAS Dharwad.
10.30 PARTICIPATE IN THE UZBEKISTAN TEXTILE CONFERENCE
1.00 LUNCH
2.00 SESSION-2 SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGIES
- The Bangladesh Textile Industry -Racing Ahead
Dr. Md. Farid Uddin, Executive Director, Cotton Development Board (CDB), Bangladesh - Fibre Quality Challenges in Asia and the Way Forward
Dr. P. G. Patil, Director, ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), India - Recent Advances in Spinning Technologies
Dr. Md. Negm, Vice-Chairman ICRA, Egypt - Recent Advances in Ginning Technologies
Mr. Sourabh Bafna, GM, Exports, Bajaj Steel Industries, India
3.30 TEA
4.00 SESSION-3 COTTON SECTOR, RESTRUCTURING, PROCESSING, AND TRADE
- The Cotton Sector of Uzbekistan-New Insights
Mr. Alisher Maksudov, Chairman, Cotton Association of Uzbekistan - Process of farming restructuring and implications for research: some insight from China
Dr. Michel Fok, Chairman, ICRA, CIRAD France - The Dynamics of Cotton Trade and Subsidies in Asia
Mr. Andrei Guitchounts,Director Trade, ICAC, Washington DC - Supply Chain and Value Addition of Cotton Byproducts in Asia
Dr. A. J. Shaikh,Ex-Director, ICAR-CIRCOT, India
5.30 CLOSE
8.00 GALA DINNER
11th SEPTEMBER
9.00 SESSION-4 CROP PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES
- Whitefly and Cotton Leaf Curl Virus -Status in India and Management Recommendations
Dr. Dilip Monga, Head, ICAR-CICR Sirsa, India
- Impact of GM technologies in Asia
Dr Paresh Verma,Executive Director, Bioseed, Asia
- Bioefficacy of egg parasitoid Trichogrammatoidea bactrae against pink bollworm on cotton
Dr. Shashikant Udikeri,Principal Scientist, UAS Dharwad, India - Insect Resistance to Bt-cotton and Management Recommendations in India
Dr G. M. V. Prasada Rao,Principal scientist, KVK, ANGRAU, India
10.30 TEA
11.00 SESSION-5 PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
- Validation of Cotton Cultivation Technologies in the Drought Prone Barind Tract Areas of Bangladesh
Dr. Kamrul Islam,Senior Scientific Officer, CDB, Bangladesh
- Effect of Plant Density and Genotypes on Cotton Growth and Yield
Dr. Fakre Alam Tabib, Deputy Director, CDB, Bangladesh
- Value-addition of cottonseed: Protein extraction, functional characterization, and its application
Dr. Manoj Puniya, Scientist ICAR-CIRCOT - Advances in sustainable cotton production technologies in Europe
Mr. Felipe Rey, Senior Researcher, AISCO, Europe
12.30 LUNCH
2.00 SESSION-6 ADVANCES IN PLANT BREEDING
- Elite Cotton Varieties of Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Bandesh, Principal Cotton Breeder, Islamia University, Bhawalpur, Pakistan
- Innovative Approaches in Cotton Breeding
Dr. S. S. Patil, Ex-Director of Research UAS Dharwad, India
- Popular Indian Bt Hybrids in the Last Decade and Their Impact
Dr. S. U. Baig, Director, Nath Seeds, India
- Recent Advances in Plant Breeding in Uzbekistan
To be identified from Uzbekistan
3.30 TEA
4.00 SESSION-7 ADVANCES IN GENOMICS
- Whole Genome Identification of Cotton Demethylase Family Genes and Its Utilization in Cotton Genetic Innovation
Dr. Wuwei Ye, Professor, CAAS, China
- Genome Sequences Provide Insight into Divergences of Two Cultivated Tetraploid Cottons
Dr. Tianzheng Zhang, Professor, Zhejiang University, China
- Genome-Wide Quantitative Trait Loci Reveal the Genetic Basis of Cotton Fiber Quality and Yield-Related Traits
Dr. Youlu Yuan, Professor, CAAS, China - Global Status of Cotton Genomics and utilization in Improving Trait Value
Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Assoc. Prof, PAU Punjab, India
5.30 VALEDICTORY FUNCTION
12-13th SEPTEMBER TOUR to BUKHARA and SAMARKHAND