Proceedings and Presentations

The 14^th Meeting of the Southern and Eastern African Cotton Forum (SEACF) was held in Harare, Zimbabwe

4-6 July 2018

“GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES FOR COTTON YIELD ENHANCEMENT IN AFRICA”

Researchers from seven countries (Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India, Bangladesh and China) attended the SEACF meeting

WEDNESDAY, 4 JULY 2018

INAUGURAL SESSION

• Opening Statements
  Dr Dumisani Kutywayo, Chair, Local Organizing Committee

• Opening Statements
  Mr. Adalberto Banze, Chairperson, SEACF

• Opening Statements
  Mr. Kai Hughes, Executive Director, ICAC

• Opening Statements
  Mr. Ringson Chitsiko, Permanent Secretary, Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Zimbabwe

SESSION 1: POLICY PERSPECTIVES

• Cotton Sector Governance in Zimbabwe: Policy, Regulation, and National Strategies
  Mrs. Nancy Zitsanza

• One Variety, One Zone, One Gin Concept
  Mr. Michael Jenrich

• Public & Private Sector Interventions to Improve Cotton Productivity in Southern & Eastern African Region
  Mr. Fungai Simbi

• Unpacking the Cotton Grower’s Roles, Challenges and Expectations in the Cotton Production Sub-sector
  Mr. Jeremiah Tevera

SESSION 2: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

• FLD in Cotton – Transfer of Technology Practice Advocated for Africa from the Experiences of India
  Dr. Usha Joshua

• Development of Value Added Products from Cotton Stalk by product
  Mr. Nkosilathi Nkomo

• Smallholder Cotton Production: Integrated Crop & Pest Management Technology Transfer & Capacity Building in Kenya
  Dr Richard Musebe

SESSION 3: PLANT BREEDING

• Plant Breeding: Stability and Adaptability of Cotton Genotypes Under Multienvironmental Conditions in Mozambique
  Mr. Manuel Maleia

• Determining Adaptability of Medium Staple G. hirsutum Genotypes to the Agro-ecological Conditions of the Lowveld of Zimbabwe
  Mr. Maco Mare

• New Mahyco cotton hybrids for Zimbabwe and Africa
  Mr. Kudzai Mandiveyi

• Cloning and Expression of Drought & Salt-Tolerant Genes in Cotton
  Dr. Ye Wuwei

SESSION 4: AGRONOMY

• Conservation Agriculture the BMP for Sustainable Cotton Production in Africa: Indian Experience
  Dr. Blaise Desouza

• Evaluation of Cotton Cultivars Under Irrigation in Southern Africa
  Dr. Mathilda Van der Westhuizen

• Cotton Seedling Transplantation for Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh
  Dr. Md. Farid Uddin

• Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Cotton Productivity
  Ms. Cheidza Gwiranenzara

SESSION 5: CROP PROTECTION

• Measuring Tolerance Levels of Pre-released Gossypium hirsutum L. Genotypes to Verticillium dahlia Kleb
  Mr Fredy Musiniwa

• Genome Wide QTL Mapping for Resistance to Verticillium Wilt, Fiber Quality and Yield Traits in Cotton Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines
  Prof. Yuan Youlu

SESSION 6: BEST PRACTICES FOR YIELD ENHANCEMENT IN AFRICA

• Cotton Sector in Bangladesh & BMP for Africa
  Dr. Md. Farid Uddin

• Dr  Graham Thompson

• Best Management Practices (BMP’s)
  Dr Blaise Desouza

• Best Practices for Cotton Yield Enhancement in Africa
  Mr Washington Mubvekeri

SESSION 7: GM COTTON PRACTICALS & INTERACTIVE SESSION

• Secrets of High Yields
  Dr. Keshav Kranthi

• Biotech Cotton-Africa
  Dr. Keshav Kranthi

FINAL STATEMENTS

• Message from the Secretariat
  Mr. Lawrence Malinga, Secretary, SEACF

• Closing Statements
  Dr. Dumisani Kutywayo, Incoming Chairperson, SEACF

• Closing Statements
  Mr Kai Hughes, Executive Director, ICAC

• Closing Statements
  Mr. Ringson Chitsiko, Secretary, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, and Rural Resettlement, Zimbabwe