79th Plenary Meeting

STATEMENT OF THE ICAC 79TH PLENARY MEETING
English   –   Arabic   –   French   –   Russian   –   Spanish

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Argentina	Australia	Bangladesh	Côte d’Ivoire	Egypt	Greece	Kenya	Pakistan	Russia (Eng)	Russia (Rus)
South Africa	Switzerland	Taiwan	Tanzania	Togo	Turkey	Uganda	USA	Zambia

• Approval of the Agenda of the 79th Plenary Meeting

 

• Report of the Chairman of the Standing Committee

Mr Anshul Sharma, Counsellor (Economic), Embassy of India Biography Report (English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish)

• Report of the Executive Director

Mr Kai Hughes, Executive Director of ICAC Biography Report (English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish)

• Recognition of the ICAC Researchers of the Year, 2020 and 2021 and Presentations.

	Dr K. Raja Reddy – ICAC Researcher of the Year 2020 Biography Presentation
	Dr Bruce Tabashnik – ICAC Researcher of the Year 2021 Biography Presentation
	Dr Jonathan F. Wendel – ICAC Researcher of the Year 2021 Biography Presentation

• Speeches from the ICAC Panels and Committees

Private Sector Advisory Council – PSAC

Mr Peter Wakefield, Chairman of the PSAP Biography

International Cotton Researchers Association – ICRA

Dr Mohamed Negm, Chairman of ICRA Biography

Reports from the ICAC Secretariat

• World Cotton Market Outlook

Mr Matthew Looney, Data Scientist, ICAC Biography Presentation

• World Cotton Trade

Ms Parkhi Vats, Commodity Trade Analyst, ICAC Biography Presentation

• Global Textile Fibres Demand: Trends and Forecast

Ms Lorena Ruiz, Economist, ICAC Biography Presentation

• Textiles – Global Challenges and ICAC

Mr Usman Kanwar, Head of Textiles and Innovation, ICAC Biography Presentation

• Production and Trade Subsidies Affecting the Cotton Industry

Ms Lorena Ruiz, Economist, ICAC Biography Presentation

• ICAC Cotton Data Book

Dr Keshav Kranthi, Chief Scientist, ICAC Biography Presentation

• The Hybrid Cotton Revolution in India

Dr M. Ramasami, Chairman of Rasi Seeds Biography Presentation

• The Future of Organic cotton, GM Cotton and Hybrid Cotton

Dr Yusuf Zafar, T.I, Former Chairman of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Islamabad Biography Presentation

• Bt Varieties for Increasing Cotton Yields under Rainfed Ecosystem in India

Dr H. B. Santosh, Scientist (Plant Breeding), ICAR-CICR, Nagpur, India Biography Presentation

• Will Hybrid Cotton be Suitable for Rainfed Africa?

Prof. Andrew P. Gutierrez, Professor Emeritus IX+, Division of Ecosystem Science at the University of California at Berkeley. CEO – NGO Center for the Analysis of Sustainable Agricultural Systems Biography Presentation

• Discussion of the Working Paper 2 for the title of the 2022 Technical Seminar

1. Adoption of the Agenda

2. Election of the Standing Committee Officers – Working Paper 1 (English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish)

3. Topic of the Technical Seminar for 2022 – Working Paper 2 (English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish)

4. Strategy Away Day – Working Paper 3 (English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish)

5. Uncollected Assessments of  the ICAC Members – Working Paper 4

6. Renewal of the Executive Director Contract

• Closing Remarks by the Chair (Anshul Sharma, Chair of the Standing Committee)