Uzbekistan’s capital city of Tashkent is once again gearing up to host the ninth international Uzbek Cotton and Textile fair on October 16 and 17, 2013. Since 2005, the Uzbek Government has been regularly organizing the fair in ...
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Cotton cultivation in Latin American country of Colombia has deteriorated due to the decreasing demand from both the domestic and global textile industry as well as lack of sophisticated pest management program. According to the ...
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The World Apparel Fibre Consumption Survey recently completed by the Economic and Social Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (EST/FAO) and the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) ...
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The comments were made in a meeting that several delegates described as unique because it deals with a single commodity, and does so by looking at trade, development and other aspects. Although the official focus is primarily on ...
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Registration for the 72nd Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee is underway. The agenda of the meeting features different sessions, including opening & breakout sessions in which the main topics of discussion are ...
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A seeming mundane change in the format of a table can have concrete consequences for industry improvement. In a press note distributed world wide on May 13, 2013, the Cotton Association of India (CAI) reported Indian cotton production, ...
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The Standing Committee of the International Cotton Advisory Committee gave approval to the Provisional Agenda of the 72nd Plenary Meeting during its 523rd Meeting on April 18, 2013. The 72nd Plenary Meeting will be held in Cartagena de ...
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The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) is inviting applications for the “ICAC Cotton Researcher of the Year 2013." The closing date for receipt of applications is March 31, 2013. A team of six judges handles the ...
Mr. Mark A. Messura was elected Chairman of the International Forum for Cotton Promotion (IFCP) at the Annual Business Meeting of the membership held in Interlaken, Switzerland on October 09, 2012. Mr. Messura is the Senior Vice President ...
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The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) met in Interlaken, Switzerland during October 7-11, 2012 for its 71st Plenary Meeting since the establishment of the Committee in 1939. Participation was nearly 400 including, ...
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International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) releases a report on Production and Trade Policies affecting the cotton industry. Subsidies to the cotton industry, including direct support to production, border protection, crop insurance ...
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According to International Cotton Advisory Committee's(ICAC)general outlook for cotton supply and use for 2012/13 is bleak:global cotton production and mill use are forecast at 25.9 million tons and 23.4 million tons respectively,resulting ...
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The 71st Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), held in the Swiss city of Interlaken, featured a week of intensive discussion and debate on issues facing today's global cotton industry. The over-arching theme ...
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The use of intellectual property rights (IPR) is one of the most important -- yet largely unfortunate -- developments of globalization and has severely hindered scientific development by restricting the proliferation of knowledge. That ...
What sustainability means in the cotton value chain can't be determined by any individual, sector or nation. Rather, it should be defined by finding the common ground that exists among all of the stakeholders. That was the guiding concept ...
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