Excerpt from SC-M-466 (minutes of the Standing Committee), 24 April
2003:
“The executive director reported that the World Cotton Research
Conference–3 was held in Cape Town, South Africa from March 9-13,
2003. 305 researchers from 37 countries attended the conference. The
ICAC, CIRAD-CA, FAO, Cotton South Africa and the Agricultural Research
Council of South Africa sponsored the conference. The local Organizing
Committee also arranged sponsorships from many private companies.
“In four days, 164 papers were presented orally while 80 papers were
presented as posters. There is great enthusiasm among cotton researchers
to continue the world cotton conferences initiated by the ICAC in 1994.
Brazil, Turkey and the USA are competing to host the World Cotton
Research Conference–4 to be held in 2007. The International Committee of
the WCRC-3, composed of major sponsors, regional representatives and
chairs of the world cotton research conferences, will consider proposals
from three countries in Gdansk, Poland and make a decision on the host
country of the WCRC–4.”
NOTE:
The World Cotton Research Conference–4 will take place in Lubbock,
Texas, USA, from September 10 to 14, 2007. For current detailed
information and registration, go to the WCRC-4 page.
