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Common Fund Projects — Project Descriptions

The Common Fund has financed the following projects sponsored by the ICAC:

(CFC/ICAC 01) Cotton Production Prospects for the Next Decade

Duration:

November 1992 to March 1995

Countries:

Brazil, China (Mainland), Egypt, India, Mali, Mexico, Pakistan, Tanzania and Uzbekistan

Project Executing Agency:

The World Bank

(CFC/ICAC 03) Integrated Pest Management for Cotton

Duration:

September 13, 1994 to September 30, 1999

Countries:

Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel and Zimbabwe

Project Executing Agency:

The Israeli Cotton Production and Marketing Board Ltd

(CFC/ICAC 04) Integrated Pest Management of the Cotton Boll Weevil in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

Duration:

June 30, 1995 to June 30, 2001

Countries:

Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

Project Executing Agency:

National Service for Phytosanitary and Agro Food Quality, Argentina

(CFC/ICAC 07) Genome Characterization of Whitefly-Transmitted Geminivirus of Cotton and Development of Virus-Resistant Plants Through Genetic Engineering and Conventional Breeding

Duration:

January 1, 1996 to December 31, 2001

Countries:

Pakistan, UK and USA

Project Executing Agency:

National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Pakistan

(CFC/ICAC 11) Improvement of the Marketability of Cotton Produced in the Zones Affected by Stickiness

Duration:

January 1, 1997 to April 30, 2001

Countries:

France and Sudan

Project Executing Agency:

The Sudan Cotton Company Ltd.

(CFC/ICAC **) Improvement of Cotton Marketing and Trade Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa (Uganda and Tanzania)

Duration:

October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2004

Countries:

China (Mainland), India, Pakistan and UK

Project Executing Agency:

Natural Resources International Ltd. UK

(CFC/ICAC 14) Sustainable Control of the Cotton Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera in Small-Scale Cotton Production Systems

Duration:

October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2004

Countries:

China (Mainland), India, Pakistan and UK

Project Executing Agency:

Natural Resources International Ltd. UK

(CFC/ICAC/16) Resistance Management of Helicoverpa armigera to Pyretrhoids in West Africa

Duration:

Fast track project (2000-2001)

Countries:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Nigeria and Guinee

Project Executing Agency:

Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles

(CFC/ICAC 17) Pilot Project, Price Risk Management for Cotton Farmers

Duration:

Three years

Countries:

Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe

Project Executing Agency:

The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe

(CFC/ICAC 19FT) Cotton Price Risk Management Study

(CFC/ICAC 20) Utilization of Cotton By-produce for Value-added Products

Duration:

01 October, 2004 to 31 December, 2009

Countries:

India

Project Executing Agency:

Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, India

(CFC/ICAC 21FT) Assessment of the Impact and Main Dynamics of Cotton Diseases Affecting in Particular Small Scale Production Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa

Duration:

May 1, 2002 to October 30, 2002

Countries:

Ethiopia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Project Executing Agency:

Secretariat of the Southern and Eastern African Forum (SEACF)

(CFC/ICAC 23FT) Cotton Facts

Duration:

May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2003

Countries:

Not applicable

Project Executing Agency:

International Cotton Advisory Committee

(CFC/ICAC 25FT) Improvement of the Sustainability of Cotton Production in West Africa

Duration:

June 1, 2003 to July 31, 2004

Countries:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Mali and Togo

Project Executing Agency:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland

(CFC/ICAC 27FT) Utilization of Cotton By-produce for Value-added Products

Duration:

May/June 2003

Countries:

India

Project Executing Agency:

Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, India

(CFC/ICAC 30FT) Preparation for the Commercial Standardisation of Instrument Testing of Cotton for Cotton Producing Developing Countries in Africa

Duration:

Sept. 2005 to February 2006

Countries:

Germany, France, West and Central Africa, Southern and East Africa

Project Executing Agency:

Faserinstitut Bremen e.V. (FIBRE), Germany

(CFC/ICAC 32FT) Production and Marketing of Uncontaminated Cotton in Mali

Duration:

July, 2006 to June, 2007

Countries:

Mali

Project Executing Agency:

Institute of Rural Economy, Mali

(CFC/ICAC 33) Commercial Standardisation of Instrument Testing of Cotton for the Cotton Producing Developing Countries in Africa

Duration:

4 years

Countries:

West Africa (including Central Africa) – represented by Mali/Burkina
Faso;
East Africa (including Southern Africa) – represented by Tanzania;
Germany, France

Project Executing Agency:

Faserinstitut Bremen e.V. (FIBRE), Germany

(CFC/ICAC 34FT) Regional Consultation on Genetically Modified Cotton for Risk Assessment and Opportunities for Small-scale Cotton Growers

Duration:

6-8 March, 2007

Countries:

Pakistan

Project Executing Agency:

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)

(CFC/ICAC 36FT) Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Techniques for Sustainability of Small Cotton Growers in the Southern Cone of South America with a Pilot Project for 400 Small Farmers in Formosa, Argentina

Duration:

March 1, 2007 – September 2008

Countries:

Argentina

Project Executing Agency:

Project Executing Agency: Minister of Production of Formosa Province (Argentina) and the Foundation for the Fight against the Boll Weevil (FULCPA) (Argentina)

 

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