Common Fund Projects — Project Descriptions

  • CFC/ICAC 01  Cotton Production Prospects for the Next Decade

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    01 November 1992 to 01 March 1995
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    Brazil, China (Mainland), Egypt, India, Mali, Mexico, Pakistan, Tanzania and Uzbekistan
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    The World Bank
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  • CFC/ICAC 03 Integrated Pest Management for Cotton

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    13 September 1994 to 30 September 1999
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    Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel and Zimbabwe
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    The Israeli Cotton Production and Marketing Board Ltd1234
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  • CFC/ICAC 04 Integrated Pest Management of the Cotton Boll Weevil in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay

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    30 June 1995 to 30 June 2001
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    Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay
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    National Service for Phytosanitary and Agro Food Quality, Argentina
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  • CFC/ICAC 07 Genome Characterization of Whitefly-Transmitted Geminivirus of Cotton and Development of Virus-Resistant Plants Through Genetic Engineering

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    01 January 1996 to 31 December 2001
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    Pakistan, UK and USA
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    National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Pakistan
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  • CFC/ICAC 11 Improvement of the Marketability of Cotton Produced in the Zones Affected by Stickiness

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    01 January 1997 to 30 April 2001
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    France and Sudan
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    The Sudan Cotton Company Ltd.
  • CFC/ICAC 12 Improvement of Cotton Marketing Trade Systems Eastern and Southern Africa (Uganda and Tanzania)

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    01 January 2003 to 01 January 2007
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    Uganda, Tanzania
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    United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
  • CFC/ICAC 14  Sustainable Control of the Cotton Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera in Small-Scale Cotton Production Systems

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    01 October 2000 to 30 September 2004
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    China (Mainland), India, Pakistan and UK
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    Natural Resources International Ltd. UK
  • (CFC/ICAC/16FT) Resistance Management of Helicoverpa armigera to Pyrethroids in West Africa

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    01 January 2000 to 01 January 2001
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    Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Nigeria and Guinee
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    Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles
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  • (CFC/ICAC 17) Pilot Project, Price Risk Management for Cotton Farmers

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    01 January 2009 to 01 January 2012
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    Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe
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    The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe
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  • (CFC/ICAC 20)  Utilization of Cotton By-produce for Value-added Products

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    01 October 2004 to 31 December 2009
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    India
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    Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, India
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  • (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

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    01 May 2002 to 30 October 2002
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    Ethiopia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe
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    Secretariat of the Southern and Eastern African Forum (SEACF)
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  • (CFC/ICAC 23FT) Cotton Facts

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    01 May 2002 to 30 April 2003
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    Not applicable
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    International Cotton Advisory Committee
  • (CFC/ICAC 25FT)   Improvement of the Sustainability of Cotton Production in West Africa

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    01 June 2003 to 31 July 2004
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    Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Mali and Togo
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    United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland
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  • (CFC/ICAC 27FT) Utilization of Cotton By-produce for Value-added Products

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    01 May 2003 to 01 June 2003
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    India
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    Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, India
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  • (CFC/ICAC 30FT) Preparation for the Commercial Standardisation of Instrument Testing of Cotton for Cotton Producing Developing Countries in Africa

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    01 September 2005 to 01 February 2006
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    Germany, France, West and Central Africa, Southern and East Africa
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    Faserinstitut Bremen e.V. (FIBRE), Germany
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  • (CFC/ICAC 32FT) Production and Marketing of Uncontaminated Cotton in Mali

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    01 July 2006 to 01 June 2007
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    Mali
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    Institute of Rural Economy, Mali
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  • (CFC/ICAC 33) Commercial Standardisation of Instrument Testing of Cotton for the Cotton Producing Developing Countries in Africa

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    01 January 2007 to 01 January 2011
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    West Africa (including Central Africa) – represented by Mali/Burkina Faso; East Africa (including Southern Africa) – represented by Tanzania; Germany, France
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    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

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    06 March 2007 to 08 March 2007
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    Pakistan
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    International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)
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  • (CFC/ICAC 36FT) Integrated Pest Management(IPM)Techniques for Sustainability of Small Cotton Growers of South America with a Pilot Project in Formosa,Argentina

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    01 March 2007 to 01 September 2008
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    Argentina
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    Ministry of Production of Formosa Province (Argentina) and the Foundation for the Fight against the Boll Weevil (FULCPA) (Argentina)
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  • (CFC/ICAC 37) Improving Cotton Production Efficiency in Small-scale Farming Systems in Kenya and Mozambique

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    01 November 2009 to 01 November 2013
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    Kenya and Mozambique
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    CABI Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
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  • (CFC/ICAC 38) Prevention of Seed Cotton Contamination in West Africa (Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali)

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    01 March 2010 to 01 June 2013
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    Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali
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    International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
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  • (CFC/ICAC 40) ProCotton: Improving Productivity and Marketing of Cotton Through Strengthening Selected Producer Organizations in Eastern Africa

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    01 November 2011 to 31 October 2013
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    Tanzania and Zambia
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    Solidaridad, Netherlands
  • (CFC/ICAC 44)  Development of National Cotton Classing Systems in Kenya and Mozambique

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    01 March 2012 to 29 February 2016
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    Kenya and Mozambique
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    Wakefield Inspection Services, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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