68th Plenary Meeting
07 September 2009 - 11 September 2009 , Cape Town, South Africa
The Role of Cotton in Economic Development and Ensuring Food Security During a Period of Global Economic Crisis
Sunday, September 6, 2009
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to 16:00
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13:30 14:30
Set up of Trade Booths at the Convention Centre
Registration at the CTICC Ballroom Gallery
Tours and shopping opportunities (Depart from the Convention Centre)
Meeting of the Expert Panel on Social, Environmental and Economic Performance of Cotton Production (SEEP) (by invitation, SEEP members only.)
The Boardroom
Meeting of the Private Sector Advisory Panel (PSAP)
The Boardroom (by invitation, private sector observers’ welcome)
Round Table Discussion: The Role of Organic Cotton in the Cotton Industry (Open to all) Chair: Graham Thompson, Director, ARC Institute for Industrial Crops, South Africa
o Simon Ferrigno, Director, The Organic Exchange, UK
o Jens Soth, Coordinator for Research & Implementation Activities, Helvetas Organic Cotton Center, Switzerland
o Mans Lanting, India
o Heinrich Schultz, Managing Director, OrganiMark, South Africa o Cornelis Maris, Mavideniz Gida San. A.S., Turkey
19:00 Cocktail Reception, Director-General, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa, Presiding
The Ballroom East, CTICC
Monday, September 7, 2009
8:00 Registration at the CTICC
9:00 Inaugural Session, The Ballroom West
Chair: Eugene Brock, Former Chairman of the Cotton Industry Trust, South Africa
Facilitated by Tsotso Sehoole, Chief of Communications, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa
o Approval of the Agenda of the 68th Plenary Meeting
o Introductory Remarks
Director General, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa o Opening Remarks
H.E. Ms. Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
South Africa
o Opening Observations
H.E. Ambassador Ali M. Mchumo, Managing Director of the Common Fund for Commodities
o Keynote Speech
Berrye Worsham, President, Cotton Incorporated, USA Positioning Cotton As a Solution to 21st Century Problems
o Report of the Private Sector Advisory Panel, Sebahattin Gazanfer, Chair of the PSAP
o Report of the Chair of the Standing Committee, Ashraf El-Rabiey, Embassy of Egypt, USA o Recognition of the ICAC Researcher of the Year
o Report of the Executive Director, Terry Townsend
o Welcoming Remarks on behalf of all delegates by Turkey
11:00 Tea/coffee
11:30 First Open Session: Policies to Enhance Food Security
Chair: Andile Hawes, Deputy Director General, Production Resources Management, Department of Agriculture, South Africa
o Anupam Barik, Directorate of Cotton Development, Ministry of Agriculture, India
The Roles of the Technology Mission on Cotton and Biotech Cotton in Indian Small-Holder
Agriculture
o Micah Powon, CEO, Cotton Development Authority (CODA), Kenya The Role of Cotton in Assuring Food Security in Kenya
o Luis Alberto Pellegrino, Advisor, Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Argentina The Role of Cotton in the Economy of Northern Argentina
o Abdoulaye Dia, Oxfam, UK
Impacts of the Food Crisis on Cotton Farmers and Recommendations for Government Policies
13:30 Lunch for all participants, Ballroom East
15:00 Second Open Session: Facilitating Small-Holder Cotton Production
Chair: Ibrahim Naibbi, Federal Ministry of Commerce, Nigeria, (invited)
o Happymore Mapara, Managing Director, The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe o Syed Hassan Raza, Cotton Producer, Pakistan
o Piriev Dzhalil Safarovich, Director of Agriculture Economy Institute, Tajikitan
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o Keshav Raj Kranthi, Crop Protection Division, Central Institute for Cotton Research, India Technology for Small-Holders – CFC/ICAC Project 14
o Vibhu Nath, Senior Vice President, Olam International Ltd., Singapore
Private Sector Initiatives to Facilitate Small-Holder Cotton Production in Africa
17:00 Adjourn
19:00 Welcome Dinner
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
8:00 Registration
9:00 Third Open Session: Cotton By-Products and Value Addition
Chair: Ibrahim Malloum, Commercial Cotton Director, Somdiaa, France
o A.J. Shaikh, Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), India
Utilization of Cotton Stalks in the Production of Particle Board
o Célestin T. Tiendrebeogo, Managing Director, SOFITEX, Burkina Faso
o Nazir Lababidi, Director General, Syrian Cotton Marketing Organization, Syria (invited) o Sebahattin Gazanfer, Advisor, Joint Board, All Textiles and Raw Materials Exporters'
Association of Turkey
9:00 First Breakout Session: The Role of Organizations in the Cotton Economy
Chair: Phenias Gumede, Vice Chairperson of Cotton South Africa and Chairperson of the Small Scale Cotton Farmer Forum, South Africa
o Dhiren Sheth, President, Cotton Association of India (CAI), India
o Mark Lange, President/CEO, National Cotton Council of America (NCC), USA
o Andrew Macdonald, Association of Brazilian Cotton Producers (ABRAPA), Brazil
o Ahmed Bachir Diop, Managing Director, SODEFITEX, Senegal
10:30 Tea/coffee
11:00 Fourth Open Session: Outlook for Supply, Demand and Prices of Cotton and Inputs Chair: M. Karaan, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
o H. Pienaar, Bureau for Economic Research, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa:
Outlook for the World Economy
o Report from the Secretariat
o A. Jooste, NAMC, South Africa, Report on Input Costs
o Patrick Packnett, Office of Global Analysis, USDA, Outlook for Grain and Oilseeds, USA
13:00 Lunch for all participants, The Ballroom East
Lunch meeting of the International Forum for Cotton Promotion (IFCP) The Boardroom
15:00 First Plenary Session: Overcoming Impediments to Progress in Multilateral Trade Negotiations
Chair: Chiedu Osakwe, Director, WTO Secretariat
o Report from the Secretariat
o Discussion between panel members and government officials: Panel members to include
representatives of Brazil, Burkina Faso (representing the C4), the EC, India, South Africa and the U.S. (representatives invited)
16:00 Meeting of the Task Force on Commercial Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton (CSITC)
The Boardroom (Observers welcome, pre-registration requested)
17:00 Adjourn
19:00 Evening Program Open
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
9:00 Second Plenary Session: Statements
Chair: Ronald Ramabulane, CEO, National Agricultural Marketing Council, South Africa
o Statements from International Organizations: EC, CABI, CIRAD, ITC, UNCTAD, IFCP,
Others
o Ali M. Mchumo, Managing Director, Common Fund for Commodities
The Trust Fund for Food Security and the Role of Cotton in Enhancing Access to Food
Through Generation of Income
o Billy Morokolo, Acting Deputy Director General, Trade and Economic Development, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa
o Statements from Member Countries
9:00 Second Breakout Session: Progress Toward Harmonization of Trade Rules
Rooms 1.61 & 1.62
Chair: Andrei Guitchounts, ICAC Secretariat
o Neal Gillen, ICAC Representative to UNCITRAL
Update on Defaults on Contracts in Cotton Trade
o Discussion 10:30 Tea/coffee
11:00 Second Plenary Session: Statements (continued)
Chair: Ronald Ramabulane, CEO, National Agricultural Marketing Council, South Africa o Statements from Member Countries
o Statements from Non-Member Countries
11:00 Third Breakout Session: Enhancing Demand for Cotton Products Rooms 1.61 & 1.62
Moderator: Jeff Silberman, Executive Director of the International Forum for Cotton Promotion
(IFCP)
o Alejandro Plastina, ICAC Secretariat Cotton: Where are we now?
o Jeffrey Silberman, Executive Director, IFCP
Working with Higher Education to Secure Cotton’s Role in Fabric Development
o Jeffrey Silberman, Executive Director, IFCP Who Influences Fiber Content?
o Jeffery Silberman, Executive Director, IFCP and Patricia O’Leary, Cotton Incorporated, Social, Environmental, Economic Performance (SEEP)
Sustainability and Demand Enhancement
12:30 Lunch for all participants
14:00 Sightseeing & Shopping Opportunities 18:00 Evening Program Open
Thursday, September 10, 2009
7:30 Breakfast-meeting of plenary meeting host committees, The Boardroom (by invitation)
8:00 Registration
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9:00 Fifth Open Session (Meeting of the Committee on Cotton Production Research)
Technical Seminar: Biosafety Regulations, Implementation and Consumer Acceptance Chair: Shadrack Moephuli, President & CEO, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa o Gillian Christians, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa
The Biosafety Regulation System in South Africa
o Idah Sithole-Niang, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Regulatory Requirements and Technology Diffusion: The Case of Biotech Cotton
o Richard Haire, CEO, Queensland Cotton Corp. Ltd., Australia Biotech Cotton in International Trade
o Amadeo Nicora, Vice President, National Institute of Agrarian Technology (INTA) Argentina Market Response to Biotech Cotton Seed
10:30 Tea/coffee
11:00 Fifth Open Session (Technical Seminar) continued:
o Keshav Raj Kranthi, ICAC Cotton Researcher of the Year 2009, India
Challenges and Opportunities in Cotton Production Research
o Jocelyn Webster, AfricaBio, South Africa Improving Confidence in Biotech Cotton
o Topic for the 2010 Technical Seminar (WP III) o Discussion
11:00 Fourth Breakout Session: The Impacts of Carbon Trading on the Cotton Industry
Chair: Richard Haire, CEO, Queensland Cotton Corp. Ltd., Australia
o Bruce Pyke, Cotton Research and Development Corporation, Australia
o Jens Soth, Coordinator for Research & Implementation Activities, Helvetas Organic Cotton
Center, Switzerland
o Duncan Warren, International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), Malawi
12:30 Lunch for all participants, The Ballroom East
13:45 Meeting of the Drafting Group (member country delegates)
13:45 Fifth Breakout Session: Best Practices in Cotton Ginning
Chair: Stan Rudman, Chairperson, South African Cotton Ginners Association, South Africa
o Mario Rodríguez Rico, Manager, Coalcesar, Colombia
o Tièna Coulibaly, General Director, Compagnie Malienne pour le Développement des Fibres
Textiles (CMDT), Mali
o Ed Hughs, Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Lab., USA
15:30 Tea/coffee
16:00 Meeting of the Steering Committee (member country delegates)
Chair: Ashraf El-Rabiey, Chair of the Standing Committee, Embassy of Egypt, USA o Election of Standing Committee Officers (WPI)
o Renewal of the Contract of the Executive Director (WPII)
o Approval of the Statement of the 68th Plenary Meeting
o Other Business
16:00 Sixth Breakout Session: Best Practices in Instrument Testing
Chair: Lawrence Hunter, Head of Textile Science, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
o Jimmy Knowlton, Chief, Standardization & Engineering Branch, USDA, USA
o Marco Mtunga, Director Regulatory Services, Tanzania Cotton Lint and Seed Board,
Tanzania
o Hélvio Alberto Fiedler, Executive Director, Unicotton Cooperative of Cotton Producers, Brazil
o Rinat Gulyayev, Uzbek Centre for Certification of Cotton Fiber (SIFAT), Uzbekistan 17:30 Adjourn
19:30 Gala Dinner, Exhibition Hall
Friday, September 11, 2009
9:00 Sixth Open Session: The Impacts of Social and Environmental Standards on Demand for Cotton and Textiles
Chair: Ina Grohmann, Advisor, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany o Christopher Ward, Representative of the Expert Panel on Social, Environmental and
Economic Performance of Cotton Production (SEEP)
o Jens Soth, Coordinator for Research & Implementation Activities, Helvetas Organic Cotton Center, Switzerland
o Simon Ferrigno, Director, The Organic Exchange, UK
o Patricia Jurewicz, Associate Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Program, As You
Sow, USA
The Benefits to the Cotton and Cotton Textile Industries of Meeting Social Responsibility Goals
10:30 Tea/coffee
11:00 Closing Plenary Session
o Closing comments by Burkina Faso
o Closing comments by Other Countries
o Closing comments by Ms. Msimang, Chairperson of the National Agricultural Marketing
Council, on behalf of South Africa 12:00 Lunch for all participants