Workshops & Programs

Research Associates Program 2014

04 May 2014 - 11 May 2014

Washington, USA

• List of Participants
• Program 
• ICAC Activities - Jose Sette
• World Cotton Situation - Ms. Rebecca Pandolph
• Cotton Pricing and Forecasting in the World - Dr. Alejandro Plastina
• Cost of Production of Cotton is Rising - Dr. Rafiq Chaudhry
• Cotton and the Environment - Dr. Phil Wakelyn
• World Cotton Trade - Dr. Alejandro Plastina
• New Technologies - Dr. Roy Scott 
• Cotton in Central Asian Countries - Mr. Behzod Shamsiev
• Reasons for Yield Stagnation and Improving Yields - Dr. Rafiq Chaudhry
• Global Organic Textile Standard - Ms. Sandra Marquardt
• Cotton Promotion - Mr. Kevin Latner
• Country Report: Argentina - Mr. José Tarragó.  National Institute of Agriculture Technology
• Country Report: Colombia - Ms Lorena Moreno.  Conalgodon
• Country Report: Egypt -   Ms. Amany Ahmed Magd El-Ashmouny. Cotton Research Institute
• Country Report Greece - Mr. Kalyvas Apostolos. Ministry of Agricultura Organization DIMITRA
• Country Report: India - Dr. R. W. Bharud. All India Coordinated Cotton Improvement Project
• Country Report: Kenya - Mr. Hesbon Olweny.  Cotton Development Authority
• Country Report:  Pakistan - Mr. Sajid Masood Shah. Central Cotton Research Insitute
• Country Report: Sudan - Ms. Fatma Abdalla Ahmed.  The Sudan Cotton Company
• Country Report: Tanzania - Part 1, Part 2 - Ms. Maryam Wazir Mbwana. Tanzania Cotton Board
• Country Report: Turkey - Mr. Murat Coban. Cotton Research Station
• Country Report: Zambia - Mr. Bbebe Nchimunya. Cotton Development Trust
• Information Transparency in USDA's Cotton Statistics - Bryan Norrington. USDA
• How U.S. Producers Market Cotton  - Leslie Meyer. USDA
• An Orientation to USDA's Economic Intelligence System  - Carol Skelly. USDA
• U.S. Cotton Program Changes under the 2014 Farm Bill - Tiffany Arthur. USDA Farm Service Agency