Dear ICRA Members,
I am glad to inform you that the Indian Society for Cotton Improvement (ISCI), Mumbai is organizing the 9th Asian Cotton Research and Development Network (ACRDN) meeting and International Conference at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India during December 06-08, 2023. This meeting is organised in collaboration with International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), Washington, DC, USA, ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai, ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, and Indian Fibre Society, Mumbai. The conference theme is “Innovations for a Resilient and sustainable Cotton production and viable value chain”.
The Asian region is the most vibrant hub of cotton production, processing, consumption and trade. Four countries of the region- China, India, Pakistan & Uzbekistan together account for 56% of the world’s cotton acreage and 51.4% of the production. Seven Asian nations viz., China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Indonesia together consume 80.6% of the total cotton produced in the world and convert them into value added products. The challenges faced in cotton production and processing are numerous, on production front the foremost being climate change, besides fluctuations in production, resurgence of pests and diseases, deterioration in soil health, challenges in mechanization and access to latest technologies, and on the processing front, issues of fibre quality, contamination, trash content, traceability, circularity and sustainability vis-a-vis synthetic fibres are major concerns.
The ACRDN provides a wonderful ambience to bring together the cotton technologist, researchers, policy makers, industrial stakeholders and traders to share their experience and research findings covering the entire gamut of the cotton value chain. Delegates from various cotton growing and processing countries of Asia viz., Bangladesh, China, Uzbekistan, Iran and experts from USA, Africa, will be participating in the meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to create a platform to interact and discuss the recent innovations in the field of cotton production, processing, consumption and trade.
I take this opportunity to cordially invite you to participate in the 9th ACRDN meeting and the international conference and make the event a grand success.
We look forward to your participation in the 9th ACRDN Meeting.
For your information we have attached the brochure of the conference.
For more details and updates about the 9th ACRDN Meeting and the international Conference, please visit our website www.acrdn9.org,
With Kind Regards
Yours Sincerely
Dr. S.K. Shukla, Director, ICAR-CIRCOT
Dr. Y.G. Prasad, Director, ICAR-CICR
Organizing Secretaries
9th ACRDN
