The MoU with MCX will enable ICF’s members to effectively participate in the exchange’s knowledge-sharing initiatives to understand the benefits, techniques and strategies of risk management using cotton futures contracts.
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In 2009, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) started an annual award “ICAC Cotton Researcher of the Year Awardâ€Â. The award raises the importance of research to the cotton industry and provides international recognition for exceptional achievements.
The International Islamic Trade Financing Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) group, has signed a syndicated agreement of €100 million with the government of Cameroon and the Société de développement du coton (Sodecoton) as the executing agency for the export of cotton and the import of various agricultural inputs.
The Maharashtra Government is planning to set up nine textile parks in the northern cotton-growing regions of the State with an aim to supplement farmers’ income through value-added products.
The USDA Quality Assurance Laboratory (USDA) has become the latest laboratory to be certified under the ICA Bremen ‘International Laboratory Certification Scheme’.
Incorporation of biological molecules to cotton may lead to novel functional cottons. Finding value-added applications for cotton, enabling it to be wearable smart textiles will be the next phase of R& D in the cotton sector.
Hyderabad-based Tierra Agrotech Pvt Ltd has acquired the branded cotton seeds business of Monsanto Holdings as the US-based seed giant battles a bitter dispute with former Indian licensee Nuziveedu Seeds in the Delhi High Court.