President, ISCI, Mumbai
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E-mail: charumayee@yahoo.co.in
Head, Technical Information Section, ICAC, Washington DC. (USA),
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E-mail: krkranthi@gmail.com
Director, ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai
Secretary, ISCI, Mumbai
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E-mail: acrdn.nagpur@gmail.com
Principal Scientist, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
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E-mail: mvvenugopalan@gmail.com
Globally, around 23 million metric tonnes of cotton is produced from about 30
million hectares. The Asian region is the largest hub for cotton production, trade
and use. Together the countries in this region account for almost two third of area
under cotton and more importantly they consume 77% of the global cotton
produced.
India, China, Pakistan & Uzbekistan are the major cotton growing
countries in the region where as China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam and
Indonesia are the major cotton consuming countries. The cotton value chain is a
major employment generator and shapes the economy of several Asian countries.
Asia is emerging as an undisputed hub of textile and garment industry accounting
for 65% of total yarn production, around 70% of world fabric manufacture and 65%
of apparel production. Despite geographical and political diversity among the
cotton growing countries of Asia, the nations have several similarities and face
common challenges.
This meeting is being organized in collaboration with International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur & ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Mumbai. The theme of the network
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