At the invitation of the cotton industry of South Africa, the World Cotton Research
Conference (WCRC-3) was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 09-13 March 2003.
The Cotton South Africa, Agricultural Research Council of South Africa, CIRAD-CA
(France), FAO and ICAC in addition to many private sector companies sponsored
the conference. The ARC Institute for Industrial Crops, Rustenburg, South Africa
hosted the WCRC-3.
Over 300 researchers from 38 countries attended the Conference. 164 papers
were presented orally and 83 papers were presented as posters at the Conference.
Proceedings of all the world cotton research conferences are available from
the ICAC Secretariat at publications@icac.org.
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