World Cotton Calendar Unveiled
Date Posted: 21 Nov, 2014
During its 73rd Plenary Meeting, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, the ICAC unveiled the World Cotton Calendar, which is available at http://worldcottoncalendar.icac.org.
The source of the information that comprises the World Cotton Calendar is a huge database maintained by the ICAC, containing data on all aspects of cotton production field operations, including ginning and picking, from 37 countries. The Calendar has information on varieties planted and area under each variety, early and mid season insects, narrow and broad leaf weeds, quantity of fertilizer applied and diseases. More importantly, the Calendar also includes up to five important cotton related activities per month. Access to the information is free and the Calendar will be updated on regular basis.
To access the data once you are on the page, zoom in on a country and then on a region (if cotton is produced in more than one region). Click on the blue dot until a clickable list of data titles appears. The blue dot shows that the data for a particular country/region is available and can be instantly accessed. Additional information is available in the publication Cotton Production Practices – November 2014, which can be ordered from the ICAC at publications@icac.org.
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The Secretariat of the Committee publishes information related to world cotton production, supply, demand and prices, and provides technical information on cotton production technology. Detailed statistics are found bimonthly in COTTON: Review of the World Situation, $185 per year via email, $225 per year in hard copy. A monthly outlook is available by email for $295 per year. Access to the latest weekly estimates of world cotton supply and use by the Secretariat is available on the Internet for $460 per year. Access Secretariat reports at .