Common Fund Projects — Project Descriptions
The Common Fund has financed the following projects sponsored by the ICAC:
Duration: |
November 1992 to March 1995 |
Countries: |
Brazil, China (Mainland), Egypt, India, Mali, Mexico, Pakistan, Tanzania and Uzbekistan |
Project Executing Agency: |
The World Bank |
Duration: |
September 13, 1994 to September 30, 1999 |
Countries: |
Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel and Zimbabwe |
Project Executing Agency: |
The Israeli Cotton Production and Marketing Board Ltd |
Duration: |
June 30, 1995 to June 30, 2001 |
Countries: |
Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay |
Project Executing Agency: |
National Service for Phytosanitary and Agro Food Quality, Argentina |
Duration: |
January 1, 1996 to December 31, 2001 |
Countries: |
Pakistan, UK and USA |
Project Executing Agency: |
National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Pakistan |
Duration: |
January 1, 1997 to April 30, 2001 |
Countries: |
France and Sudan |
Project Executing Agency: |
The Sudan Cotton Company Ltd. |
Duration: |
2003 -2007 |
Countries: |
Uganda, Tanzania |
Project Executing Agency: |
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) |
Duration: |
October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2004 |
Countries: |
China (Mainland), India, Pakistan and UK |
Project Executing Agency: |
Natural Resources International Ltd. UK |
Duration: |
Fast track project (2000-2001) |
Countries: |
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Nigeria and Guinee |
Project Executing Agency: |
Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles |
(CFC/ICAC 17) Pilot Project, Price Risk Management for Cotton Farmers
Duration: |
Three years |
Countries: |
Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe |
Project Executing Agency: |
The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe |
(CFC/ICAC 19FT) Cotton Price Risk Management Study
Duration: |
October 1, 2004 to December 31, 2009 |
Countries: |
India |
Project Executing Agency: |
Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, India |
Duration: |
May 1, 2002 to October 30, 2002 |
Countries: |
Ethiopia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. |
Project Executing Agency: |
Secretariat of the Southern and Eastern African Forum (SEACF) |
Duration: |
May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2003 |
Countries: |
Not applicable |
Project Executing Agency: |
International Cotton Advisory Committee |
Duration: |
June 1, 2003 to July 31, 2004 |
Countries: |
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Mali and Togo |
Project Executing Agency: |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland |
Duration: |
May/June 2003 |
Countries: |
India |
Project Executing Agency: |
Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, India |
Duration: |
Sept. 2005 to February 2006 |
Countries: |
Germany, France, West and Central Africa, Southern and East Africa |
Project Executing Agency: |
Faserinstitut Bremen e.V. (FIBRE), Germany |
Duration: |
July, 2006 to June, 2007 |
Countries: |
Mali |
Project Executing Agency: |
Institute of Rural Economy, Mali |
Duration: |
4 years |
Countries: |
West Africa (including Central Africa) – represented by Mali/Burkina Faso;
East Africa (including Southern Africa) – represented by Tanzania;
Germany, France |
Project Executing Agency: |
Faserinstitut Bremen e.V. (FIBRE), Germany |
Duration: |
6-8 March, 2007 |
Countries: |
Pakistan |
Project Executing Agency: |
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) |
Duration: |
March 1, 2007 – September 2008 |
Countries: |
Argentina |
Project Executing Agency: |
Ministry of Production of Formosa Province (Argentina) and the Foundation for the Fight against the Boll Weevil (FULCPA) (Argentina) |
Duration: |
November, 2009 to November 2013 |
Countries: |
Kenya and Mozambique |
Project Executing Agency: |
CABI Africa, Nairobi, Kenya |
Duration: |
Three Years (March 2010 to June 2013) |
Countries: |
Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali |
Project Executing Agency: |
International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) |
Duration: |
November 1, 2011 to October 31, 2013 |
Countries: |
Tanzania and Zambia |
Project Executing Agency: |
Solidaridad, Netherlands |
Duration: |
March 1, 2012 to February 29, 2016 (Budget neutral extension to June 30, 2016) |
Countries: |
Kenya and Mozambique |
Project Executing Agency: |
Wakefield Inspection Services, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |