A conference having reached the international dimension it targeted at.
The conference on the rationales and evolutions of cotton policies was an active conference with many questions raised after the presentations. The exchanges were mainly friendly-oriented. Amazingly, through their reactions, the African participants did show concern about the production reduction following the implementation of the New Cotton Policy in Europe. The conference has helped to capture the global picture of cotton policy, through technical and non-technical aspects. There is need for the State to play a role, in particular to deal with many internal issues hampering the cotton sector development, while the Cotton Dossier is dealt with at the international arena.
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