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International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)

About the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)
Formed in 1939, the ICAC is an association of cotton producing, consuming and trading countries. It acts as a catalyst for change by helping member countries maintain a healthy world cotton economy; provides transparency to the world cotton market by serving as a clearinghouse for technical information on cotton production; and serves as a forum for discussing cotton issues of international significance. In addition, members can take advantage of the ICAC’s global network of cotton researchers, whose expertise covers the supply chain from farm to textile manufacturing, and have free access to its cutting-edge technologies like the voice-based app and virtual technology cotton training programme. Committed to ensuring cotton’s continued sustainability, the ICAC is the only intergovernmental commodity body covering cotton that is recognised by the United Nations. For more information, please visit www.icac.org, Twitter or LinkedIn.

Mission
To serve the cotton and textile community through promotion, knowledge sharing, innovation, partnerships and providing a forum for discussion of cotton issues of international significance.

Vision
Prosperity through a sustainable cotton industry.

Values
Excellence
Innovation
Objective
Trustworthy
Receptive
Passionate

International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) Website

Twitter Contests

The ICAC will be holding a four Twitter contests to celebrate World Cotton Day, with each awarding the winner $1,000 and the runner-up $500.

Winners will be those who get the most points (1 point for each like and 3 points for each retweet) for tweets sent between 1 September and 6 October, with the winners announced on World Cotton Day.

Each tweet must include three hashtags — #worldcottonday; #ICAC_Cotton; #cottonforgood (the official theme of World Cotton Day) — as well as a fourth that indicates which contest the tweet is for:

1. #cotton: Tweets about the cotton plant, including the raw fibre.
2. #madewithcotton: Tweets about products made from cotton.
3. #sustainablecotton: Tweets about some aspect of cotton’s sustainability.
4. #cottonresearch: Tweets about the science of cotton.

TWITTER CONTEST EXAMPLE

In 2020, ICAC Communications Director Mike McCue celebrated World Cotton Day by frying beignets in cotton seed oil:

ICAC employees are not eligible to win any of these contests, but if they were, he would have posted the image on Twitter like this:

As you can see, there is an explanation of the image at the top, then there are the three mandatory hashtags that every entry must include, as well as a fourth hashtag indicating which contest the tweet is for (#madewithcotton).

Other things to know:

There is no limit to the number of tweets a person can send, but only those sent between 1 September and 6 October will be eligible for the prize money. The more tweets you send, the better your chances are!

Winners will be announced on 7 October, at which time arrangements will be made to deliver the prize money.

In the unlikely event of a tie:
If there is a tie for the top prize, each person will get $750.
If there is a tie for the runner-up prize, each person will get $250.

Good luck and get those fingers typing to help the world’s most important natural fibre on World Cotton Day!

World Cotton Research Conference Contests

The 7th World Cotton Research Conference (WCRC7) will be held in Cairo from 4-7 October 2022. With the event concluding on World Cotton Day, the ICAC will present prizes to the top two live presenters during the event and the top two research posters as well.

The top prize for each contest is $1,000, with runner-ups receiving $500 each.

Rules and judging details will be coming soon. Winners will be announced on the afternoon of 7 October and arrangements to deliver the prize money will be made at that time.

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