CCI organizes first Cotton Day India 2020

Cotton Council International (CCI), along with the US cotton industry, organized the first ever virtual Cotton Day India 2020 themed ‘Leading through change: Your partner for a new world’. It included discussions on some of the most pressing topics facing the cotton industry in India and globally, with sustainability taking centre stage.

The virtual event, featuring eminent speakers and panellists from the Indian textile industry, US Department of Agriculture, National Cotton Council of America (NCC), Supima and CCI, focused on the outlook for the global cotton industry, opportunities for the Indian cotton textile industry and the need for leadership during the time of crisis.

The keynote address on Indian cotton update was delivered by Lazaro Sandoval, senior agricultural attaché, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). Also pressing on the importance of leadership through crisis, sustainability and retail scenario post COVID-19 was addressed by Michael Duke, former CEO of Wal-Mart.