CSITC activities for assuring the reliability of cotton instrument testing in Africa

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CSITC Activities

for Assuring the Reliability

of Cotton Instrument Testing

in Africa

Gourlot J.-P. and Drieling A.

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Outline of presentation

• Project: basis and requisites

• Transmission of the necessary competences

and skills

• Activities of the RTCs

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ICAC - CSITC

• International Cotton Advisory Committee

created the « Commercial

Standardization of Instrument Testing of

Cotton » Task Force

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Project: basis and requisites

• Demands for a technical support to apply the

CSITC recommendations

• A CFC/ICAC project was created to answer to

the demand, in particular toward African

cotton laboratories to help them fulfilling the

CSITC recommendations

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CFC/ICAC project level of

application: Africa

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CFC/ICAC project level of

application: Africa

FIBRE (PEA) / BBB

Germany

CIRAD

France

USDA

USA

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Outline of presentation

• Project: basis and requisites

• Transmission of the necessary

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Actual transmission of

knowledges and skills

Competent cotton stakeholders

Individual Laboratories

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Actual transmission of

knowledges and skills

Competent cotton

stakeholders

[…/…]

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Actual transmission of

knowledges and skills

Competent cotton stakeholders

[…/…]

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A way to transmit knowledges

and skills

CSITC recommendations / knowledges / skills International project partners

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A way to transmit knowledges

and skills

International project partners FIBRE, CIRAD, USDA, BBB

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RTCs : a way to transmit

knowledges and skills

Regional Technical Centres (RTC)

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RTCs : a way to transmit

knowledges and skills

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RTCs : a way to transmit

knowledges and skills

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Development of Regional

Technical Centres (RTCs)

Location of RTC

Full support from RTC

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Development of Regional

Technical Centres (RTCs)

1 RTC:

Cerfitex (Mali) +

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Development of Regional

Technical Centres (RTCs)

Location of RTC

Other type of support from RTC

West Africa

1 RTC:

Cerfitex (Mali) +

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Development of Regional

Technical Centres (RTCs)

West Africa

1 RTC:

Cerfitex (Mali) +

Sofitex (Burkina Faso)

_{1 RTC:}

(20)

Development of Regional

Technical Centres (RTCs)

Location of RTC

West Africa

1 RTC:

Cerfitex (Mali) +

South / East

1 RTC:

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Development of Regional

Technical Centres (RTCs)

West Africa

1 RTC:

Cerfitex (Mali) +

_{1 RTC:}

(22)

Development of Regional

Technical Centres (RTCs)

Location of RTC

West Africa

1 RTC:

Cerfitex (Mali) +

South / East

1 RTC:

Tanzania, TBS +

TCB

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Development of Regional

Technical Centres (RTCs)

West Africa

1 RTC:

Cerfitex (Mali) +

_{1 RTC:}

Tanzania, TBS +

TCB

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Development of Regional

Technical Centres (RTCs)

Africa RTC-West RTC-East Individual Laboratories Cerfitex with Sofitex TBS with TCB International project partners

FIBRE, CIRAD, USDA, BBB

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Outline of presentation

• Project: basis and requisites

• Transmission of the necessary competences and

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1- Training / Support /

Expertises

Africa RTC-West RTC-East Regional Technical Centres (RTC) Cerfitex with Sofitex TBS with TCB International project partners

Other areas in the World CSITC recommendations / knowledges / skills

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1-

Training-Support-Regional round test

Africa Cerfitex with Sofitex

TBS with TCB International project partners

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2- CSITC Round Test

Africa

RTC-West RTC-East Individual Laboratories

CSITC round test samples and results

Cerfitex with Sofitex

TBS with TCB International project partners

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3- Retest

Africa CSITC recommendations Cerfitex with Sofitex TBS with TCB International project partners

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4- Audits and expertises

Africa RTC-West RTC-East Individual Laboratories CSITC recommendations Cerfitex with Sofitex TBS with TCB International project partners

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4bis- Compatibility with ISO

Africa Cerfitex with Sofitex TBS with TCB International project partners

Regional Technical Centres (RTC) ISO Certification and Accreditation Bodies per country member of IAF