The signing of the Project Cotton Victoria took place on September 28, 2016, at the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), with the presence of the First Secretary of the Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mr. Frank Mhina, the Ambassador of Burundi, Mr. Gaudence Sindayigaya, the representative of Kenya, Ms. Constance Sidi, the President of the IBA (Brazilian Cotton Institute), Mr. Haroldo Cunha, IBA's Technical Director, Mr. Gustavo Piccoli, the dean of UFLA (Federal University of Lavras), Mr. José Roberto Soares Scolforo, the director of ABC, Ambassador John Almino, ABC's General Coordinator for Africa, Asia, and Oceania, Ms. Nelci Peres Caixeta, and ABC's Project Analyst, Ms. Camila Guedes Ariza.
 
The Cotton Victoria Project is a partnership between ABC, IBA, UFLA, Brazil, Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi, with the goal to increase the institutional capacity and human resources training in the use and dissemination of technology in cotton production. At the end of the project, which will last four years, it is expected that it will have contributed to increasing the competitiveness of the cotton sector in Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi, with the production of a greater amount of high quality cotton.