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| ISSUE 91: SEPTEMBER 2024 |  |
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ISTF 2024 list of keynote and invited speakers Register here. |
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Carbon and water footprints in tropical fruit value chains Side event organized by FAO and TFNet |
UPCOMING TFNet ACTIVITIES |
FRUIT EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD |
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16th TFNet Board of Trustees Meeting 2024 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF 2024) Workshop on Carbon and Water Footprints in Tropical Fruit Value Chains |
IX International Postharvest Symposium International Citrus Congress 2024 |
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TROPICAL FRUIT NEWS |
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THAILAND: Golden banana sales boom |  |
US: Bananas “could run out” as port strike looms | ||||
| Farmers growing “golden bananas” say business is booming, demand is growing and the price they get remains high. | Shipments of imported fruit including bananas and pineapples that usually enter the US via its eastern and Gulf coasts could end up stuck in ports. | ||||||
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PHILIPPINES: FTA delay risks banana market share in South Korea |  |
VIETNAM: Hi-tech farming bears fruit and good returns in rural district of Binh Duong | ||||
| The Philippines may lose the South Korean market for bananas if the free trade agreement (FTA) with the East Asian country is not ratified soon. | The collaboration between two ‘giants’ in the agricultural industry is posed to bring new life into the banana industry. | ||||||
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CHINA: Mango industry bears fruit in southwest county |  |
AUSTRALIA: Mango season heats up with Darwin forecast to produce 2.4 million trays | ||||
| In the early autumn, mango trees laden with heavy fruit can be spotted across a mountain in Huaping County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, and their fragrance wafts through the air. | Mango season in the Northern Territory is starting to heat up, with 24,000 trays sent to markets on the first week of September. | ||||||
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USA: Restrictions and drought impact Mexican mango exports to the US |  |
VIETNAM: Fruit, vegetable exports near 7 billion USD target | ||||
| Mexican mango exports to the United States have registered a significant decrease due to the restrictions imposed by the United States Department of Agriculture and drought. | Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports are projected to see continued strong growth in the remaining months of the year, helping the sector to achieve its goal of 7 billion USD. | ||||||
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AUSTRALIA: India and Indonesia apply for fresh pineapple access |  |
CAMEROON: Pineapple exports remain steady despite demand from the U.S. and EU | ||||
| The federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) is currently undertaking a biosecurity risk assessment following the application. | With interest from Europe and the growing demand for fresh pineapples in the U.S., Cameroon remains a minor player in the global pineapple trade. | ||||||
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BANGLADESH: Crop fields make way for profitable orchards |  |
BARBADOS: As papaya production plummets, Govt moves to boost yields | ||||
| In the last few years in mid-western Bangladesh, the trend of planting fruit orchards like papaya, mango, and lychee has gone up in three districts, replacing grain fields. | As domestic production of papaya continues to decline, the Ministry of Agriculture is collaborating with two partner organisations to help farmers improve their yields. | ||||||
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CHINA: ‘Avocado town’ ripens prospects for tourism, agricultural success |  |
TANZANIA: Avocado exports to China within reach | ||||
| Traveler Jiang Chaochao added remote Menglian county in Yunnan province to her bucket list of destinations this year because of its reputation as China’s “Avocado Town”. | Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture recently announced that the procedures required to allow the country’s avocados to be exported to China had been completed. | ||||||
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VIETNAM: Approved to export passion fruit to Australia |  |
KENYA: Farmers reap rich harvest from dragon fruit cultivation | ||||
| Authorities from both nations have completed the final procedures for licensing the import of passion fruit from Vietnam. | Four years since the introduction of dragon fruit, the juicy, brightly colored fruit has been planted across Kenya, and is readily available in markets. | ||||||
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THAILAND: Durian exports under cadmium scrutiny |  |
INDIA: Farmers make profits as jackfruit demand surges | ||||
| Thailand is investigating reports of cadmium contamination in durians exported to China and has so far found that the durians in question did not originate from Thailand. | Farmers in the Sirumalai region of Tamil Nadu are reaping the profits of jackfruit cultivation as the market demand grows higher. | ||||||
RECENT LITERATURE ON TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT |
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Chemometrics analysis of the flow and thermal properties of cardaba banana starch IoT-based Environmental Monitoring and Prediction of Banana Moisture Content in a Solar Greenhouse Dryer BUMDes Strategies for Successful Banana Planting Programs |
Sensory Evaluation and Volatile Organic Compounds in Dried Mango Produced from Different Varieties Design and Development of Mango Ripeness Classification Tool using CNN Android-based Platform Optimizing Strategies for Sustainable Mango Agribusiness: A Case Study on Agricultural Extension Centres in Sukorejo District |
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Potential distribution of Acerophagus papayae, a parasitoid of the papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus), across Africa Rapid and equipment-free identification of papaya mealybug Paracoccus marginatus based on RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a First record of papaya as host of carambola fruit fly in Brazil |
The Effect of Areca Nut Fiber and Pineapple Leaf Fibers and Polyester Composition on Mechanical Properties of Composite Endogenous ethanol- and thermo-tolerant strain from Malaysia pineapple peel: Screening and molecular characterisation Grey Pineapple Mealybug, Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley: A New Devastating Pest of Tuberose in India |
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Non-Commodity Agricultural Price Hedging with Minimum Tracking Error Portfolios: The Case of Mexican Hass Avocado Drying of avocado peels using carbonation-ultrasonication as pretreatment: Energy consumption, antioxidant capacity and rheological properties Comparative Analysis of Water Stress Regimes in Avocado Plants during the Early Development Stage |
Development Of Vegetarian Nugget Using Unripe Jackfruit A New Opportunity Related Hypercholesterolemic and the Improvement of Glucose Levels, Lipid Profiles, and Microbial Activity: Red Dragon Fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) Peel Yogurt and Animal Study Fruit Quality Enhancement in Purple Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis f. edulis Sims.) through Pruning and Foliar Nutrition |
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