TEMPO.CO, Bandung – Indonesia and Thailand is working together to develop postharvest technology for fruits. “Thai’s fruits are widely known in the world. They have a postharvest technology that makes fruits remain fresh long while being shipped,” Deputy of Agro Industry and Biotechnology at Agency for the Assessment and Application of TechnologyContinue Reading

TFNet recently held a networking meeting with Landskap Malaysia and its sister organization, Tropical Rainforest Conservation and Research Center (TRCRC) at its headquarters in Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.     Representatives from Landskap Malaysia and TRCRC were Mr. Mohamed Shah Redza Hussein (General Manager of Landskap MalaysiaContinue Reading

Dr. Desa Hassim, TFNet CEO, was invited by the Malaysian Ministry of Finance on 10-12 April 2017 as a speaker during the 2018 Budget Discourse held in Putrajaya.   TFNet actively participated in the discourse that took place through a series of high-level meetings and focus group discussion. A finalContinue Reading

A Chilean public-private delegation recently held talks with South Korean authorities in a bid to speed up market access arrangements for the South American country’s avocados.     The meeting took place during the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) in Incheon, South Korea on April 6.   RepresentativesContinue Reading

A study by researchers from the National University of Singapore’s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) has uncovered that xanthones in mangosteens could provide a suitable new drug in the fight against tuberculosis. The study published in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry found that xanthones were very effective atContinue Reading

Following the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, countries globally have increasingly made commitments towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).   The rise in population and affluence translates to a rise in the demand for well-balanced diets and the need for nutritious food to be made available and accessible toContinue Reading

Eleven officers from different government agencies in Malaysia visited the rice production areas and research centers in Mekong Delta, Vietnam on 10 March – 2 April 2017.   This technical visit aims to introduce officers from several agencies under the Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry to rice productionContinue Reading