The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) is leading a seminar titled Current Development and Challenges in Improving Production, Productivity, and Market Demand for the MD2 Pineapple Variety on 11 July 2019 at the Tan Sri Yusof Hashim Hall, MARDI, Serdang, Selangor, co-organized with the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (MPIB), the MalaysianContinue Reading

The May 2019 issue of TFNet Newsfeed features the upcoming 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and a seminar on Current Development and Challenges in Improving Production, Productivity, and Market Demand for the MD2 Pineapple Variety.Continue Reading

Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing (BDS), an associate member of TFNet, will release the new book Achieving sustainable cultivation of tropical fruits on 23 August, edited by Professor Elhadi M. Yahia.     According to the BDS website, this collection reviews current advances in the breeding and cultivation of key tropicalContinue Reading

The April 2019 issue of TFNet Newsfeed features the upcoming 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and an international workshop on dragonfruit. Other news include: MALAYSIA: MARDI launches star fruit clone ‘Bintang Mas’ INDONESIA: China ink trade protocol for export ofContinue Reading

A special feature released in the FAO Food Outlook May 2019 examines the key characteristics of exports of bananas and the four major tropical fruits from Latin America and the Caribbean and their role in world fruit supply, and discusses some of the obstacles and opportunities for growth in productionContinue Reading

The highly-anticipated proceedings of the International Conference on Tropical Fruit Pests and Diseases have been officially released.      If you are interested in the proceedings or any of the individual papers, contact the TFNet Secretariat at info@itfnet.org.   Abstracts of the papers presented are available here: http://itfnet.org/troped2018/abstracts.php   eISBN:Continue Reading

The 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF 2019) is now accepting abstracts.     ISTF 2019 will be held in Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 24-26 September, organized by the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)Continue Reading