A poem by Dr. Arturo M. Alegado, Dean, Bataan Peninsula State University During the gathering of fruit enthusiasts With a group of minds having the same insights In the promotion of fruit all throughout To produce fruits, the best food of life. With the Philfruit Association Symposium VariousContinue Reading
Hi Dorothy, you can ask Huijun to please download the IDs/name tags in this link: [envira-gallery id=”22877″] I need to delete it soon though because it would eat our monthly bandwidth. ChrisContinue Reading
by Shree Padre, Kannur After studying India’s scattered jackfruit industry for more than a year, Subhash Koroth, 32, finally decided to take the plunge. This May, he invested Rs 1 crore of his own money and started India’s first formal jackfruit company, Artocarpus Foods Pvt. Ltd., at Taliparamb, near Kannur,Continue Reading
BAGUIO CITY: The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) welcomed fifteen new ordinary members during the 23rd Philippine National Fruit Symposium, organized by the Philippine Fruit Association (PFA) on 19-23 October 2015. Chief Executive Officer Desa Hassim, PhD presented the activities of TFNet and encouraged the participants to join theContinue Reading
TFNet CEO Dr. Mohd Desa Haji Hassim visited fruit production areas and markets in Fiji on 22-23 August 2015, including the Legalega Research Station in Nadi and the Sigatoka Research Station in Sigatoka. The visit aimed to observe the activities and technologies in tropical fruit production, learn about theContinue Reading
by Shree Padre 1. Pathanamthitta CARD KVK has standardized a dozen technologies for value addition of jackfruits. Out of this 3 are very important – Dehydration of Tender Jack Fruit, Unripe Jackfruit & Seed. These are called primary processing methods. Once JF is primary processed, it can be straightawayContinue Reading
The Sixth General Assembly (GA) of the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 5-6 August 2015, a day after the 5th International Symposium on “Sustainable Production and Marketing of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits with Focus on Potential Superfruits”. Eight Country Members, twoContinue Reading
The International Symposium on “Sustainable Production and Marketing of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits with Focus on Potential Superfruits” was held in Sri Lanka on 3-4 August 2015, jointly organized by the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet), Ministry of Agriculture Sri Lanka, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),Continue Reading
Article contributed by Yacob Ahmad The Durian, also known as the King of Fruits, is popular among Asians. The large thorny fruit which ‘smells like hell’, however is compensated with the most unique taste, for Asians at least. Most Westerners tend to show a disdain to the smellContinue Reading
The International Tropical Fruits Network has appointed Dr. Mohd Desa Haji Hassim as the new Chief Executive Officer, who assumed the post starting 1 June 2015. Dr. Desa took over upon the retirement of Yacob Ahmad, who served as CEO since August 2009. Most recently, Dr. Desa servedContinue Reading
UPDATE: For more information about the Symposium, click here. Developing countries, particularly in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, account for about 98 percent of global tropical and subtropical fruit production. In the last decade, international trade of these fruits has expanded dramatically as developing countries recognize the benefitsContinue Reading
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