Submit your Abstracts now for TROPED 2018!   The inaugural TROPED 2018 paves the way forward for the sharing and exchange of case studies, research developments and technological advancements in the management of pests and diseases of tropical fruits.   Abstracts are invited for the following themes: New and EmergingContinue Reading

The first Regional Conference on Tropical Fruits Pests and Diseases (TROPED 2018) will be held in Sabah, Malaysia on 25-27 September 2018, organized by the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) and Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) with the support of the Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry (MOA).   BearingContinue Reading

The Government of Fiji and the International Tropical Fruits Network are organizing the International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF2017) and the 11th TFNet Board of Trustees Meeting on 23-26 October 2017 in the Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji.   Bearing the theme “Food Security amidst a Changing Climate: Towards aContinue Reading

TFNet CEO Dr. Desa Hassim participated in the Regional Training Workshop on Agribusiness Public-Private Partnershiand Territorial Investment Approaches for Agro-industrial Development organized by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Agricultural and Food Marketing Association for Asia and the Pacific (AFMA) at the Millennium Hilton BangkokContinue Reading

  The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet), the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Plant Industry, Philippines (BPI), and the PhilFruits Association, Inc. (PFA) are jointly organizing the International Symposium on Tropical Fruits: Towards Sustainable Fruit Production and Global Food Security (ISTF2016) on 29 August-03 September 2016 in Davao City,Continue Reading

  ANNOUNCEMENT: The 6th General Assembly of the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) will be conducted in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 5-6 August 2015, in conjunction with the Symposium on “Sustainable production and marketing of tropical and subtropical fruits, with  focus on potential superfruits” on 3-4 August 2015. More informationContinue Reading

  In 2012, the estimated world banana and other tropical fruit production were 101 million tonnes and 20 million tonnes respectively. Besides banana, mango was the main fruit produced accounting for almost 40 percent of total production followed by pineapple 25 percent, papaya 10 percent and avocado at 4 percent.Continue Reading

  Bearing the theme ‘Mitigating and adaptation measures for the control of banana Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race Four (TR4), including the successful development of resistant cultivars’, TFNet will hold a side event at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 70th Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) meetingContinue Reading