FEATURE: Agriculture 4.0…Are we ready for tropical fruits?
2020-02-05
The term Agriculture 4.0 has been bandied around by policymakers, researchers and technology prospectors in seeking ways to utilize the ubiquitous availability of communication networks and digital devices to improve productivity and marketability of agricultural produce.Continue Reading
ISSUE 53: DECEMBER 2019
2019-12-12
For our year-end issue, we are rounding up the highlights for the year. We would like to thank our readers for their support. We are looking forward to a fruitful 2020!Continue Reading
FAO’s 2019 Food Outlook highlights Banana Fusarium wilt TR4
2019-12-10
The November 2019 issue of the Food Outlook published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) features an article written by Sabine Altendorf on “Banana Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4: A mounting threat to global banana markets?” According to the Altendorf, Fusarium Wilt TR4 isContinue Reading
FEATURE: Large scale dragonfruit production in China’s Guangxi Province
2019-12-05
China is fast becoming a leading producer of dragonfruit (Pitaya). According to China’s Southern Daily newspaper, China had only 3,400 hectares of dragonfruit in 2011. In 2018 the total area had increased substantially to 40,000 hectares, with more additional areas expected in the coming years. In 2019, it was reportedContinue Reading
ISSUE 52: NOVEMBER 2019
2019-11-29
The latest issue of the TFNet Newsfeed features the MOU with MARDI, the release of the MD2 seminar report, and a photo report about the dragon fruit plantation in China’s Guangxi Province.Continue Reading
ISSUE 51: SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2019
2019-10-31
This double issue of the TFNet Newsfeed reports on the 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits and a workshop on dragon fruit.Continue Reading
PHOTOS: ISTF2019 field trip
2019-10-23
Participants of the 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits visited interesting sites in the Long An province, Vietnam. Sites include a dragon fruit orchard, a dragon fruit packinghouse, a dragon fruit processing company, and a market. [envira-gallery id=”14758″]Continue Reading
Dragonfruit: The next potential major tropical fruit?
2019-10-15
Article based on DFNet’s workshop on Marketing and the Whole Value Chain for Dragon Fruit, 9-10 September, My Tho City, Vietnam. Dragonfruit or pitaya (Hylocereus sp. and Selenicereus sp.) is gaining popularity with expanding global markets and increase in production areas as observed in Vietnam, China, India and someContinue Reading
TFNet Newsfeed: August 2019
2019-09-06
The August 2019 issue of TFNet Newsfeed features updates on the upcoming 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and a feature on Achacha farmers in Australia. Other news include: AUSTRALIA: Flies could be ‘the new bees’ as researchers try to diversifyContinue Reading
Australian Achacha growers join ISTF 2019
2019-08-30
Bruce and Helen Hill, owners of Achacha Fruit Plantations (AFP), are joining ISTF 2019. Achacha Fruit Plantations (AFP) grows the Achacha tropical fruit (Garcinia humilis, achachairú) at its Palm Creek Plantation, 45 km south of Townsville in North Queensland, Australia. Certified organic, using biodynamic methods, AFP has 16,000Continue Reading