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
TFNet Newsfeed: July 2019
2019-08-02
The July 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 news report on the recent seminar on MD2 pineapples held in Malaysia. Other news include: INDONESIA: Indonesian tropical fruits can now be exportedContinue Reading
PHOTO REPORT: Fruit Expo and World Fruit Industry Conference held in Guangzhou, China
2019-07-31
[pullquote]By Yacob Ahmad, TFNet[/pullquote] With a large population, growing income levels and bullish consumer spending, China has emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Agriculture, especially the food industry is one that has grown tremendously, not only for products produced locally, but also products that areContinue Reading
TFNet Newsfeed: June 2019
2019-06-28
The June 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 seminar on Current Development and Challenges in Improving Production, Productivity, and Market Demand for the MD2 Pineapple Variety. Other news include: PHILIPPINES: Country overflowsContinue Reading
TFNet Newsfeed: May 2019
2019-06-03
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
TFNet Newsfeed: April 2019
2019-05-27
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
FAO releases the May 2019 Food Outlook with a special feature on bananas and tropical fruits in Latin America and the Caribbean
2019-05-14
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