News & Events (Page 18)

Dr. Desa Hassim, CEO of TFNet paid courtesy visits to Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) on 6 February 2017 and Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) on 10 February 2017,    Continue Reading

TFNet organized a study visit on “Technology Acquisition on Agricultural Machinery and Postharvest Technology in Thailand” on 31 Jan – 4 Feb 2017.   The study visit was organised upon request by the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Malaysia for 14 officers from the Department of Agriculture (DOA) of Malaysia onContinue Reading

In observance of the International Year of Pulses, Food and Agriculture Organization organized a Expert Consultation on Scoping, Prioritizing and Mapping of Neglected and Underutilized Crop Species in Asia on 3-5 December 2016.   Invited participants were from the University of Western Australia (UWA), International Centre for Agricultural Research inContinue Reading

A national symposium on MD2 Pineapple Entrepreneurs Development was organized on 7-8 December 2016 by the  The International Tropical Fruits Network and the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (MPIB) with support from the Ministry of Agriculture. The symposium was held during the Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture & Agrotourism (MAHA) 2016.   The main objectiveContinue Reading

The International Seminar on Tropical Horticulture 2016 was held in IPB International Convention Center, Bogor, Indonesia 28 – 29 November 2016. It was organized by Center of Excellence for Tropical Horticulture Studies (PKHT), Center of Excellence in University (PUI-PT), Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), and supported bythe International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet).   Twenty eightContinue Reading

TFNet organized a study visit for officers of the Department of Agriculture Malaysia on 7-13 November 2016. The participants visited the Agriculture Technology Acquisition to Taiwan Including Attending Taiwan Fruits and Vegetable Show 2016, Food and Fertilizer Technology Center (FFTC), Taiwan Banana Research Institute and private seed companies such as Known-you SeedContinue Reading

The fourteenth Annual Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) was hosted  in the Cayman Islands on 24-28 October, 2016 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Cayman Islands.   The conference included a ‘Marketplace’- 2-day Outdoor Living Expo, organised in partnership with the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce. This prestigious conference was attendedContinue Reading

A one-day seminar on “Data Driven Agriculture” was held on 12th October 2016 at the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) Headquarters, organized by TFNet in cooperation with the Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry, PESSL Instruments, GEOSYS International, Elite Scientific Instruments, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and Crops for the Future ResearchContinue Reading

The Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) organized a public lecture on the “Impact of Technology Transfer, Commercialization, and Technology Adoption in Horticulture Crops” on 11th October 2016 at the Faculty of Agriculture in UPM, supported by the International Tropical Fruits Network, The International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences, and PersatuanContinue Reading

Last September 4-8, a “Regional Workshop on the Control of Dragon Fruit Diseases” was conducted in Kho Kaen, Thailand. FFTC, together with its new partners, the Mekong Institute, New Zealand Plant and Food Research and the International Tropical Fruits Network.   The workshop brought together key researchers as well asContinue Reading