The 5th iFresh Shanghai Fru & Veg Expo, to be held in Shanghai International Exhibition Center, China on 20-22 November 2014, is the only professional trade exhibition in mainland China for the producers, distributors, service providers and retailers of fresh fruit and vegetables. Organized by the iFresh Information Ltd, China FruitContinue Reading
XI International Mango Symposium Call for Abstracts now open. Closes 30 October 2014. Abstract submission is now open for the XI International Mango Symposium. The committee invites authors to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentation at the Symposium in 2015 under the themes listed below: • Genetics and BreedingContinue Reading
A sub-regional workshop for the GCC States and Yemen on ‘New Technologies for the sustainability of Mango Production and the Potential Tropical Fruits in the Dry Areas of the Arabian Peninsula’ was held in Jazan/Algunfudah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 3 – 5 June 2014. The workshop was organised underContinue Reading
Date palm is the most important fruit in the Saudi Arabian culture, being a staple food with historical and religious significance. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is currently the second largest producer of date palm in the world with 23 million trees across 172,000 ha, producing 1.3 million tonnes.Continue Reading
Photos by Shree Padre. A symposium on “Jackfruit and Breadfruit in the Tropics: Genetic Diversity, Marketing, and Value Addition” was organized by the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) on 15-16 May 2014. The symposium focused on jackfruit and breadfruit genetic diversity and geographical spread, production technologies and innovationContinue Reading
The content of nutrients and bio-active compounds are important to know when marketing tropical fruits, or when deciding which fruits to produce. However, this information is not always readily available. Many food composition tables do include few if any of tropical fruits. It is time-consuming to collect, evaluate and compileContinue Reading
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA: Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) and Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute (HARTI) jointly organized an international workshop on ‘Reduction of Postharvest losses in Fruit and Vegetable Supply Chains’ on 17-20 March 2014. The workshop was officially openedContinue Reading
International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) jointly collaborated with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to organize a study tour of the tropical fruit development programmes in Malaysia on 1-12 March 2014. Participants of the study tour were 9 officialsContinue Reading
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA: Organized by the Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy (SLCARP), the SLCARP International Research Symposium and the SLCARP Research Journal (2014) will be held on 11-12 August 2014 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Independence Square. Interested participants are invited to submit abstracts on anyContinue Reading
TFNet facilitated a study visit with organizing partner, SOFRI or the Southern Horticultural Research Centre of Vietnam, for officers from the Department of Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia to the Mekong Delta, South Vietnam from 6 – 9 December 2013. The objectives of this study visit were to: HighlightContinue Reading
Led by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) representative Dr. Hassan M. Ali Dinar, a group of delegates from the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Agriculture will attend a study tour in Malaysia on 1-12 March 2014. The study tour is organized by International Tropical Fruits NetworkContinue Reading
The year 2013 had been a busy year for TFNet. In July, we successfully organized the International Symposium on Superfruits: Myth or Truth, TFNet Board of Trustees meeting, and a workshop on Value Chain Development in Asia in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The Board of Trustees meeting laid the framework for TFNetContinue Reading
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