News & Events (Page 29)

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

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

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) welcomed Dr. Cecep Effendi, Director General of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), during his visit on 10 October 2013.   Effendi and TFNet CEO Yacob Ahmad discussed on possible areas of collaboration between the twoContinue Reading

Sri Lanka is the 13th nation to join International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) as country member.  Country representative, Additional Secretary for Agricultural Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Sri Lanka, Dr. DBT Wijeratne accepted the country membership certificate from TFNet Chairperson HE Datuk Mohd. Hashim Abdullah, during the TFNet Board of TrusteesContinue Reading

  TFNet bade farewell to 3 members of the board who had played pivotal roles and contributed enormously to the network since its establishment in 2000. All three were given recognition by Chairperson of the Board HE Datuk Mohd. Hashim Abdullah and members during the 7the session of the TFNetContinue Reading

A workshop on ‘Quality Assurance, Postharvest Management and Processing to Enhance Market Access of Tropical Fruits in the Pacific Islands’ was held in Suva, Republic of Fiji on 26 – 28 August 2013. The workshop was a joint collaboration between and International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) and the Ministry ofContinue Reading