SOURCE: The Star Farmers in the Dong Thap Muoi region have developed a vast specialised pineapple farming area covering nearly 15,400 ha – the largest along the Tien River. The pineapple-growing areas are concentrated in four key communes, including Tan Phuoc 1, Tan Phuoc 2, Tan Phuoc 3 and HungContinue Reading
SOURCE: Indonz Indian mangoes are cheaper this season than they have been in recent years due to a fierce price war that has reportedly broken out among several retailers. The price-cutting reports have soured what has a been a successful season so far, with mangoes from India on display atContinue Reading
SOURCE: Naewna TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Thailand’s Department of Internal Trade has partnered with Go Wholesale, a major food ingredient wholesaler under Central Retail, to support local fruit farmers and promote domestic consumption. This collaboration is part of the government’s broader strategy to stabilise fruit prices and raise farmer incomes, as reportedContinue Reading
The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) has joined the CABI BioProtection Portal as an associate memberContinue Reading
SOURCE: One Acre Fund Tanzania For generations, Tanzanian farmers have had a close, possibly even overcommitted relationship with maize. It has been the backbone of smallholder farming, the star of every local market, and the unofficial mascot of the dinner table. But let us face it: maize has become theContinue Reading
The CEO of TFNet, Muhamed Salim , received a courtesy visit today from Dr. Tan Yew ChonContinue Reading
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SOURCE: Charles Pensulo, RFI Henderson Kopoland, 45, mainly works from his grocery shop at a small trading centre in Konzaalendo Village in Thyolo District, southern Malawi. Visitors to this remote spot may not realise where his wealth comes from or that he runs another business far away. About one hundredContinue Reading
The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) has appointed Muhamed Salim bin Mohd Ali as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 2025.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Maaz Izmail, Impakter Climate change continues to put more livelihoods at risk as more than half of banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean might be rendered unusable, a new report shows. Bananas have had a history of representing the wealth gap in the globalized world. During theContinue Reading
Dr. Yamanaka Shinsuke from the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) in Okinawa, Japan visited the TFNet office last 19th June 2025. He was welcomed by the TFNet Senior Technical Officer Yacob Ahmad. As the Director of Plant Genetic Resources, Dr. Yamanaka also heads the Tropical Agriculture ResearchContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jing Zang, Produce Report At approximately 11 p.m. on June 13, Tropical Storm Wutip, the first named storm of the annual typhoon season and classified as a severe tropical storm, made landfall near the town of Basuo, part of the city of Dongfang, Hainan province. It then made itsContinue Reading