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
Citrogold general manager Bryan Offer says there are currently trial plantings of the RHM in Chile, the U.S., Spain and “selected Mediterranean countries”, but the furthest ahead is definitely his native South Africa. “South Africa at this stage is the furthest advanced outside of Australia. The firstContinue Reading
Two major Peruvian mango growers say abundant flowering this season is likely to push up year-on-year production and export figures by nearly a third. Speaking to www.freshfruitportal.com at the Expoalimentaria trade fair held in the capital Lima last week, a representative of Piura-based Dominus said a mild winter wasContinue Reading
by Annie Guest, abc news Mangosteen has long been used in traditional medicine in South-East Asia, and now Australian researchers hope to prove that its antioxidants could ease psychosis and other symptoms. Present day medication for schizophrenia can have some unpleasant side effects, and researchers are hoping thatContinue Reading
A Colombian pineapple company that has only just begun exports is expanding into the processing business, amid plans to strengthen its position in international markets and double production. Bengala Agrícola is now adding various processed products to its mix, alongside its sales of fresh MD2 golden pineapples. The company is alsoContinue Reading
“The banana high sales period starts in September and continues until February. Speaking for the whole of China, not much has changed in the production volumes for bananas compared to last year. But the price is slightly going up again,” says Mr. Xu from Beijing Yongxin Hengchang Fruit.Continue Reading
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