The workshop on Revitalizing the Malaysian Tropical Fruit Industry: Enhancing Linkages among Small-Scale Producers and Others Stakeholders in the Value Chain was held at the Institute Pengurusan Peladang in Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia on 8-10 August 2016. The workshop was organized by TFNet and supported by the Ministry of AgricultureContinue Reading

by  Ritwik Roy, International Business Times      World’s banana supply is facing a lethal threat from a fast-advancing disease compound, known as the Sigatoka complex. University of California plant pathologist Ioannis Stergiopoulos believes that this disease has the power to wipe out bananas from the world in the next fiveContinue Reading

by D Vincent Arockiaraj, times of india     Cavendish banana comprises 60% of the total banana cultivation in India. Recently, Fusarium wilt has begun infecting Cavendish banana cultivation across the country, said director of the National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), Trichy, Dr S Uma.   Speaking at a meetingContinue Reading

  Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) Regional Standing Committee Chairman Ahmad Jawad said that the average export of Pakistani mangoes during the last five years was around 90,000 tonnes only despite the fact that the country produces around 1.8 million tonnes of mango annually but exportContinue Reading

  Sigfrido Molina of Sigfrido Fruit is cautious about harvest forecasts for avocados, but is upbeat on pricing ahead of the season in October.   Speaking with www.freshfruitportal.com, he emphasizes that unlike some avocado-growing nations, Spain’s three production provinces of Málaga, Granada and Cádiz in Andalusia have just one bloom eachContinue Reading