SOURCE: Freshplaza This week’s banana price data shows mixed trends across key Latin American suppliers. Colombia recorded a slight increase, with the average price moving up from £0.99 per kilogram last week to £1.01 this week, a rise of £0.02 or 2%. This placed Colombian bananas among the few originsContinue Reading
by Yi-Chin Lee and Ann Wang, Reuters Entrepreneur Nelson Yang is reaching back into Taiwan’s history to turn the humble banana plant into an unlikely sustainable textile. Taiwan is now the world’s dominant producer of advanced semiconductors but the yellow fruit, still widely grown on the island, was once aContinue Reading
SOURCE: Produce Report On Sept. 16, the Commission for the Promotion of Peruvian Exports and Tourism (PROMPERÚ) visited a More Yogurt store at the Sun Moon Light Center in Shanghai. More Yogurt’s CEO, Guo Hao, accompanied Bernardo Muñoz, commercial counselor at the Consulate General of Peru in Shanghai, on aContinue Reading
ISTF2025 Participants visit Darwin Farms and Research StationsContinue Reading
TFNet’s 9th General Assembly (GA) and 17th Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting were held on the 22nd September 2025Continue Reading
SOURCE: Soumitra Nandi, Millennium Post Regular commuters in trains of the Sealdah South Section or markets particularly in South 24-Parganas close to Baruipur have surely heard a catchline from sellers selling guavas, “’Baruipur-er Peyara Kheley Hobe Chehara’ (You will have a good physique if you eat guava from Baruipur). However,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Freshplaza Australia has started an assessment of alternative measures for the importation of fresh Cavendish bananas from the Philippines. The move follows a formal request from the Philippines to reconsider the main pathogens identified in the 2008 import risk analysis. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry said theContinue Reading
TFNet successfully holds 9th GA, 17th BOT, ISTF2025Continue Reading
SOURCE: Rising Nepal Daily The Nepal Banana Producers Federation has announced that domestic banana production is favourable and sufficient to meet the demand during the upcoming Dashain, Tihar, and Chhath festivals. In this context, the Federation has urged all fruit suppliers across the country to refrain from importing bananas. ItContinue Reading
SOURCE: Khoo Gek San, The Star Malaysia’s fruit sector is undergoing significant shifts, with some varieties thriving on strong export demand while others face declines due to land pressures, pests and climate change. Agriculture Department director-general Datuk Nor Sam Alwi said production trends are shaped by market demand, labour andContinue Reading
SOURCE: Matt Brann, ABC The mango season in the Northern Territory is ramping up, with farms near Darwin busy picking fruit for markets around Australia. The region is forecast to produce 2.2 million trays of mangoes this year, similar to last year’s yield. Saramat “Tou” Ruchkaew has started picking smallContinue Reading
SOURCE: Joyce TEO, The Star Local researchers are investigating tropical plants commonly consumed by cancer patients for their purported anti-cancer properties to see if they can be used in the management or treatment of certain cancers. They are starting with the bandicoot berry, Sabah snake grass and moringa, which theyContinue Reading