International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) organized a study tour focussing on the development of the fruit industry in Malaysia, for the Bangladesh Department of Agriculture Extension on 18-24 June 2014. The participants of the study tour were 12 officials from various offices of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE),Continue Reading
The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) jointly collaborated with The Agricultural and Food Marketing Association for Asia and the Pacific (AFMA) to organize a study tour on the Malaysian rice industry for officials from the Ministry of Food, Bangladesh on 22-28 June 2014. Participants of the study tour included 7Continue Reading
According to FAO, World production and trade of fresh tropical fruit is expected to expand over the next decade. Developing countries account for about 98 percent of total production, while developed countries account for 80 percent of world import trade. The major tropical fruits, mango, pineapples, papaya and avocadoContinue Reading
The 5th iFresh Shanghai Fru & Veg Expo, to be held in Shanghai International Exhibition Center, China on 20-22 November 2014, is the only professional trade exhibition in mainland China for the producers, distributors, service providers and retailers of fresh fruit and vegetables. Organized by the iFresh Information Ltd, China FruitContinue Reading
Since Watson and Crick first revealed the double helix of our genetic code in 1953, scientists have gained the ability to give just about every living thing a genetic makeover. Unsurprisingly, given their humanitarian and economic importance, many of these alterations have been to crop plants. Many are being re-engineeredContinue Reading
XI International Mango Symposium Call for Abstracts now open. Closes 30 October 2014. Abstract submission is now open for the XI International Mango Symposium. The committee invites authors to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentation at the Symposium in 2015 under the themes listed below: • Genetics and BreedingContinue Reading
by Avi Crane (via Fresh Fruit Portal) When avocados from Chile first arrived in the U.S. in September 1985, the weekly demand for avocados was under 7 million pounds. Weekly supply above that level would carry into the following week as unsold inventory and the market would react accordingly.Continue Reading
The project to export national products abroad, especially to the European continent, was analyzed at an inter-agency meeting held at the Committee on Industry, Trade, Tourism and Cooperatives. Spanish businessmen, representatives of the National Quality and Plant Health and Seeds (SENAVE), the National Institute for Food and Nutrition (INAN),Continue Reading
The Centre’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has allocated Rs 4.6 crore (USD 1M) to support a national multi-institutional project titled ‘A value chain on jackfruit and its products’. The University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) has been identified as the leading centre to be roped in for the same. Continue Reading
Mango exports from Peru in the period between January and April rose by 25.7 per cent to US$165.2m compared with the year-earlier period, according to figures released by Peruvian exporter association Adex. The US was the biggest market, absorbing US$64.2m of mangoes, followed by the Netherlands (US$48.1m) and theContinue Reading
Last January, I visited a friend and took pictures of her mango tree that was covered with flowers. A few weeks later we talked on the phone and she told me the flowers had fallen without turning into fruit. She jokingly said that by taking pictures I had put aContinue Reading
In half of the world’s countries, vitamin A deficiency is a scourge that leaves disease and death in its wake. Every year, it inflicts between 250,000 and 500,000 helpless and malnourished young people with early-life blindness. And in half of those cases, it also brings death, according to theContinue Reading
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