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Fruit tree improvement project (FTIP) – The largest depository/germplasm centre of fruits, medicinal plants and agroforestry in Bangladesh. Initially the project was established on 1 acre of land in 1991 funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) whose mission was established of a seed bank and extension ofContinue Reading

The Banana Research Center of Institute of Fruit Tree Research (IFTR), Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GDAAS) has been observing and monitoring the development of banana production in China and Guangdong province. The Research Centre has advanced steadily and has achieved much success, in contributing to the development of bananaContinue Reading

International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations organized an “Agribusiness Roundtable on Small and Medium Agro-Processing Enterprise (SMAE) Development” from 8-10 December 2010 at Hotel Seri Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A total of 30 SMAE business managers/entrepreneurs from 11 AsianContinue Reading

International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) and the Department of Horticulture, Indonesia organized a workshop ‘Increasing competitiveness and enhancing market access for tropical fruit through quality assurance and value chain improvements in Asia’, at the Topas Galleria Hotel, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on 27-29 October 2010. The workshop was attended byContinue Reading

TFNet Board of Trustees meeting was held at the Ocean Hotel, Guangzhou, China on 6-7th July 2010. It was attended by 9 members and 15 observers. The meeting was chaired by the Chairperson of TFNet, H.E. Dato’ Mohd Mokhtar bin Ismail, who is also the Secretary General of Ministry ofContinue Reading

International Tropical Fruit Network (TFNet) was involved in the recent training course on ‘Advanced Technologies on Tropical Fruit Production, Postharvest Techniques and Agricultural Marketing for Asean Countries’ from 2-15 May 2010 at the Agricultural Extension Training Institute, Serdang, Malaysia. The course was organized by the Malaysian Department of Agriculture inContinue Reading

TFNet organized 2 study visits to agricultural and food processing projects for the Malaysian Department of Agriculture, to Thailand from 7 to 11 December and 14 to 18 December 2009. Both the study visits were made possible with the assistance of the Foreign Agricultural Relations Division, Ministry of Agriculture andContinue Reading

The 4th session of the Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and the 5 session Intergovernmental group on Tropical Fruits was held at FAO, Rome from 9 – 10 December 2009. TFNet Board members Yacob Ahmad, Syrian member Mr. Mauwya A. Jaber, Nigerian member Dr. Ademola A. Odowu, Dr. Hannah Janieke andContinue Reading

International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) organized a side event at the Mexico Room, FAO, Rome, on 8 December in conjunction with the 4 th Session for the Sub group for Bananas and 5the session for the Subgroup on Tropical Fruits. The objective of the side event was to: a) ToContinue Reading

For TFNet to operate globally, it needs to expand its network. Some of the networks that need to be established are the South American and Caribbean Network and the African Network. Another network expansion initiative specified in the TFNet Strategic Plan is to establish a regional office in China. WithContinue Reading

TFNet CEO, Yacob Ahmad was selected to participate in a study mission organized by The Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) on export promotion of processed food products to Germany from 8-12 October 2009. There were altogether 18 participants from Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Malaysia, Iran, Pakistan and Laos inContinue Reading