ISSUE 53: DECEMBER 2019
2019-12-12
For our year-end issue, we are rounding up the highlights for the year. We would like to thank our readers for their support. We are looking forward to a fruitful 2020!Continue Reading
FAO’s 2019 Food Outlook highlights Banana Fusarium wilt TR4
2019-12-10
The November 2019 issue of the Food Outlook published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) features an article written by Sabine Altendorf on “Banana Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4: A mounting threat to global banana markets?” According to the Altendorf, Fusarium Wilt TR4 isContinue Reading
TFNet releases MD2 seminar report
2019-12-10
The report on the TFNet-led seminar on Current Development and Challenges in Improving Production, Productivity, and Market Demand for the MD2 Pineapple Variety is now available for download.Continue Reading
ISSUE 52: NOVEMBER 2019
2019-11-29
The latest issue of the TFNet Newsfeed features the MOU with MARDI, the release of the MD2 seminar report, and a photo report about the dragon fruit plantation in China’s Guangxi Province.Continue Reading
ECUADOR: banana prices ‘not enough’
2019-11-18
Officials representing growers and exporters in Ecuador have welcomed the news that Aldi is preparing to increase its banana price, while also renewing their calls for retail buyers and consumers to pay more for bananas in the face of rising industry costs. “German apples are three times more expensiveContinue Reading
TFNet signs memorandum of understanding with MARDI
2019-11-14
The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) and the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on October 31, 2019 during MARDI’s 50th Anniversary celebration. The MOU aims to strengthen, facilitate, develop, encourage, and promote joint collaboration between the two organizations in relation to production,Continue Reading
ISSUE 51: SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2019
2019-10-31
This double issue of the TFNet Newsfeed reports on the 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits and a workshop on dragon fruit.Continue Reading
TFNet conducts 13th BOT session in Vietnam
2019-10-30
The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) held its 13th Board of Trustees Meeting in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 23 September, a day before the 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits. It was attended by 16 board members from nine TFNet member countries, two expert members, and representatives fromContinue Reading
TFNet organizes the 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits in Vietnam
2019-10-23
The 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF 2019) was held at the Liberty Central Saigon Riverside Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 24-26 September, organized by the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) with the support of the Fruit andContinue Reading
PHOTOS: ISTF2019 field trip
2019-10-23
Participants of the 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits visited interesting sites in the Long An province, Vietnam. Sites include a dragon fruit orchard, a dragon fruit packinghouse, a dragon fruit processing company, and a market. [envira-gallery id=”14758″]Continue Reading
TFNet Newsfeed: August 2019
2019-09-06
The August 2019 issue of TFNet Newsfeed features updates on the upcoming 2019 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and a feature on Achacha farmers in Australia. Other news include: AUSTRALIA: Flies could be ‘the new bees’ as researchers try to diversifyContinue Reading
Australian Achacha growers join ISTF 2019
2019-08-30
Bruce and Helen Hill, owners of Achacha Fruit Plantations (AFP), are joining ISTF 2019. Achacha Fruit Plantations (AFP) grows the Achacha tropical fruit (Garcinia humilis, achachairú) at its Palm Creek Plantation, 45 km south of Townsville in North Queensland, Australia. Certified organic, using biodynamic methods, AFP has 16,000Continue Reading