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International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet), in collaboration with Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), Amsterdam, National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Nigeria, and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations organized a workshop on ‘Enhancing Participation in the Value Chain and Establishing Links to the Market for Tropical Fruit SmallholdersContinue Reading

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International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet), Department of Agriculture, Malaysia and Malaysia Agriculture Research Development Institute (MARDI) jointly organised a workshop on ‘Integrated Approaches in Banana Disease Management’ at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park, Serdang, Malaysia on 22 March 2011. Banana plantations in Malaysia have been severely affected by Fusarium wiltContinue Reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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