A workshop on Policy interventions to facilitate smallholder integration into tropical fruits value chain and market access was held in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam on 5-6 July 2013. The workshop was a joint collaboration between UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet). The workshopContinue Reading
The 7th Session of the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) Board of Trustees (BOT) was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 4 July 2013, a day after the International Symposium on Superfruits: Myth or Truth. The Board of Trustees meeting was Chaired by HE Dato’ MohdContinue Reading
The first “International Symposium on Superfruits: Myth or Truth?” was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 1-3 July 2013, organized by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet), and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam (MARD). The Symposium aimedContinue Reading
Participants of the International Symposium on Superfruits: Myth or Truth went on a field trip to the Mekong Delta on 3 July 2013, a day after the Symposium. In the morning, the participants visited the Southern Horticultural Research Institute (SOFRI) at Tiengiang, Vietnam. Institute Director Dr. Nguyen Minh ChauContinue Reading
The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) further expanded its linkages with like-minded organizations by participating in a workshop South-South Technical Cooperation for Sustainable Rural Development on 20-21 May 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia, organized by the Center on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP). The workshop aimedContinue Reading
Source: Business World Online Small banana farmers will earn more if they shift from aerial to manual or ground spraying, according to a study commissioned by environmental group Interface Development Interventions, Inc. (IDIS). The unpublished study, “Financial Assessment of Shifting from Aerial to Ground Spray in Banana Plantations inContinue Reading
Source: GMA News Fruit grower and canner Del Monte Pacific Limited is going full blast into fresh pineapple exports, expanding its core business of selling processed products under the Del Monte brand, company officials said Monday. “What we are promoting is fresh pineapple… It’s better than the processed pineapple,”Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: The International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) organized a joint meeting with the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) and various local stakeholders on 18 March 2013 at the TFNet head office. The meeting facilitated the exchange of ideas on issues facing the tropicalContinue Reading
Source: Science Daily Parasitic wasps switch off the immune systems of fruit flies by draining calcium from the flies’ blood cells, a finding that offers new insight into how pathogens break through a host’s defenses. “We believe that we have discovered an important component of cellular immunity, one thatContinue Reading
Source: LA Times On the night of May 13 a documentary called “The Fruit Hunters” premiered at the Laemmle Monica 4. The fascinating (and taste-tempting) film was directed by Yung Chang and features actor Bill Pullman, who has been cultivating a vertical orchard at his home in the Hollywood Hills for nearly 20 years.Continue Reading
Source: Manila Bulletin Now that the rains are just around the corner, prepare your fruit tree planting materials. In doing so, don’t just get any available seedling. Fruit trees take several years before they bear fruit so it is important that what you plant are the varieties with superiorContinue Reading
Source: Ghana Web The Central Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Sarpong, has launched a GH¢1.2 million organic Sugar-Loaf Pineapple growing project at Essarkyir in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region. The project, which is jointly sponsored by Japan and the Central Regional Development Commission, (CEDECOM) is aimed at expandingContinue Reading
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