SOURCE: Free Malaysia Today In Malaysia, the durian sits atop its throne, long-hailed as the King of Fruits. Outside the country, however, it has a less favourable reputation – if it is seen in foreign markets at all. As it turns out, not every foreigner shares a distaste for theContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star Chantanon Wannakhajorn, secretary-general of the Office of Agricultural Economics, said the agency’s teams have devised management plans by surveying farmers, exporters, cooperatives, processing factories and demand at shopping malls. He said the aim is to achieve a balance between demand and supply. Chantanon added that the CommerceContinue Reading
The Malaysian National Fruit Conference (Buah 2021) was successfully organized virtually by the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) in collaboration with International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) from the 6th to 8th April 2021.Continue Reading
The idea of creating a tropical cave appeared in a flash to a journalist from Tartus city, Syria in 2013. Hasan, is a passionate journalist and photographer, whose job led him to places in Syria where tropical plants were planted anyhow and all over the place but not properly lookedContinue Reading
The second announcement and call for abstracts for the International Symposium on Tropical Fruits 2019 can be read below: SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT – CALL FOR ABSTRACTS International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF 2019) 24-26 September 2019,Continue Reading
A special feature released in the FAO Food Outlook May 2019 examines the key characteristics of exports of bananas and the four major tropical fruits from Latin America and the Caribbean and their role in world fruit supply, and discusses some of the obstacles and opportunities for growth in productionContinue Reading