Tropical Fruits: Global status, value addition, expansion prospects
Hybrid: TARI-Fengshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Webex meeting
May 3, 2023: International Symposium
Tropical Fruits: Global status, value addition, expansion prospects
May 4-5, 2023: Field Trip
Visit tropical fruit value added areas in Pingtung and Taitung, Taiwan
Objectives
- Share information on the recent development of tropical fruit production and future program in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Exchange knowledge and experiences in value addition program for tropical fruit industry.
- Identify niches for promotion of greater consumption of tropical fruits.
- Identify potential topics for regional cooperations.
Organizers
- Food and Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific Region (FFTC)
- Fengshan Tropical Horticultural Experiment Branch, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (TARI-Fengshan Branch)
Partners
- DFNet Members from Plant and Food Research, New Zealand
- DFNet Members from Creative House Corporation, Japan
Funding source
- DFNet Project funded by MOFA, Taiwan
Speakers
Mr. Yacob Ahmad
Advisor / Independent Consultant of International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet)
Dr. Nguyen Khanh Ngoc
Researcher of Department of Biotechnology, Physiology, Biochemistry and Post-harvest Technology, Southern Horticulture Research Institute (SOFRI)
Mr. Wan Mohd Reza Ikwan Bin Wan Hussin
Deputy Director of Postharvest Handling Program, Malaysia Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI)
Dr. Eriko Yasunaga
Associate Professor of The University of Tokyo, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam-Japan University (VNU-VJU)
Seminar Information
Day 1: 10:00 - 18:00 Day 2: 09:00 - 18:00 Day 3: 09:00 - 18:00 (GMT+8)
Day 1: TARI-Fengshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Day 2: Pingtung, Taiwan Day 3: Taitung, Taiwan
Contact Persons
Food and Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific Region (FFTC)
Kun-Chan Tsai (蔡昆展)
TEL: 886-2-2362-6239 ext. 13
E-mail: kctsai@fftc.org.tw
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