Tropical fruits are gaining popularity in Japan. Banana remains as the conventional tropical fruit in Japan and is a significant part of imported fruits. On the other hand, a variety of exotic fruits have been imported to Japan primarily due to improvement in supply chain management, for instance,...

Despite a long-standing policy strategy of the national fruit development plan for boosting exports on tropical fruits, Malaysia's trade balance on tropical fruit remains in deficit. The country's market share of the world tropical fruit exports is relatively marginal added with export performance...

This proceedings contains 45 papers and 32 posters providing information on the latest research on the current status and future directions of tropical fruit research and development, breeding and crop improvement, consumer trends and expansion of tropical fruits in the global market, management of ...

Tropical fruits are the significant contributors in sustaining healthy diets, ensuring nutrition security, and providing an opportunity for sustainable development in rural areas, where agriculture is the main economic activity in developing nations. The International Tropical Fruits Network...

Agriculture and food science literature on waste-to-value applications that allow upcycling of by-product ingredients is increasing. However, this stream of research rarely takes an international trade and sustainability systems perspective. This focused review defines the term of waste-to-value...

In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) technology has been widely used in the production and sales of tropical fruits, with strong practicability and wide application prospects. The tropical fruit dynamic pricing model based on the IoT technology can promote the healthy development of the ...

Commercially grown tropical fruits in Australia are classified under the established or the emerging industries. The former industries include avocado, banana, lychee, mango, passionfruit, and papaya. The research, development, and extension (RD&E) of the established industries is primarily...

The All India Coordinated Research Project on Fruits (AICRPF) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) under the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) is a unique mechanism for testing and recommending location and need-based technologies depending on the agro-climatic...

This study was carried out to detect pesticide residues in tropical fruits. QuEChERS method was validated to determine 301 different pesticides in high water content commodities and high acid content commodities by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and gas...

Indonesia is a country with a very high diversity of bananas (Musa spp.). The diversity of bananas can be found in Indonesia ranging from wild to commercial ones. Banana research activities at Indonesian Tropical Fruit Research Institute (ITFRI) started with the Musa germplasm collection,...