BUTUAN CITY – Farmers from Barangay Balangbalang in Remedios T. Romualdez, Agusan del Norte have started harvesting bananas from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga’s Special Area for ...

Fungal diseases, including the dreaded Fusarium wilt, wiped out half of banana plantations tilled by smallholder farmers in the Philippines, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). ...

Philippine banana shipments last year rose by 3.4 percent ... year on the back of favorable production conditions and stronger farm investments. The FAO noted that Guatemalan bananas remained ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has committed to provide continuing support assistance to farmers affected by the eruption ...

The FAO attributed the drop in the Philippine banana exports to worsening spread of Panama disease tropical race 4 in domestic farms. The country’s estimated banana exports last year was also 29 ...

Bebber points to reports from the Philippines that organic farms have fared better against TR4 because the microbiota in the soil are able to fight the infection. He says banana farms should be ...