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In 2012, more than 80% of the bananas (and 99% of the Cavendish cultivars) were produced on the island of Mindanao, with Davao, Northern Mindanao and Soccskargen as the top regions and Davao del Norte, Compostela Valley and Bukidnon as the top three provinces.

Cavendish bananas are grown in small to large commercial plantations for the domestic and export markets. Export bananas are produced by Filipino-owned firms and multinational corporations. The small- and medium-scale farmers producing bananas for export either sell to multinationals or directly to traders. A small portion of the country’s exports are organic bananas.

Population 100.7 million
Gross Domestic Product 51.1 billion US$
Agriculture 10.3% of GDP
Total Land Area 29.8 million hectares
Cultivated Land 12.1 million hectares
Banana Production Area 447,889 hectares
Total Banana Production Total Banana Production
ITUC Global Rights Index Rating 5 (No guarantee of rights)

FARMCOOP
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The Foundation for Agrarian Reform Cooperatives in Mindanao (FARMCOOP) is a grassroots not-for-profit organization engaged in organizing and providing support services to farmers’ cooperatives. Our vision is to build resilient communities through sustainable agri-based enterprise and cooperative effort.
Since 1995, we have served over 6,000 farmers in more than 20 cooperatives and associations of agrarian reform beneficiaries, small-scale farmers, and indigenous peoples. They own more than 10,000 hectares of land in Mindanao where they produce various fresh or processed agricultural products for the local and global markets.

FARMCOOP believes that farmers’ cooperatives have a special role in society as effective vehicles in empowering their communities towards holistic development. Through FARMCOOP’s core services, farmers’ cooperatives can realize their collective goals and aspirations through cooperativism.

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