About PBGEA

PBGEA – which stands for the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association – is composed of 18 companies , including their respective subsidiary firms and their member growers or farmers.

The Banana Industry

The Philippine banana export industry is the 3rd biggest in the world and the only Asian country among the top 5.

All About Bananas

The banana plant is NOT a tree. It is an herb – the largest herb plant in the world.

FAQ

How big is the Philippine banana industry?The banana industry is the 5th largest export industry in the country.

Blogs

 

Aerial Spray Issue Driving Banana Companies to Foreign Countries

By Roger M. Balanza, DURIANBURGDAVAO

The Davao Region economy, and other banana-growing regions in Southern and Central Mindanao, could end up as rotten as rotten bananas if banana companies pack their bananas and bring them to other countries.

HELP to the Cry of SOS (Save Our Sagingan)

It’s been bad news after bad news lately, but the banana industry, and we’re talking about the lowly workers and its beneficiaries here, have taken a more proactive campaign to defend their human rights to a quality life that majorly depends on their economic fate.

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A world without bananas

By Stephen Aguilar-Millan, eufo.blogspot.com

One of the recurring issues within the discussion about achieving a low carbon sustainable economy is the question of ‘Food Miles’.

Findings vs. aerial spraying disputed

The Department of Health in Region XI has disowned role in a recent study which recommended a stop to use of aerial spraying in Davao del Sur for its alleged effects on health of people in communities near banana plantations.

A Welcome Relief

The Court of Appeals recognized the extreme urgency for the matter and the resulting grave and irreparable injury that will continue to befall the banana growers and exporters unless the ban on aerial spraying is lifted pending the resolution of the appeal.

Banana’s past and future: Author stalks the fruit in Congo

The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World, the banana has an interesting and sometimes sordid history.