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.

Other News

End of aerial-spraying brouhaha

Catholic Church supports banana aerial spraying

Peer review scores bad bananas study

Aerial spraying should be regulated, not banned – Lagdameo

About aerial spraying


Other Blogs

Aerial Spray Issue Driving Banana Companies to Foreign Countries

HELP to the Cry of SOS (Save Our Sagingan)

A world without bananas

Findings vs. aerial spraying disputed

A Welcome Relief

COOKING BANANAS!

Some recipes using banana as an ingredient:

  1. Sauteed bananas and vanilla ice cream
  2. Crispy Turon (fried bananas) from the Philippines
  3. Banana semifreddo, a classic Italian dessert!
  4. Thai bananas in syrup
  5. Coconut banana bread, by Anrica Deb
  6. Brown-sugar baked bananas, from the kitchen of Emeril Lagasse
  7. Bananas in Mars
  8. Baking with bananas  in Trinidad and Tobago
  9. Baked Bananas With Tamarind Sauce, from recipezaar.com
  10. Crispy waffles with caramelized bananas and pecans, from Knits and Reads by Lulu
  11. Banana bread, from Donna’s chitchat

On the menu!

  1. Banana in pizza?!