DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE

PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC BANANA FRUIT FOR EXPORT

 ORGANIC BANANA PRODUCTION BY COUNTRY, 2011 -FAO
Others South Africa
Columbia
4% 6%
Dominican R. 8%
29%
Philippines
13%

Peru
Ecuador 15%
25%

South Africa Columbia Philippines Peru Ecuador Dominican R. Others

 Global Import of Fresh Organic Bananas,
1998 (FAO)
0.02 %

Organic Banana

Conventional
Banana
99.98%

The production of Organic banana fruits for export is still relatively

small, but the Intergovernmental Group (IGG) on Bananas and Tropical Fruits
reported that imports of ORGANIC bananas have been growing at
approximately 30% per year.
ORGANIC BANANA FARMING INITIATIVES OF
FARMCOOP –

TECHNOLOGY
GENERATION
 BOFERCOMPOST FORMULATION NO.1

SOLID COMPONENTS = 64 BAGS

DOLO LIQUID COMPONENTS 40 L

6%
VERMI
CD
16% MOLAS
39%
25%

IMO
50%
DARAK TRICAN
39% 25%
 VERMI COMPOSTING

In the process of composting, we pass the partially decomposed chicken dung thru
the digestive system of the earthworms to remove the antibiotic that is added in the
drinking water of the poultry, because Japan Organic food buyers do not accept antibiotic
to be included in the production input.
 The Organic Banana experiment was started in June
2009 and went on ‘till June 2011, but further extended
to Yr 2016 to simulate the effect of climate change that
seem to have altered the physiological development,
growth and behavior of the banana plant and ultimately
its cultural care and management requirements.
This is to make the technology more responsive to
the dynamic changes in rainfall and temperature that
significantly affect banana plant nutrition and
prevalence of pest and diseases-all of which determines
the yield.
PANTUKAN, COMPOSTELLA
VALLEY – A VICTIM OF PABLO
NABUNTURAN BAGYONG PABLO
 Risk Areas to El Nino in Mindanao

Table 3. Color codes of range of % deviation from the

mean monthly rainfall (DEV).
Color Code Category
> 50% below normal
30% – 50% below normal
10% – 30% below normal
normal, 10% below to 10% above normal
10% – 30% above normal
30% – 50% above normal
> 50% above normal
THE ORGANIC
BANANA
EXPERIMENT
 DAY 1

P1 = 2,000 hills/ha

P2=1,900 hills/ha
ORGANIC BANANA-BASED INTERCROPPING SYSTEM

Peanut @ 18 DAP
Peanut @ 5 DAP Bananas @ 57 DAP

JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB

Lettuce Peanut Flamingia
Lettuce Lettuce Flamingia
Sweet Potato Flamingia
60 DAYS AFTER PLANTING WITH PEANUT INTERCROP
85 DAYS AFTER PLANTING
85 DAP. PLATE AT LEFT SHOWS BUILD-UP
OF VERMIS THAT DEVELOPED IN THE SOIL
FROM THE VERMICOMPOST
FIRST SHOOTING AT 7 MAP
EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF LEAF DISEASES WITH
ORIENTAL HERBAL NUTRIENTS (OHN) AND
OTHER BOTANICAL BIOPESTICIDES
 START BAGGING AT 8
FRUIT CARE OPERATION
MONTHS
BAGGED BUNCHES AT 9 MONTHS
AFTER PLANTING
MULTI STOREY CROPPING MONOCROPPING
STARTED HARVESTING AT 11 MAP
THE EXPORTABLE FRUITS
 Trend of Average Net Fruit Weight in kg/bunch as a Function of Rate of
Applied BoferCompost in kg/mat /application from 1st to 4th Crop of
Organic Banana in Sibulan from Yr 2009 to Yr 2012
40 y = -3.075x2 + 26.56x
35 R² = 0.665
30
25
Kg

20
15
10
5
0
1st Crop 2nd Crop 3rd Crop 4th Crop
2.5 Kg 19.7 23.8 28.0 26.0
5.0 Kg 21.7 24.2 29.0 26.0
7.8 Kg 25.6 30.9 38.0 31.0
 Boxes/Ha/Yr at a Given Population Density and Rate of
Bofercompost/Mat/Yr
4000
3500
3000
2500
Boxes

2000
1500
1000
500
0
1,800 1,900 2,000
Kg Bofercompost/Mat/Yr 10 20 30 10 20 30 10 20 30
Boxses/Ha/Yr 2,208 2,821 3,435 2,201 2,719 3,237 2,317 2,726 3,135
 Computed Gross Revenue Per Ha at a given Rate of Bofercompost and
Population Density
1,200,000

1,000,000
Total Revenue (Ph.P

800,000

600,000

400,000

200,000

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No. of Mats/Ha 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,900 1,900 1,900 2,000 2,000 2,000
gm Bofer /Mat/Yr 10,000 20,000 30,000 10,000 20,000 30,000 10,000 20,000 30,000
TOTAL REVENUES 705,676.8 901,698.1 1,097,719 703,498.7 869,027.9 1,034,557 740,525.9 871,205.9 1,001,886
 Net Revenue per Box at a Given Population Density and Rate
Bofercompost/Mat/Yr
120

100

80
PhP/Box

60

40

20

0
1,800 1,900 2,000
Kg Bofercompost/Mat/Yr 10 20 30 10 20 30 10 20 30
Revenue/Box 43.50 78.64 101.23 17.47 47.77 68.37 17.18 33.27 46.37
 PARAMETERS USED IN LABOR COST ESTIMATES
20. Line WeedingES 31. Sucker Pruning
ACTIVITY 10. Bud Injection
21. Slashing 32. Stump Removal
22. Selective Weeding
1. Nursery 11. Bunch/Stem Spray 33. P&D Surveyors (PD-4,BLS3)
23. Fertilizing-Green Manuring
Maintenance Planting
34. P&D-Moko Mutant Erad (1
12. Propping/Guying- Leadman)
SUB-TOTAL Maintenance
15% of Area 35. P&D-Mealybugs/Aphid
2. Planting of 24. Fertilizer-Manual Application
13. Bagging Control/Quarantine
seedlings 14. Bunch Covering Ammonium Sulfate/Potassium Sulfate SUB-TOTAL
3. Hole Digging 15. Handbagging-100% Organic 36. Others
DAP SUB-TOTAL
4. Seed Hauling of Population MOP/Kieserite 37. Harvesting
5. Making Sticks 16. Fruit Obstacle Potassium Nitrate
Removal (FOR) Dolomitic Lime 38. Harvesting-Supervision
6. Staking Calcic Lime 39. Trays Management
25. Fertilizer Hauler (Mixer) SUB-TOTAL
7. Fertilizer 17. 26. Pseudostem Injection 40. Packing-Supervision
Application Deflowing/Defingering Superfertikin 41. Packing
Symbrew Spray
8.Canal 18. Other Fruit Care 27. Sigatoka-Deleafing
SUB-TOTAL
Activities 42. Box Hauling to Warf
Reconstruction
19. 28. Sigatoka-Spray/Ground Support
43. Arrastre & Stevedoring
9. Leadmen=6, Foremen=7,Leadmenm= 29. Sigatoka-Leadmen/Foremen 44. Other Dock Cost
Foremen=1 9,Temp=6 SUB-TOTAL
30. Windbreak/Erosion Control
GRAND TOTAL
SUB-TOTAL SUB-TOTAL SUB-TOTAL
 PARAMETERS USED IN REVENUE ESTIMATS
Population Density/Ha
Kg Bofercompost/Mat/Yr
1. Mortality Rate 0.0800
2. Net Production Stand 1,656.00
3. Average Bunch Weight
4. Ave. % Fruit Rejection 0.07
4. Yield (Kg/Ha)
5. No. of Boxes @ 13.5 kg/box
6. Price at $/Box 6.80
7. Exchange Rate P/$ 44.00
8. Price at P/Box 299.20
TOTAL REVENUES
 COMMERCIAL APPLICATION OF THE ORGANIC
BANANA PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN SIBULAN BY
ORGANIC PRODUCER AND EXPORTER CORP. (OPEC)
 The equally important but hardly noticed long
term benefits in Organic banana farming are the
rehabilitation and restoration of the soil health,
improvement of the physico-chemical,
microbiological and hydrological properties of
the soil.
WHY IS THE PRESENT HIGH CHEM BANANA PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY NOT SUSTAINABLE?
 Dynamics of Soil pH and OM in the soil from planting to
3rd shooting of Organic Banana Experiment in Sibulan
8

5
%OM

0
Planting 1st Shooting 1st Harvest 2nd Shooting 3rd Shooting
pH 4.83 4.68 6.00 6.53 6.50
OM 2.05 2.25 4.60 4.29 4.90
 Dynamics of K and Mg levels in the soil from planting to
3rd shooting of the Organic Banana Experiment in Sibulan
800
700
600
500
ppm

400
300
200
100
0
Planting 1st Shooting 1st Harvest 2nd Shooting 3rd Shooting
K 167 474 735 737 621
Mg 153 339 357 433 288
 Dynamics of Ca levels in the soil from planting to 3rd shoosting
stage of the Organic Banana Experiment in Sibulan
3500
3000
2500
2000
ppm

1500
1000
500
0
1st 2nd 3rd
Planting 1st Harvest
Shooting Shooting Shooting
Ca 210 671 1425 2095 3259
 Average Bunch Weight
32

30

28

26

24

22

20

18 Observed

16 Linear

14 Quadratic
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Weight of Bofercompost

Math Equation : ABW= 12.878788 + 1.172727X + 0.030303X2

where R2 = 0.75211 and X= Rate of Bofercompost
 Box Stem Ratio
3.0

2.5

2.0

1.5

1.0 Obs erv ed

Linear

.5 Quadratic
10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Tons Bofercompost

MATH EQUATION: BSR = 1.267738 – 0.006737X – 0.06737X2

where R2=0.46866 and X= tons Bofercompost/Ha/Yr
 In closing I would like to say that Organic agriculture is one
among the broad spectrum of methodologies which are supportive
of the environment. Organic production systems are based on
specific and precise standards of production which aim at achieving
optimal agro-ecosystems which are socially, ecologically and
economically sustainable

REMENBER – YOUR FOOT PRINTS

ARE STILL THE BEST FERTILIZER FOR
YOUR ORGANIC BANANA FARM
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SUITABILITY OF THE SOIL AND AGROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS BGY BIGAAN, HINATUAN, SURIGAODEL SUR
FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC BANANA FRUIT FOR EXPORT TO THE BANANA WORLD MARKET

Rainfall Pattern in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur

1400
1200
1000
800

mm
600
400
200
0
MA MA AU SEP OC NO
JAN FEB
APR JUN JUL DEC
R Y G T T V
YR 2007 424 540 432. 516. 160 413 257 177 154 258 431 782
YR 2008 585 296 674 473 159 299 193. 153 294 406 827 850
YR 2009 834 1281 707 340. 470. 279 133 267 151 267 790 622
AVERAGE 614. 705. 604. 443. 262. 330. 194. 199. 199. 310. 682. 751.
Vegetative Stage of the plants in Harvestable stage in
Pedon 1 (Lowland)
Pedon 1 (Lowland)
The plant and its fruit in Pedon 3 (Mid-slope)
The rapid succession of the follower and the huge
bunch of the mother plant in Pedon 5 (Upper)
Slopes
FIELD TRIAL IN BIGAAN, HINATUAN, SURIGAO DEL SUR AT 47
DAP, PLANTED OCT 23, 2010 WITH AVERAGE OF 9 LEAVES , IN
PEDON 5
The rapid succession of the follower and the huge
bunch of the mother plant in Pedon 5 (Upper)
Slopes
The plant and its fruit in Pedon 3 (Mid-slope)
Vegetative Stage of the Harvestable stage in
plants in Pedon 1 (Lowland) Pedon 1 (Lowland)
YIELD AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF
TRIAL 1 IN PEDON 5 (UPPER SLOPE)
 Average Number of Fingers of 2nd Hand in the
Different Landscape of the Organic Banana in
KAMAYO COOP in Bigaan, Hinaturan, Surigao del Sur
17.0
16.8
16.6
No. of Fingers

16.4
16.2
16.0
15.8
15.6
Upper
Lowland Midslope AVE
Slope
No. of Fingers 2nd Hand 16.0 16.5 16.8 16.7
The highest number of fingers in the 2nd hand was
produced in the Upper Slope followed by those in the Midslope
and the least in the Lowland.
 COMPUTED PRODUCTION ESTIMATES IN THE LOWLAND (PEDON 1)

Net Pop Kg/Ha Bxs Per Ha Bxs Per

ANFW Less -15% Less 5% due Ratoon
(Kg) Fruit Rejects overcal Per Ha Per Crop Per Crop Ratio Ha Per Yr
& Field Loss

26.8 22.8 21.641 1980 42,849 3,174.0 1.4 4,444

COMPUTEED PRODUCTION ESTIMATES IN THE MID-SLOPE (PEDON 3)

NFW-15% BXS/HA/
AVE (Fruit Net Kg/Ha/ Bxs/Ha/
AVE BW Reject+ YR
NFW Pop/Ha Yr Yr
Field 1.4
Losses) C.Cycle

26.6 25.5 21.71 1980 42,989 3,184 4,468

 COMPUTED PRODUCTION ESTIMATES IN THE UPPER SLOPES (PEDON 5)

AVE Net
BW AVE NFW-17% Pop/Ha BXS/HA/
Kg/Ha/Yr Bxs/Ha/Yr
NFW
(Fruit Reject+ YR
1.5
Field Losses) C.Cycle

28.1 26.9 21.829 1980 43,221 3,202 4,802

Hand Pruning =
(F+2)

From the 3 Tables above, it can be seen that the highest humber
of boxes per hectare per year was produced in the Upper slope,
followed closely by the Mid-Slope and the Lowland.