"Balangon trading is very important. ATPI has never ceased in buying bananas not even during this COVID pandemic". June2020

"We are very thankful for the continued patronage of the Japanese consumers cooperative especially during this COVID pandemic that the sources of income is very minimal" June 2020

"My farm was hit by strong wind twice this year damaging around 400mats, most of which were fruit bearing. Another weather disturbance I experience was the El Niño, which affected the followers and slowed down the recovery of plants growth." "Despite of this, I am still optimistic to Balangon. Not all the time is El Niño, not all the time there is strong wind. Some or many times are mine too. In fact, I have replanted around 300mats using seed bagged Balangon plantlets." ​August 2019

TUBAGA joined a relief operation activity organized by Cooperative Development Authority (CDA)- South Cotabato for victims of earthquake in Makilala, North Cotabato. TUBAGA prepared 100 packs of ripen Balangon and bottled water.

Series of strong earthquake shook Mindanao: Magnitude 6.3 on October 16, magnitude 6.6 on October 29, and magnitude 6.5 on October 31. Among those badly affected was North Cotabato province where our p2p partner Don Bosco Foundation for Sustainable Development is based. Read more...

Erwin Solano (Balangon Manager, ATPI) and Rodolfo Empig (Chairman, TUBAGA) attended the Banana staff meeting, a conference participated by Japanese consumer cooperatives, Balangon producers, and ATPI and ATJ.