DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE
PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC BANANA FRUIT FOR EXPORT
ORGANIC BANANA PRODUCTION BY COUNTRY, 2011 -FAO
Others South Africa
4%
6%
Dominican R.
29%
Columbia
8%
Philippines
13%
Peru
15%
Ecuador
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
6%
VERMI
16%
LIQUID COMPONENTS 40 L
CD
39%
MOLAS
25%
IMO
50%
DARAK
39%
TRICAN
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 @ 5 DAP
JUNE
Lettuce
Lettuce
JULY
AUG
Peanut @ 18 DAP
SEPT
Peanut
Lettuce
Sweet Potato
OCT
NOV
Bananas @ 57 DAP
DEC
JAN
Flamingia
Flamingia
Flamingia
FEB
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
FRUIT CARE OPERATION
START BAGGING AT 8
MONTHS
BAGGED BUNCHES AT 9 MONTHS
AFTER PLANTING
MULTI STOREY CROPPING
MONOCROPPING
STARTED HARVESTING AT 11 MAP
THE EXPORTABLE FRUITS
Kg
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
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2.5 Kg
5.0 Kg
7.8 Kg
y = -3.075x2 + 26.56x
R² = 0.665
1st Crop
19.7
21.7
25.6
2nd Crop
23.8
24.2
30.9
3rd Crop
28.0
29.0
38.0
4th Crop
26.0
26.0
31.0
Boxes/Ha/Yr at a Given Population Density and Rate of
Bofercompost/Mat/Yr
4000
3500
Boxes
3000
2500
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
Total Revenue (Ph.P
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
No. of Mats/Ha
gm Bofer /Mat/Yr
TOTAL REVENUES
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1,800
1,800
1,800
1,900
1,900
1,900
2,000
2,000
2,000
10,000
20,000
30,000
10,000
20,000
30,000
10,000
20,000
30,000
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
PhP/Box
80
60
40
20
0
1,800
Kg Bofercompost/Mat/Yr 10
Revenue/Box
43.50
1,900
20
30
10
78.64 101.23 17.47
20
47.77
30
68.37
2,000
10
17.18
20
33.27
30
46.37
PARAMETERS USED IN LABOR COST ESTIMATES
ACTIVITY
1. Nursery
Maintenance
SUB-TOTAL
2. Planting of
seedlings
3. Hole Digging
4. Seed Hauling
5. Making Sticks
6. Staking
7. Fertilizer
Application
8.Canal
Reconstruction
9. Leadmen=6,
Foremen=1
SUB-TOTAL
10. Bud Injection
11. Bunch/Stem Spray
12. Propping/Guying15% of Area
13. Bagging
14. Bunch Covering
15. Handbagging-100%
of Population
16. Fruit Obstacle
Removal (FOR)
17.
Deflowing/Defingering
18. Other Fruit Care
Activities
19.
Foremen=7,Leadmenm=
9,Temp=6
SUB-TOTAL
20. Line WeedingES
21. Slashing
22. Selective Weeding
23. Fertilizing-Green Manuring
Planting
Maintenance
24. Fertilizer-Manual Application
Ammonium Sulfate/Potassium Sulfate
Organic
DAP
MOP/Kieserite
Potassium Nitrate
Dolomitic Lime
Calcic Lime
25. Fertilizer Hauler (Mixer)
26. Pseudostem Injection
Superfertikin
Symbrew Spray
27. Sigatoka-Deleafing
28. Sigatoka-Spray/Ground Support
29. Sigatoka-Leadmen/Foremen
30. Windbreak/Erosion Control
SUB-TOTAL
31. Sucker Pruning
32. Stump Removal
33. P&D Surveyors (PD-4,BLS3)
34. P&D-Moko Mutant Erad (1
Leadman)
35. P&D-Mealybugs/Aphid
Control/Quarantine
SUB-TOTAL
36. Others
SUB-TOTAL
37. Harvesting
38. Harvesting-Supervision
39. Trays Management
SUB-TOTAL
40. Packing-Supervision
41. Packing
SUB-TOTAL
42. Box Hauling to Warf
43. Arrastre & Stevedoring
44. Other Dock Cost
SUB-TOTAL
GRAND TOTAL
PARAMETERS USED IN REVENUE ESTIMATS
Population Density/Ha
Kg Bofercompost/Mat/Yr
1. Mortality Rate
2. Net Production Stand
3. Average Bunch Weight
4. Ave. % Fruit Rejection
4. Yield (Kg/Ha)
5. No. of Boxes @ 13.5 kg/box
6. Price at $/Box
7. Exchange Rate P/$
8. Price at P/Box
TOTAL REVENUES
0.0800
1,656.00
0.07
6.80
44.00
299.20
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
7
6
%OM
5
4
3
2
1
0
pH
OM
Planting
4.83
2.05
1st Shooting
4.68
2.25
1st Harvest
6.00
4.60
2nd Shooting
6.53
4.29
3rd Shooting
6.50
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
ppm
500
400
300
200
100
0
K
Mg
Planting
167
153
1st Shooting
474
339
1st Harvest
735
357
2nd Shooting
737
433
3rd Shooting
621
288
Dynamics of Ca levels in the soil from planting to 3rd shoosting
stage of the Organic Banana Experiment in Sibulan
3500
3000
ppm
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Planting
Ca
210
1st
Shooting
671
1st Harvest
1425
2nd
Shooting
2095
3rd
Shooting
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
Obs erv ed
1.0
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
mm
Rainfall Pattern in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
MA
MA
AU SEP OC NO
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.
JAN FEB
Vegetative Stage of the plants in
Pedon 1 (Lowland)
Harvestable stage in
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
plants in Pedon 1 (Lowland)
Harvestable stage in
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
No. of Fingers
16.8
16.6
16.4
16.2
16.0
15.8
15.6
No. of Fingers 2nd Hand
Lowland
Midslope
16.0
16.5
Upper
Slope
16.8
AVE
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)
ANFW
Less -15%
Less 5% due
(Kg)
Fruit Rejects
overcal
Net Pop
Kg/Ha
Bxs Per Ha
Per Ha
Per Crop
Per Crop
Bxs Per
Ratoon
Ratio Ha Per Yr
& Field Loss
26.8
22.8
21.641
1980 42,849 3,174.0
1.4
COMPUTEED PRODUCTION ESTIMATES IN THE MID-SLOPE (PEDON 3)
AVE BW
AVE
NFW
NFW-15%
(Fruit
Reject+
Field
Losses)
BXS/HA/
Net
Pop/Ha
26.6
25.5
21.71
1980
Kg/Ha/ Bxs/Ha/
Yr
Yr
42,989
3,184
YR
1.4
C.Cycle
4,468
4,444
COMPUTED PRODUCTION ESTIMATES IN THE UPPER SLOPES (PEDON 5)
AVE
BW
AVE
NFW
NFW-17%
Net
Pop/Ha
Kg/Ha/Yr Bxs/Ha/Yr
(Fruit Reject+
YR
1.5
C.Cycle
Field Losses)
28.1
26.9
21.829
BXS/HA/
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.