Dessert: A delightful dessert featuring crispy pastry filled with sweet bananas. For an extra treat, a drizzle of chocolate ...

The Philippines remains as the top supplier of bananas to Japanese consumers, accounting for nearly 75 percent of the market last year. This means that three out of four consumers in Japan bought ...

"BANANA republics" refer to politically unstable countries that can change leadership at the drop of a hat. These countries are heavily dependent on one agricultural product, like pineapples or ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office here has partnered with the prefectural government of Hiroshima, Japan, to improve banana production in Eastern Visayas. Rodel Macapañas, DA regional ...

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. met with Japanese officials in Tokyo where he raised the Philippines’ concerns on the decreasing market share of the country’s bananas and asked for the ...

The Philippines is no longer the top supplier to the Chinese market, with a 32 per cent drop in exports. Vietnam instead consolidated its growth thanks to competitive prices, geographic proximity ...

Dole Japan said it is forced to discard 20,000 tons of the fruit annually in the Philippines and elsewhere. In 2021, Dole Japan initiated the Mottainai Banana Project with producers and other ...