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  • World-Class Organic Bananas

    Members of the Tupi Balangon Farmers’ Association (TUBAGA) prepare organically-grown balangon bananas (a native variety) for export, at the association’s farm in Tupi, South Cotabato. TUBAGA, whose members include Muslims, Christians and Lumads, is ...
  • Mindanao's Gold and Jade

    A worker inspects newly harvested honeydew melons of the “Ilocos Gold” and “Jade” varieties before they are shipped from a farm in Cotabato City to markets in Cebu, Davao and Cagayan de Oro. The melons were grown by a member of the Maguindanao F...
  • Primed for the New Schoolyear

    Students of Batomelong Elementary School in Batomelong, General Santos City, share a light moment during their summer reading class. USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao, through its Education Matching Grant Project, matched the funds raised by the ...
  • Liguasan Marsh Community Infrastructure

    This concrete boat landing in Sitio Balogo, in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, has helped improve water transport and encouraged economic activity in this section of the Liguasan Marsh. The Balogo Boat Landing benefits approximately 1,400 residents of Baranga...
  • Building Up Business in Cotabato

    The four chambers of commerce in Cotabato City present a plaque of appreciation to Bai Sandra Sema Basar (far right), vice president for external affairs and co-founder of the Muslim Chamber of Kutawato, following her keynote address at the 8th Cotabato C...
  • All for Cotabato Peace and Development

    Four chambers of commerce in Cotabato City, including the Chinese and Muslim chambers, presented recommendations aimed at strengthening the private sector and attracting investment to the city to Mayor-elect Japal Guiani, Jr., at the 8th Cotabato City B...
  • Keeping Mangoes Pest-Free

    Guianida Lumanggal (far left), manager of the Moro United Multi-purpose Cooperative, demonstrates to Engr. Melchor Ancla (far right), USAID project management specialist, how mangoes hot water treatment (HWT) equipment rids mangoes of pests. USAID’s Gro...
  • Maguindanao Vegetable Growers

    Farmers of the Sultan Mastura Vegetable Growers Association in Maguindanao Province evaluate their cabbage crop, which was produced after the farmers were trained in vegetable clustering and quality improvement by USAID's Growth with Equity in Mindanao ...
  • Entering the Information Technology Age

    Students at Banisil Elementary School in Tambler, General Santos City, sharpen their reading and spelling skills using computer resources provided through USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Under its Education Awareness Support Effo...
  • Ex-Rebels Create Economies of Scale

    Members of the Sumbakil Multi-Purpose Cooperative, composed of former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) combatants, show off the harvest of eggplant grown at their farm in Tupi, South Cotabato. USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program,...
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