Asiapro introduces agri-business venture

MANILA, Philippines –  Agrilogx, a division of Asiapro Cooperative, offers a complete solution package that includes land canvassing, negotiation, land preparation, growing materials acquisition, farm management, processing and marketing.

Other activities are fertility and crop planning, weed control management, disease and insect management planning, farm logistics, planning and execution, sales and marketing, and nutrient management.

Agrilogx started a 15-hectare banana plantation in Capalong, Panabo, Davao City called “Kagawani Farm 1” that has served as a true showcase of Asiapro’s know-how in land preparation and farm management. The plantation is managed by Jose Diaz, a former senior manager at Del Monte Phils. Inc. (DMPI), where he worked for over 30 years prior to joining Asiapro.

The business venture started with an initial capitalization for farmland development, inputs, and technical costs that came from Asiapro, where the worker-owners of Asiapro simply rolled up the cooperative’s revolving fund to invest in this enormous business initiative.

For this year, Agrilogx also aims to expand the Kagawani Farm project with an ambitious complement of 75 hectares of land development, targeting areas such as Lambingi, Banga, South Cotabato as the next site for “Kagawani Farm 2.” This expansion would have around 90 percent bananas, with 10 percent allotted for papaya and cucumber production.

Also in the pipeline and part of Agrilogx’s continuing projects is corn seed production, which is being negotiated with Pioneer Hi-Bred Phils., Inc., an amalgam and a trusted name in large-scale corn production. Asiapro is currently creating a corn-growership production scheme with Pioneer Hi-Bred.

Asiapro Cooperative’s key stewards also announced its intention to access additional capital by sourcing funds from development banks around the country to beef-up Agrilogx’s financial stock for it to be able to implement its plans and other initiatives.

Asiapro Cooperative is the Philippines’ first, largest and leading worker cooperative that offers flexible, cost-effective and socially responsible solutions to service contracting and outsourcing needs.