The lakatan is arguably the most common one there is. This type of banana is sweet, aromatic, and perhaps the most expensive bunch. You know it’s a lakatan when it turns into a light-orange ...

Other varieties of bananas can be used in banana ketchup, though, including Lakatan and Saba bananas. Different varieties ...

Lakatan and Cardaba are affected by banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), Fusarium wilt, sigatoka leaf spot, banana freckles, and Moko disease. The impact of these diseases are severe for smallhold ...

Mang Ruben, a 48-year-old taxi driver, has been eating 10 to 15 bananas a day for the past 25 years. Mang Ruben believes that he can work longer hours and stay stronger because of his banana diet.

Barbco was established in 1992 by former employees of the defunct Philippine Cocoa States Corp., and initially ventured into the Lakatan banana industry. It has since grown into a prominent ...