date:Jan 27, 2014
also confirmed Thursday that the company already has a pilot banana plantation in Himamaylan City.
Coscolluela said that aside from Himamaylan, Dole is eyeing another plantation in Murcia just outside the area where the Negros First Ranch is located.
He noted, however, that the problem of Dole is finding vast lands of 200 to 300 hectares for its banana and pineapple plantations because most of the lands in the province are already covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).