I was once handling a research plots intended for pilot -testing for low- chem banana farming. It was called low-chem because the application of agricultural chemicals are controlled at a minimal level. The peculiar thing about that field research was its location, it was placed inside the existing conventional banana plantation where heavy usage of chemicals for nematodes, insects, and other parasites were applied. The conventional banana farming has been around the region since the 70’s. Big companies have invested heavily on these synthetic chemicals and fertilizers, subscribing to their company ethics of producing quality bananas for export. That research was funded by a non-government organization (NGO), trying to prove that organic farming can still be practice within the conventional farm areas. Those 1,000 square meters plots, involving 8 plots, randomly situated in 4 municipalities of Davao del Norte, Philippines namely Kapalong, Panabo, Carmen and Sto. Tomas. The research project commenced as part of the bridge fund intended to support the new 3- year program coined as Sustainable Agriculture for Sustainable Cooperatives. That research project was touted by many experts in the conventional banana farming as a “Mission impossible”. Their skpeticism were grounded on the following observations: First, the experimental plots were placed just beside the established banana plantations, where chemicals residues could contaminate the untreated experimental plots. Second, the indiscriminate aerial spraying of insecticides could also compromise the objective of raising bananas through pure non- chemical usage. Third, the experimental plot was also disastrous to the existing conventional banana farm in the area since that 1,000 sq.m. plots could host variety of plant insects, which can turn these experimental plots to become a hub for inoculation and propagation of various plant parasites. Added to that, was our lack of training on field research, we were like soldiers being given an undefined mission order. We were just 2 persons on that research unit, although a consultant who drafted our protocol was also a neophyte on that field of specialization, he was a retiree coming from a famous multinational company which raised exportable Cavendish bananas, also known to be an expert in the conventional banana farming technology. The credo of those multinational companies is always to produce quality, spotless Cavendish bananas for the Western countries. Those Multinational Corporations (MNCs) have provided continuous education for their banana growers, encouraging the latter to always aspire for a yield of 5,000 boxes per hectare per year in order to be ushered to their elite Diamond Club. And that would mean more investment for synthetic fertilizers, heavy dosage of pesticides, fungicides and nematicides. In the conventional banana farming, the Moko eradication could be the worst case because it can wipe out all banana plants within the 10-meters-radius where Moko disease originates. Just 31 cases of Moko disease and that could wipe out 1 hectare of existing banana plants. So, heavy dosage is justifiable, only to produce spotless, standard size Cavendish bananas. In some highly industrialized countries, they have established their own tolerable chemical residues on imported fruits and vegestables. Those foods where the chemical residues are above the tolerable level could be blacklisted and such would mean less buying by the importing countries like Japan, while it could mean another thing for the producing countries like us. Lesser importation quota by the importing countries, for our banana growers, producers and exporters, would naturally mean, less jobs and eventually less earnings for many of our banana workers, the worst consequence would be the retrenchment of workers in banana farming which are operated by MNCs, of course manage by good Filipino managers and agriculturists.