SK Spray oil (EnSpray N), an environmentally friendly disinfectant developed specifically for bananas by SKIT has won a quality certification from Dole Company to be commercially applied to Dole’s Philippine banana farm starting from November, this year.

The aforementioned product had already received the quality certification from Del Monte, January this year and its supply is being pursued to banana farms run directly by or via contract with Dole and Del Monte. In the future, EnSpray N aspires to replace products by Total, an existing supplier of oil spray and plans to supply 3,000-ton worth of product to the Philippine market by expanding its areas of application to pineapples and grapefruits.

In addition, SKIT is jointly developing organic banana growing technology with Dole. This joint effort is expected to contribute to creating revenue and to producing environmentally friendly high value-added agricultural products. The adoption of these newly developed products is planned to be expanded to Latin American banana markets including Ecuador and Colombia.