Sarangani Agricultural Company, Inc

• Date Established: 1962

SACI tapped the rich resources of South Cotabato to become a leading name in cattle-breeding, high-value fruit crop production and commercial fish farming. SACI pioneered the large-scale propagation in the country of America Purebred Brahmans, a superior breed of cattle acclimatized to extreme tropical conditions and highly resistant to disease. Combined with several affiliates, SACI manages approximately 10,000 hectares devoted to cattle ranching. SACI devotes over 300 hectares to the raising of sweet pomelos for the local market and Cavendish bananas for export—thus helping reinforce Mindanao’s well-earned reputation as one of the “fruit baskets” of Asia. SACI also has the unique distinction of producing the highest quality bangus (milkfish) and tilapia in the country. Looking forward, SACI aims to expand its agribusiness ventures into other areas in Luzon.

Alsons Aquaculture Corporation

• Date Established: 1997

Alsons Aquaculture Corporation is the largest breeder, processor and exporter of premium branded bangus (milkfish) products under the Sarangani Bay trademark.

Nearly 7,000 metric tons of fish are farmed in the pristine waters of Southern Mindanao – across 50,000 cubic meters of sea cages and 350 hectares of brackish water ponds. Beginning with its entry into the US market in 1997, Sarangani Bay now exports more than half of its processed harvest to Filipino communities in the US, US Armed Forces Commissaries (Worldwide), Canada, Middle East, Europe, Australia, Guam, Malaysia and Japan. Today these same high quality products have gained strong and loyal patronage in major retail and food service accounts in key cities of the Philippines.

Aquasur Resources Corporation

• Date Established:

Aquasur Resources Corp. (ARC) is in-charge of marketing AAC and FHI aquaculture products in Manila and Iloilo. It is engaged in research work for the Alcantara’s interests in aquaculture. Aqua Sur is 95% owned by Aldevinco and 5% by the Alcantara family.

Finfish Hatcheries Inc.

• Date Established: 1996

Alsons Aquaculture Corporation is the largest breeder, processor and exporter of premium branded bangus (milkfish) products under the Sarangani Bay trademark.

Nearly 7,000 metric tons of fish are farmed in the pristine waters of Southern Mindanao – across 50,000 cubic meters of sea cages and 350 hectares of brackish water ponds.

Beginning with its entry into the US market in 1997, Sarangani Bay now exports more than half of its processed harvest to Filipino communities in the US, US Armed Forces Commissaries (Worldwide), Canada, Middle East, Europe, Australia, Guam, Malaysia and Japan. Today these same high quality products have gained strong and loyal patronage in major retail and food service accounts in key cities of the Philippines.

Davao Industrial Plantation

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DIPI represents the group’s institutional commitment to environmental conservation, forest renewal, and sustainable forest management. The company is the group’s resident technical expert in plantation forest and agro-forest nursery establishment, development, and maintenance. As such, its unique expertise was tapped by C. Alcantara and Sons, Inc. (CASI) in the implementations of its 25-Year IFMA. Through a special arrangement with CASI, DIPI developed and managed a plantation inside CASI’s former logging concession in Talaingod, Davao del Norte, raising and planting falcate, bagras, and acacia forest species, as well as, various fruit trees in its agro-forest areas. The forest trees were meant for a wide-range of finished wood product. In carrying out its tasks and other corporate objectives, DIPI also worked in community development programs and employment and livelihood generation among tribal and rural communities in its areaS of operations.