• Mango must be mature and its shape characteristic of the variety
• Mango must be reasonably clean and free from any visible foreign matter
• Mango must be free from diseases and insects
• Mango must be free from any injury

The project will produce mainly the Carabao (Philippine Super Mango) variety. The Philippine National Standard for Fresh Fruits – Mango (PNS/BAFPS 13:2004 ICS 65.020.20) states the description for Carabao mango as follows :

• Oblong with blunt apex, full cheeks, indistinctive beak
• When ripe, flesh is golden yellow, tender with delicate, aromatic non-turpentine flavor, exquisite sub-acid taste
• Fiber is medium coarse but confined almost entirely to the edge
• Peel is smooth and bright yellow when ripe

About  30 mango growers have planted  75 hectares of productive mango trees and  formed the Midsayap Mango Growers Association.

It is bounded on the North by the Municipality of Libungan; on the South by the Rio Grande de Mindanao; on the East by the municipalities of Aleosan and Pikit; and on the West by the Municipality of Kabuntalan.

Midsayap is approximately 47 kilometers away from Cotabato City and some 174 kilometers from Davao City, two of the major urban centers in Mindanao. It is about 64 kilometers away from Kidapawan City, the seat of the Provincial Government.

Midsayap has a total land area of 33,038.7869 hectares comprising 57 barangays which is 5.03% of the total land area of Cotabato province. Some of the barangays (Southern and Western part) are along the big bodies of water, thus making it accessible by water transportation. However, due to the construction of a concrete bridge at Dulawan towards the province of Sultan Kudarat and some municipalities of Maguindanao Province, land transportation is now feasible. The town is traversed by the Davao-Cotabato and the Midsayap-Makar national highways (Gen. Santos City).

From 1912 to 1926, Midsayap was then a district of Dulawan and Pikit. Originally, Midsayap was inhabited by Muslims from the descendants of Sultan Ali Bayao from the lineage of the great Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat I. The seat of their Sultanate was established at Libungan Torita (now part of Pigcawayan).

In 1927, a Philippine Constabulary (PC) Commander assigned in the area, Ist Lt. Catalino Javier, initiated the development of some portions of the municipality. Seeing the natural bounty of the area, he invited settlers from Luzon and Visayas to migrate in the area. The first wave of settlers who dared develop the wilderness was the late Antonio Labasan from Zambales. Among his companions were the Dumlaos, Flautas, Fernandezes and Documos who settled at Sitio Salunayan. Visayan settlers from Pikit also came to settle at Bual – the place of Datu Guiambangan Dilangalen. The Visayan migrants were headed by Gregorio Bingil, Julio Anito and Tomas Cantoy.

The idea of making Midsayap as a separate political district from the mother municipalities of Dulawan and Pikit was envisioned in 1930 by a group of Christian PC enlisted men who were assigned at Camp Ward. Their efforts, through the support of the Deputy Governor and Military Governor was realized in 1936.

Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66 dated November 25, 1936, Midsayap was created as a separate municipality. On January 1, 1937, it was inaugurated with the late Lorenzo Gonzales as the first appointed Municipal Mayor.

Midsayap started with seventy-one (71) barangays. Later, it was trimmed down to 42 when Libungan was separated from Midsayap in 1936. At present, Midsayap has 57 barangays. Population settlements were concentrated on the barangays of Sinawingan, Salunayan, Bual, Kapayawi, Barongis, Kimagango, Kiwanan, Katingawan, Ulamian, Baguer, Kapinpila, Olandang, San Mateo, and Baliki. The following years showed the growth of the newly formed town. Gradually, new towns has been created. These are Pigcawayan or Pigkawayan, Libungan,Alamada,and lastly on 1982 Aleosan.

Midsayap is the largest municipality in the province of North Cotabato.This fast-growing town is one of the oldest settlements of migrants from Luzon and the Visayas thereby giving its reputation as the highly heterogeneous society in this once Moslem-dominated place of Mindanao.

This 14th Congress of the Philippines, Rep. Emmylou ‘Lala’ J.Taliño-Mendoza filed last February 7, 2008 the House Bill 3539 in the House of Representatives which will create the Municipality of Midsayap as CITY OF MIDSAYAP; as the second component city of the Province of Cotabato.This bill is currently pending on the Committee of Local Government since February 19, 2008.