| Sep 5 |
Special Seminar
Agroforestry, Rural Livelihoods,
and the Future of Global Land Use |
Dr. Dennis P. Garrity
Director-General, World Agroforestry Centre |
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| Sep 2 |
Potential Applicability of a Low-cost Drip Irrigation System for Sustainable Crop Production in Philippine Upland Watersheds |
Dr. Victor B. Ella
Assoc Prof, Land & Water Resources Div., IAE, CEAT-UPLB |
Handout |
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| Aug 26 |
SEARCA Professorial Chair Lecture:
The Philippine Banana Industry: Market Performance, Constraints, and Policy Directions |
Dr. Flordeliza A. Lantican
Professor, UPLB College of Economics and Management |
Handout |
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| Aug 20 |
Special Seminar
Community Dynamics in the Governance of Indonesia’s Coastal Resource: Case Study of North and South Sulawesi |
Ms. Astrid Meilasari-Sugiana
Lecturer, Ahmad Dahlan University, Indonesia,
and SEARCA PhD Scholar |
Handout |
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| Aug 19 |
Sustainability: Its Many Uses, Abuses, and Confusions |
Dr. Harold J. McArthur, Jr.
Director of Research Relations,
University of Hawai’i at Manoa |
Handout |
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| Aug 13 |
Special Seminar
Grounding Science Communication: Experiences and Lessons Learned from the Biotechnology Information Center (BIC) |
Ms. Sonny P. Tababa
Network Administrator and
Special Projects Coordinator, BIC, SEARCA |
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| Aug 12 |
Linking USDA Research Programs and Training Opportunities to the Philippines |
David Wolf
Acting Agricultural Counselor, American Embassy in Manila |
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| Aug 5 |
Knowledge for Poverty Alleviation |
Dr. Serafin D. Talisayon
Director, CCLFI Phils. & Professor, UP Diliman |
Handout |
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| Jul 29 |
Engaging Philippine Agriculture Education to the Challenges of the 21st Century |
Dr. Cecilio R. Arboleda
Executive Director, UPLB Foundation, Inc. |
Handout
and
Paper |
A Gamma Sigma Delta - The Honor Society of Agriculture co-sponsored seminar |
| Jul 22 |
Households’ Willingness to Pay for Protected Area Conservation |
Dr. Margaret M. Calderon
Assoc. Prof., Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, CFNR, UPLB |
Handout |
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| Jul 15 |
Biodiversity and Food Security |
Mr. Rodrigo U. Fuentes
Executive Director, ASEAN Center for Biodiversity |
Handout |
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| Jul 14 |
Special Seminar
Implications of Alternative Biofuel Production in the United States: Benefits and Tradeoffs |
Dr. Mark Gehlhar
Senior Economist, Economic Research Service, Market and Trade Economic Division, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. |
Handout |
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| Jul 8 |
Prebiotics and Probiotics in Animal Production |
Dr. Virginia P. Obsioma
Assistant Professor, College of Science & Mathematics, UP Mindanao |
Handout |
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| Jul 1 |
The Philippine Growth-Poverty Conundrum |
Dr. Arsenio M. Balisacan
Director, SEARCA |
Handout |
ADSS version |
| Jun 26 |
Special Seminar
Frequency Analysis of Extreme Hydrologic Events and Water Stress in a Changing Climate |
Dr. Felino P. Lansigan
Professor, UPLB Institute of Statistics, and SEARCA Fellow |
Handout |
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| Jun 24 |
Private-Government Partnership for R&D: Will it Work? |
Dr. Benito S. Vergara
National Scientist |
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| Jun 17 |
Managing Plant Diseases and Promoting Sustainability and Productivity with Trichoderma |
Dr. Christian Joseph R. Cumagun
Associate Professor,
Crop Protection Cluster, CA, UP Los Baños |
Handout |
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| Jun 10 |
Biotech Crops: What’s Next? |
Dr. Randy A. Hautea
Global Coordinator & Director, ISAAA SEAsia Center, Los Baños, Laguna |
Handout:
- full color |
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| Jun 3 |
Leadership in Higher Education Institutions |
by Dr. Ernesto L. Bumatay
Assistant Professor, Institute of Community Education, CPAF, UP Los Baños |
Handout:
- plain black
- full color |
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| May 29 |
Special Seminar
Livelihood Strategy and Conservation of Small-Island Ecosystem in Capul, Northern Samar, Philippines |
Mr. Tito Cabili
Assistant Professor, University of Eastern Philippines |
Handout |
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| May 27 |
Promoting Local Development: the BIDANI experience |
Ms. Lorna O. Garcia
University Extension Specialist, BIDANI, College of Human Ecology, UP Los Baños |
Handout |
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| May 22 |
Special Seminar
Rice Diversity as Material and Cultural Product: A Study of Community Management of Rice Genetic Resources in Northern Thailand |
Ms. Witchuda Srang-iam
PhD candidate, Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan |
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| May 20 |
Food Availability and Resilience in the Indigenous Agroforestry System of the Erumanen en Menuvu of Cotabato, Philippines |
Ms. Neyrma N. Cabatac
Asst. Professor,
Southern Christian College, Cotabato |
Handout |
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| May 13 |
Value Addition and Constraints in the Coconut Market Chain: Lessons Learned from Coconut-Producing Municipalities in Quezon Province |
Dr. Isabelita M. Pabuayon
Professor, Dept. of Ag.Economics, CEM, UP Los Baños, Laguna |
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| May 6 |
Biotechnology and Biodiversity: Ecosystems Approach in the Assessment of the Impacts of Herbicide-Tolerant Corn on Wild Biodiversity |
Dr. Carmelita I. Villamor
Supervising Science Research Specialist, ERDB, College, Laguna |
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| Apr 29 |
Capacity Strengthening and Learning for Achieving Agenda 21 and World Standards for Ecologically-Socially Sustainable Agricultural Development |
Dr. Wayne Nelles
Head, Capacity Strengthening Unit, International Potato Center, Lima, Peru |
Handout |
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| Apr 22 |
Exploring Population, Health and Environment Linkages as a Policy Issue in Natural Resource Management: Perspectives, Problems and Possibilities |
Dr. Ma. Victoria O. Espaldon
Dean, School of Environmental Science and Management, UP Los Baños, Laguna |
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| Apr 15 |
Reducing Upland Poverty, Mitigating Climate Change Impacts, Increasing Biofuel Sources, and Providing Sustainable Supply of Raw Water through Implementation of Community-based Equitable Payment for Watershed Services |
Dr. Tonie O. Balangue
Executive Director, Resources, Environment and Economics Center for Studies, Inc. (REECS), Quezon City |
Handout |
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| Apr 11 |
Special Seminar
Communicating Climate Change |
Dr. Juan M. Pulhin
Associate Professor, CFNR, UP Los Baños, Laguna |
Handout
(12 MB) |
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| Apr 8 |
SEARCA Professorial Chair Lecture:
A Critique of the Social Research Designs of Studies on Community-Based Natural Resource Management |
Dr. Corazon B. Lamug
Professor, Department of Social Sciences, CAS, UP Los Baños, College, Laguna |
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| Apr 1 |
Assessment of Vascular Plant Diversity: Its Role in Understanding the State of Philippine Mountain Ecosystems |
Dr. Inocencio E. Buot, Jr.
Deputy Director, Institute of Biological Sciences, UP Los Baños, College, Laguna |
Handout |
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| Mar 25 |
Edible Insects in the Philippines: Opportunities for Livelihood and Managing Pest Problems |
Dr. Candida B. Adalla
Dean, College of Agriculture, UP Los Baños, College, Laguna |
Handout (zipped) |
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| Mar 11 |
Linking Gender and Environment: The Cultural Economy of Weaving |
Maria Helen F. Dayo
Anthropologist and GAD Specialist
UP Los Banos, College, Laguna |
Handout |
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| Mar 4 |
SEARCA Professorial Chair Lecture:
Sustaining Rice Agriculture through Physiological Profiling of Rice Cultivars for Salt Tolerance |
Dr. Maribel L. Dionisio-Sese
Professor, Institute of Biological Sciences, UP Los Baños, College, Laguna |
Handout |
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| Feb 26 |
Molecular Discoveries in Coconut |
Dr. Rita P. Laude
Vice Chancellor for Instruction and Professor, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines |
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| Feb 19 |
A Knowledge Management Model for Natural Resources Management in Southeast Asia |
Dr. Narong Sompong, Associate Professor, Kasetsart University, Thailand
and Dr. Alexander Flor, Dean and Professor, UP Open University, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines |
Handout |
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| Feb 12 |
Coconut Farmers Need Not be Poor |
Dr. Pons Batugal
President, Farmers Community Development Foundation International (FCDF), Los Baños, Laguna |
Handout |
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| Feb 05 |
Lessons in the Organization and Management of Rural Financing Institutions: The Case of First Isabela Cooperative Bank |
Dr. Eulogio T. Castillo
Professor, Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Institute, College of Public Affairs, UP Los Baños
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| Jan 29 |
Limnological Transformation of Taal Lake: Challenges to Lake Resources Management |
Dr. Macrina T. Zafaralla
Professor, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, UP Los Baños
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Handout |
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| Jan 24 |
Special Seminar
The Philippine Retail Food Industry Restructuring: Implications to Policy and Small Farmers |
Dr. Larry N. Digal
Dean, School of Management, UP Mindanao |
Handout |
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| Jan 22 |
“How Much is the Price of Laguna Lake Raw Water for Domestic Water Consumption?” |
Dr. Nicomedes D. Briones
Professor and Environmental Economist, School of Environmental Science and Management, UPLB |
Handout |
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| Jan 15 |
Transboundary Environmental Governance in Southeast Asia |
Dr. Antonio P. Contreras
Dean, College of Liberal Arts, De La Salle University-Manila |
Handout |
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| Jan 8 |
Corn: Potential Functional and Staple Food for Filipinos |
Dr. Wilma Hurtada
Assoc.Prof. & Head, Food Mgt & Administration Division, College of Human Ecology, UP Los Baños
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