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Two UP Mindanao researchers bagged a “Best Presentation” award in their respective sessions at the 4th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Industry and Academic Research (ICMIAR) 2023, on July 8, 2023, at Aklan State University.
University Researcher Marilou O. Montiflor of the School of Management (SOM) won for her research titled “Creating Inclusive Policies that Enhance Women’s Role in Agriculture.”
Meanwhile, Prof. Karen Joyce G. Cayamanda of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences won for her research titled “The Role of Risk Messages on COVID-19 Towards the Social Amplification of Risk, Risk Perception, and Risk-Related Behavior in the Workplace.”
Prof. Cayamanda also received a Silver Laurel Award for “outstanding accomplishments in leadership, publication, and community engagement toward a dynamic and sustainable academia.”
Dr. Rogelio V. Cuyno, the first chancellor of the University of the Philippines Mindanao, returned to the campus on July 6, 2023, to give a talk in the Legacy Lecture Series of the UPMin Office of Research.
In his talk, “Reflections on Building a Higher Education Institution,” Dr. Cuyno prescribed sustainability and continuity as key to UPMin’s future direction. He detailed these in six suggested interdisciplinary academic clusters and 11 institutional elements. Reactions to Dr. Cuyno’s talk were given by Education Supervisor Mr. Randy Tudi of the Commission on Higher Education-Region 11, Assistant Regional Director Ms. Mirasol Domingo of the Department of Science and Technology-XI, Mr. Nap Concepcion, chairperson of the UP Alumni Association Davao, and UP Mindanao Chancellor Prof. Lyre Anni Murao.
Read Dr. Cuyno's paper here: REFLECTIONS ON BUILDING AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING
Read Mr. Nap Concepcion's reaction here: Reaction of Mr. Nap Concepcion, UPAA-Davao Chairperson
Read Chancellor Murao's reaction here: Response of Chancellor Murao
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| Seated, left-right: University Researcher Marilou Montiflor, Assoc. Prof. Vladimer Kobayashi, and Assoc. Prof. Jackie Lou Tagubase, with the project staff |
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| Adjunct Professor Luis Antonio Hualda |
A US foundation awarded an UPSTREAM/ UP Mindanao team with seed funding to develop a predictive model for identifying neglected but micronutrient-rich crops. The team, led by UP Strategic Research and Management (UPSTREAM) Foundation Trustee and School of Management (SOM)-University of the Philippines Mindanao (UP Mindanao) Adjunct Faculty Luis Antonio Hualda with social scientist Marilou Montiflor (SOM), data scientist Vladimer Kobayashi and food technologist Jackie Lou Tagubase (College of Science and Mathematics), was awarded with a seed funding from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to develop a multi-criteria adoptability index for identifying and prioritizing micronutrient rich neglected and underutilized species of crops (NUS). FFAR is an independent non-profit firm funded by the US Federal Government and established by the 2014 Farm Bill of the United States.
The seed fund, amounting to US$75,650, has matching in-kind funds and support from UP Strategic Research and Management (UPSTREAM) Foundation, a partner and conduit fund manager of UP Mindanao. Mr. Hualda’s team is among the three awardees of FFAR’s Harvest for Health’s Breakthrough Crop Challenge. The purpose of the Breakthrough Crop Challenge is to develop a predictive model to determine crop potential as a source of functional ingredients. This is a global competition with a prize of US1M.
The objective of the predictive model is to select neglected and underutilized crops with high nutrient density and have a greater tendency for adoption among consumers and producers. Identifying these crops is a step towards building a common goal among stakeholders in transforming the agri-food systems into nutrition-sensitive, resilient, sustainable, and promoting food justice and food diversity. Apart from the predictive model, the UPSTREAM/UP Mindanao team will compile an open database of neglected and underutilized crops as well as an interactive platform to help decision-makers in selecting which NUS to prioritize.
To know more about the project, the rest of the team (AgriFood Systems Laboratory), and collaboration opportunities, visit https://upmin-agrianalyticslab.up.edu.ph/.
Prof. May Anne E. Mata delivered plenary talks at two conferences in June 2023. The abstracts of her talks are shown below. She delivered a keynote talk at the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE)'s Annual PAASE Meeting and Symposium on 27 June 2023 (top image). She gave a plenary talk at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) Mathematics Summit 2023 (middle and bottom image).
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