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Sex: Male

Education:

  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, Ph.D. (Agricultural Economics), 1982 Ja
  • University of the Philippines Los Ba?os, College, Laguna, M.S. (Agricultural Economics), 1975
  • University of the Philippines Los Ba?os, College, Laguna, B.S. Agriculture, 1969
  • Cooperative College, England, United Kingdom, Certificate in Cooperative Education and Training, 1975

Field of Specialization:

Rural Finance and Cooperatives, Agricultural Economics

Sex: Female

Education:

  • UP, BS Pharmacy, 1944
  • UP, MS Pharmacy, 1961

Field of Specialization:

Chemical toxicology, Phytochemistry

Dr. Gelia Castillo is recognized for her significant contributions on participatory development and on Philippine agricultural and rural development. She is known for her research on rice. She also worked on studies that benefit the farmer and rural poor, farm-household connections and women in farming systems, the household and quality of life, and on social behavioural components of health transition.

Sex: Female

Education:

  • College of Liberal Arts, University of the Philippines, College, Laguna, AB Psychology (Magna Cum Laude), 1953
  • Pennsylvania State University, USA, MS Rural Sociology, 1958
  • Cornell University, USA, PhD Rural Sociology/ Minor Social Sociology, Community Development Rural Sociology/, 1960

Field of Specialization:

Rural sociology, New agricultural technology, farmers and social change, Social dimensions of rural problems, People participation in rural development, Farm-household connections and women in farming systems, The household and quality of life, Social behavioral components of health transition

Dr. Leopoldo Castillo has contributed vital research information in the improvement of the livestock and poultry industries as in animal nutrition and management. He was also instrumental in carrying out innovative research, training and extension programs in dairy development among small farmers which included health care delivery system and family planning as components of an outreach activity.

Sex: Male

Education:

  • Colegio de San Jose, Cebu City, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture - Animal Science, 1948
  • University of the Philippines, Los Baños Laguna, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, 1948
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A, M.S. (Animal Nutrition, Dairy Science and Milk Technology), 1955
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York City, Ph.D. (Animal Nutrition, Dairy Science and Milk Technology), 1960

Field of Specialization:

Animal Nutrition - poultry, swine, beef, cattle,dairy cattle, water buffaloes, and small ruminants, Animal Production and Food Technology

Dr. Nancy P. creencia is recognized for her important contributions in the field of  rice crop health and diseases of rice. She conducts field research on crop health in changing agricultural environments, crop loss assessment, disease management, and disease etiology. She does coordination and organization of knowledge on the biology and management of rice diseases. She ensures that research linkages with partners in national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES) through technical backstopping, organization of trainings, preparation of training materials, maintenance of database on training materials. She also serves as a resource person on rice fungal diseases and crop health assessment.

Sex: Female

Education:

  • University of Paris XI, Orsay, France, Ph.D. in Phytopathology, 1998
  • University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, M.S. Biology major in Environmental Biology, 1990
  • University of the Philippines at Los Banños, College, Laguna, B.S. Biology (Ecology), 1981

Field of Specialization:

Epidemiology (Rice diseases), Mycology (Rice diseases), Pest Integrated Management