CEM celebrates 38th Foundation Anniversary

The College of Economics and Management (CEM) celebrated its 38th Foundation Day last July 27, 2015 at the ICOPED Auditorium with the theme, “One UP for Inclusive Agribusiness Towards Economic Growth and Development.” The Department of Agribusiness and Management and Entrepreneurship (DAME)- CEM served as this year’s host unit. The celebration...

B.S. in Agribusiness Management Student Represents UPLB in International Students Summit

Samantha Nuñez Genova, a senior BS in Agribusiness Management student, and Dr. Salvador Catelo, advisor of International Students Forum, represented UPLB during the 16th International Students Summit (ISS) held last September 29-30 in Tokyo, Japan.                                                                                  This event is an annual event of the Tokyo University of Agriculture (Tokyo NODAI)...

CEM Seminar Series: What Were Tackled in the Last Quarter of 2016?

The College of Economics and Management regularly hold seminars as part of the college’s initiative to showcase relevant studies that could address timely, interesting, and socially critical issues. During the last quarter of 2016, the college was able to conduct 6 seminars from different departments. The Department of Economics (DE)...

PCAARRD and UPLB-CEM Conducts Training on Project Impact Evaluation

The Socio-Economics Research Division (SERD) of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) and the College of Economics and Management of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB-CEM) jointly conducted a training course on project impact evaluation last November 7-10, 2016. The four-day...

ICOPED-CEM Hosts Seminar on the Amendments on Cooperative Guidelines

The Institute of Cooperatives and Bio-Enterprise Development (ICOPED) organized a one-hour seminar entitled, “Amendments on Cooperative Guidelines: Issuance of Certificate of Compliance and Exemption of Payment of Local Taxes, Fees, and Charges” last February 15, 2017 at the ICOPED Auditorium. The seminar is part of the CEM Seminar Series, a...

DAME Faculty members attend 1st USAID-STRIDE Case Teaching Workshop

Six faculty members from the Department of Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship (DAME), namely Asst. Prof. Jewel Joanna S. Cabardo, Asst. Prof. Mar B. Cruz, Asst. Prof. Arlene C. Gutierrez, Assoc. Prof. Jeanette Angeline B. Madamba, Asst. Prof. Nohreen Ethel P. Manipol and Asst. Prof. Normito R. Zapata, Jr., attended a...

DAME Coordinated 27th TUA Philippine Bio-business Practice

The Tokyo University of Agriculture (TUA) Philippine Bio-business Practice is the longest running international extension program of DAME. The objective of this program is to expose TUA students to tropical agriculture through actual farm practice and to visit institutions that support Bio-business development. This program started in 1999 and is...

DAME-CEM and Nagasaki University Faculty of Economics conduct the 2nd Global Social Responsibility Short-Term Study Program

The 2nd Global Social Responsibility (GSR) Short-Term Study Program was conducted from March 6 to 13, 2017. The program is a partnership between the Faculty of Economics, Nagasaki University (NU) and the Department of Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship (DAME)–College of Economics and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños. There were...

ICOPED Conducts Consultation on Greening Cooperatives

The Institute of Cooperatives and Bio-Enterprise Development (ICOPED), College of Economics and Management (CEM), UPLB conducted a consultation workshop on greening cooperatives for sustainable growth on April 25, 2017 at the Splash Mountain Resort, Los Baños, Laguna. The workshop is part of ICOPED's six-month action research entitled, “Leveraging Agricultural Cooperatives...

DAAE-CEM, together with PCAARRD, DA, DoH and DILG, conducts National Food Safety Conference

Representatives from different national and local agencies took part in the recently conducted National Food Safety Conference anchored on the research project entitled “Analysis of S&T-Related Institutional Capacity and Readiness to Effectively Implement the Philippine Food Safety Act” on June 1, 2017 at Obdulia Sison Hall, Continuing Education Center, UPLB....