# University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Economics and Management

The College of Economics and Management (CEM) is one of the eleven degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. It is the first in Asia to offer degree programs in Agricultural Economics and has trained agricultural, resource and environmental economists from all over the continent.
CEM is composed of four departments - the Department of Agricultural Economics, Department of Economics, Department of Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship, and the Institute of Cooperatives and Bio-Enterprise Development (ICOPED). Also affiliated with the college is the Agribusiness Center for Entrepreneurs and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Center for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprises (ACTETSME).

## History

The College traces its roots from the Institute of Agricultural Development and Administration under the College of Agriculture in 1975 with three Departments - Agricultural Economics, Economics, and Management. It later became the College of Development Economics and Management which merged IADA with the Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Studies and the Agrarian Reform Institute in 1978.

## UPLB Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship (DAME)

The first undergraduate program in Agribusiness was established at the UP College of Agriculture in Los Baños, Philippines as Bachelor of Science in Agriculture major in Agribusiness in 1966. The program was initially a joint undertaking with the UP College of Business Administration in Diliman, Quezon City until 1975. In 1969, a seminar titled "Advanced Agribusiness Management" was held in Manila which led to Jose D. Drilon publishing the book "Agribusiness Management Resource Materials," the foundation of current agribusiness programs around the world.
Drilon further expanded the concept of agribusiness to include coordinators for agribusiness structure and policy such as governments and research institutions in his 1971 book. Goldberg meanwhile added other coordinators such as schools, financial institutions, and cooperatives. D.K. Desai (1973) attempted to integrate all the entities and sectors within agribusiness and called it the Agribusiness System.
In 1975, the newly created Institute of Agricultural Development and Administration (now CEM) assumed sole administration of the program. The program was officially recognized as B.S. in Agricultural Business in 1978. In June 1983, the program was renamed B.S. in Agribusiness Management then in 2017 B.S. in Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship.

## Faculty (selected)

* Corazon Aragon (PhD University of Hawaii)
* Jefferson Arapoc (PhD University of Newcastle, Australia)
* Joseph V. Balagtas (PhD Purdue; Visiting Professor)
* Agnes Banzon (PhD Monash University)
* Amelia Bello (MA University of Hawaii)
* Jose DV. Camacho (PhD Kyoto University)
* Gideon Carnaje (PhD UP Diliman)
* Ma. Angeles Catelo (PhD Nagoya University)
* Salvador Catelo (PhD Kyoto University)
* Achilles Costales (PhD UPLB)
* Agham Cuevas (PhD UP Diliman)
* Julieta A. Delos Reyes (MS UPLB)
* Marilyn M. Elauria (MS Purdue)
* Danilo Evangelista (MS Australian National University)
* Herminia Francisco (PhD UPLB)
* Yolanda Garcia (PhD UPLB)
* Prudenciano Gordoncillo (PhD Victoria University of Technology)
* Cielito Habito (PhD Harvard; Professorial Lecturer)
* Romeo Huelgas (MA UP Diliman)
* Leodegario Ilag (PhD Purdue)
* Flordeliza Lantican (PhD Colorado State University)
* Cezar Brian Mamaril (PhD Virginia Tech)
* Alessando Manilay (MS Kansas State University)
* Paciencia Manuel (PhD University of Idaho)
* Camilo Opeña (PhD Ohio State University)
* Isabelita Pabuayon (PhD Kansas State University)
* Tirso Paris (PhD Michigan State University)
* Ma. Eden Piadozo (PhD Tokyo University of Agriculture)
* Cesar Quicoy (PhD UPLB)
* Roberto Rañola, Jr. (PhD University of Minnesota)
* Corazon Rapera (PhD Virginia Tech)
* U-Primo Rodriguez (MA Australian National University)
* Asa Jose Sajise (PhD University of California, Berkeley)
* Reynaldo Tan (PhD University of Tsukuba)
* Arvin Vista (PhD Oregon State University)
* Jose Yorobe (PhD UPLB)
* Antonio Jesus Quilloy (PhD UPLB)
* Bates Bathan (MS UPLB)
* Ruby Jane Estadilla (MS National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan)
* Reymond Denver Buenaseda (MS Kasetsart University)

## Degree programs

* BS Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship Majors: Agribusiness Entrepreneurship, Agribusiness Management
* BS Agricultural and Applied Economics Majors: Production Economics and Farm Management, Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis, Rural Finance and Cooperatives, Food and Nutrition Economics, and Natural Resource Economics
* BS Economics Majors: Development Economics, Environmental Economics
* MS Economics Majors: Economics of Development, Quantitative Economics
* Master of Management Majors: Agribusiness Management, Business Management
* PhD Agricultural Economics Majors: Production Economics and Farm Management, Marketing and Price Analysis, Policy and Development, Natural Resource Economics, Agricultural Finance and Cooperatives

## Notable alumni

* Jikun Huang (PhD) - Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy
* Linxiu Zhang (PhD) - Director, Stanford Rural Education Action Project and Deputy Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy
* William Meyers (MS) - Professor, University of Missouri and director, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
* Maria (Sergy) Floro (Former faculty) - Professor at American University
* PA Samaratunga (PhD) - Head (Agricultural Economics), Sri Lanka Institute of Policy Studies
* Jonna P. Estudillo (BS, MS) - Professor, Graduate Research Institute of Policy Studies (Japan)
* Joseph Salvacruz (BS) - Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School
* Cielito Habito (BS/Faculty) - Former Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and Director General of National Economic and Development Authority
* Arsenio Balisacan (MS) - Current secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and Director General of National Economic and Development Authority; Dean of UP School of Economics in Diliman
* Migz Zubiri (BS) - Senator, 14th (2007–2010), 15th (2010–2011) and 17th Congress of the Philippines (2016–present)
* Carlito Añonuevo (Former faculty) - former president of Action For Economic Reforms