COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

activated. updated.

January 1-31, 2016 Official Publication of the UPLB College of Agriculture Volume 5 No. 1

CA as Center of Excellence New publications

in Agriculture Education off the press

O nce again, the UPLB College of Agriculture

(CA) was recognized by the Commission on A
Higher Educa on (CHED) as Center of Excellence Complex,UPLB.
new book and a laboratory manual are
now on sale at the AgriBookstore, IH

(COE)inAgricultureEduca on.
Thebooken tledImproveYouScien ficEng-
CHED Chair Patricia Licuanan, in a memorandum lishisauthoredbyOfeliaK.Bau sta,HosannaH.
issuedrecently,iden fiedtheins tu onsdesignated Espanto,TeresitaL.RosarioandJoPatriciaR.Ru-
asCOEsinvariousfieldsofdiscipline. bio. This handbook gives pointers on improving

research ar cles wri en for publica on in locally

COE status is granted to ins tu ons which
refereedandinterna onallyaccreditedjournals.
con nuouslydemonstrateexcellentperformancein
the areas of instruc on, research and publica on, Meanwhile, the Ornamental Hor culture La-
extension and linkages and ins tu onal qualifica- boratory Manual (authored by TL Rosario and
ons. Ryan Rodrigo Tayobong) is intended for use by

major and non-major students of hor culture.

Based on the memorandum, the UPLB has the
The laboratory exercises generally consider the
mostnumberofCOEs.Asidefromagriculture,UPLB
science,businessandar s caspectsofornamen-
alsohasCOEsinforestry,veterinarymedicine,biolo-
tal hor culture. Interested buyers may contact
gy, informa on technology, sta s cs, development
Venecia B. Batain [Tel. (63-49) 536-2379] or visit
communica on,andenvironmentalscience.

theAgriBookstore.(ApolinarioL.Lan can)
AsdesignatedCOE(validfor3yearsunlesssoon-
errevoked),CAcanavailoffinancialassistanceona
project proposal basis geared toward the develop-
NEUST official &
ment or improvement of the programs, par cularly faculty visit CA
cu ngedgetechnologyindierentdisciplines.

he College of Agriculture Visitors Pro-

TheCAhasbeenconsistentlyrecognizedbyCHED
gramhaditsopeningsalvofor2016with
asCOEfor morethanfiveyearsalready.(Apolinario
12facultymembersandthedirectoroftheNueva
L.Lan can,withinforma onfromPhilippineStar)
Ecija University of Science and Technology
(NEUST), Gabaldon Campus, Nueva Ecija as its
The discovery of agriculture was the first big
firstvisitorslastJanuary28.
step toward a civilized life.

Arthur Keith
Page 2
Withtheaimofenhancingtheresearch,exten-
sion and produc on capabili es of the faculty of
NEUST, Re red Police Senior Superintendent Ani-
ceto Y. Frany, director of the said school, along
with the aforemen oned faculty members, visit-
ed the Edible Landscaping Project of Chancellor
FernandoC.Sanchez,Jr.oftheCropScienceClus-
ter(CSC).Throughthistechnology,thevisitorsex-
pressed op mism that they could replicate it in
NEUSTtoeventuallybenefittheirservicecommu-
ni es.
The group also visited the Ins tute of Plant
Breeding, CSC, where a powerpoint presenta on
on the researches, products and services of the
Ins tute was conducted. Since one of their inter-
estsison ssueculture,theywereabletohavea
glimpse of the ssue culture laboratory ac vi es
underProf.LilianPateawhosestaareinto s-
sue culture of garlic as part of their research in
comingupwithagoodvarietyofgarlic,specifically
forthefarmersintheIlocosRegion.Manyoftheir
ques ons were answered by one of the sta of
thesaidlaboratory.
Their tour ended with a visit at the Na onal
SeedFounda onwheretheypurchasedvegetable Bryan V. Apacionado,instructor1,CSC;took
seedswhichtheywouldliketotryintheirproduc-
onprojectsaspartoftheirgoalofins tu onaliz-
ing sustainable agriculture in NEUSTs outreach
communi es.(ImeldaM.Gesmundo)
FEEDBACK
For comments/suggestions, just e-mail:
The Editor
CA Monthly Newsletter
AgriBookstore, IH Complex,
UPLB Campus
E-mail: apolinariolantican@yahoo.com
We also welcome articles/news briefs from any
CA constituent. Thank you.
CA Monthly Newsletter
FOREIGN TRAVEL*
John Carlo M. Marasigan, Raol P. Pamiloza
and Anna Pauleen L. Masanga, university re-
searchers, respec vely, Crop Science Cluster
(CSC); a ended the Cornell Alliance for Sci-
ence Asia Leadership Course on Strategic
Planning and Eec ve Grassroots Organizing
inHuaHinandBangkok,Thailand;January17-
26
Dr. Susan May F. Calumpang,scien st,Crop
Protec on Cluster (CPC); a ended ASEAN-
World Trade Organiza on Pes cide Residue
Data Genera on Project: Quality Assurance
TraininginBangkok,Thailand;January20-22
Karla Joy S. Ty, instructor, Animal and Dairy
SciencesCluster;par cipatedintheStudyVis-
itonContractFarminginThailand;January23
-30
Bong M. Salazar & Johnny F. Balidion,assis-
tant professors, CSC and CPC, respec vely;
a ended the World Cocoa Founda on/U.S
DepartmentofAgricultureCocoaBorlaugFel-
lowship Workshop in Makassar, Indonesia;
January25-31
theentranceexamina onfortheTokyoNodai
SpecialExchangeStudentstoGraduateSchool
of Tokyo University of Agriculture in Tokyo,
Japan;January28-February1
*PreparedbyIMGesmundoandErlindaA.Balot
The College of Agriculture Monthly Newsletter
is published through the Office of the Dean,
College of Agriculture, UPLB, College, Laguna
Advisers: Dean Enrico P. Supangco
Associate Dean Tonette P. Laude
Editor: Apolinario L. Lantican
Contributors: Erlinda A. Balot, Imelda M. Gesmundo
and Apolinario L. Lantican
Layout Artist: Apolinario L. Lantican