Official Research, Development, and Extension News Vol.4 No.

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of the University of the Philippines Los Baños August 2017 - March 2018
Visit the UPLB RDE Portal at http://ovcre.uplb.edu.ph

UPLB ILCAL holds

first committee UPLB responds to rice grain bug
workshop
by Lavinia Marie A. Manaig
infestation in Negros Occidental
by Jose Elmo H. Azores and Gideon Aries S. Burgonio
The newly constituted UPLB
Interdisciplinary Life Cycle Assessment
Laboratory (UPLB ILCAL), chaired
by Vice Chancellor for Research and
Extension, Dr. Rex B. Demafelis
conducted its first committee workshop
last 11 January 2018 at the OVCRE
Annex Building, University of the
Philippines Los Baños.

Dr. Antonio J. Alcantara, a Professorial

Lecturer of SESAM, served as the
moderator during the break-out session
wherein groups were able to identify five
major programs of the laboratory.

These programs are the following: 1)

Transforming UPLB into a Low Energy
& Carbon University (Energy Efficiency,
Waste Management, Transport,
Buildings); 2) Knowledge Management
and Technical Advisory Program;
3) Ecological Labelling Initiatives,
Establishing National Standards,
Certification and Validation; 4) National
and International Linkages; and 5)
Curricular Development Assistance.
Possible research topics under each
program were also identified and sub-
grouped based on possible project
duration such as short-term (1-2 years),
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UPLB to award
outstanding R and E
personnel and teams
by Maria Rowena Beatriz Q. Inzon
UPLB will once again give recognition
to its top researchers and extention
personnel as part of the university’s 109th
Foundation Day celebration this 06
March 2018.
From left to right: Dr. Gil L. Magsino, Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension Rex B. Demafelis, Melvin D. Ebuenga and Dr. Bonifacio F. Cayabyab surveying a rice field
in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. (Photo by JEH Azores)
UPLB visited Negros Occidental last
17-18 February 2018 to help address the
rice grain bug (Paraeucosmetus pallicornis)
infestation in the province. Led by the
National Crop Protection Center -
Quick Response Team (NCPC-QRT)
and the Office of the Vice Chancellor
for Research and Extension (OVCRE),
the UPLB team assessed the extent of the
infestation in the towns of Himamaylan,
Sipalay and Hinoba-an.
Vice Chancellor for Research and
Extension Dr. Rex B. Demafelis, NCPC
Director Dr. Gil L. Magsino, and
University Researchers Dr. Bonifacio
Cayabyab and Mr. Melvin Ebuenga met
with provincial officers and farmers from
the three towns to gather initial data
pertinent to the pest problem.
The provincial office reported cases
where loss in rice yield reached as high
as 70% in some of the infested fields.
Around 230 hectares of rice fields from
seven towns and municipalities across the
province were also reported to be infested
by the rice grain bug.
According to Dr. Cayabyab,
unsynchronized farming practiced in
the affected areas makes the control of
the rice grain bug more difficult as it can
easily move from one farm to another to
thrive.
He explained that there are various ways
to control pests. These include control
via biological, chemical, and physical
means. Biological means make use
of other insects that prey on the pest
or microorganisms that are naturally
harmful to the pest. Physical means
involve clearing of weeds where bugs
usually lay eggs.
For the current state of the rice grain bug
infestation, Dr. Cayabyab advised that
chemical means may be the best solution.
He emphasized however, that green-
labeled pesticides should be used, as they
are not as harmful to the user and the
environment. He added that botanical
pesticides can also be used and are also
available in the market.
To help the communities, Dr. Magsino
and Mr. Ebuenga also gave expert advice
on pesticide spraying techniques; proper
use and application of fertilizers; and
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For this year, six awardees will be
recognized for their exemplary
performance in research; and two other
awardees will be awarded for their
commitment to public service.
Outstanding Researchers and Research
Team
aProf. Karen P. Quilloy of the Institute
of Cooperatives and Bio-Enterprise
Development under the College of
Economics and Management will receive
the 2018 Outstanding Researcher Award
in the Junior Faculty/Social Sciences
category.
She has significant contributions in
advancing Philippine cooperatives as
effective institutional arrangements for
financial inclusion, sustainable growth,
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Philippine ethanol policy paper launched
by Regina Mae C. Ongkiko
As part of the continuing assistance
of the university in policy making,
a new policy paper titled “Ethanol
in the Philippines: Injecting Octane
in the Bioeconomy” was launched
last 30 January 2018 at the OVCRE
Annex Building, University of the
Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). The
study recommends the adoption and
implementation of an E20 policy by
2020. It tackled three policy options and
recommended E20-E as the best option.
E20-E makes use of imported ethanol to
complement local projected supply by
2020 at 20% bioethanol blending.
The authors of the policy paper are
Dr. Rex B. Demafelis, Dr. Jovita L.
Chancellor Fernando E. Sanchez Jr. with the authors of the policy paper.
(Photo by RMC Ongkiko) PAGE 2 ►
2 RDE Chronicle

7 Ms Framework for MSME development

main focus of GAME 2nd Conference
by Dinah Pura T. Depositario and Nohreen Ethel P. Manipol

Mindset, Mastery, Mentoring, Money, Money

Machines, Markets, and Models.
These are the elements of the 7 M’s
for MSME Development as presented
by Dr. Cielito F. Habito of Ateneo
de Manila University during the 2nd
Global Agribusiness Management and
Entrepreneurship (GAME) Conference
held last 26-27 October 2017.
Coincidentally, the framework can
also be used to reconcile the various
perspectives for achieving inclusive
agribusiness which emerged from the
presentations of the invited plenary
discussants of the conference.
Mindset
In relation to Mindset, Dr. William Dar,
President of InangLupa Movement, Inc.,
stressed that in order to attain inclusive
agribusiness, we have to promote
agripreneurship.
He also explained that while agripreneurs
can start with businessmen investing in
value-adding enterprises, the farmers
themselves should become agripreneurs.
Mastery and Mentoring
Dr. Richard Abendan, Research and
Industry Partnerships Manager of the
USAID- Science, Technology, Research
and Innovation for Development
(STRIDE) Program implemented by
RTI International, pointed out that the
triggering factor for achieving inclusive
agribusiness is building technological
collaborations through training programs
and innovation hubs. These could be
located near universities or industry
clusters, along with shared access
facilities and more meaningful mentoring
of start-up owners.
In conjunction with Money, Dr. Habito
justified its importance by citing that
one of the reasons why MSMEs have
not contributed enough to the country’s
GDP growth is because our country’s
MSME financing is very low compared
to other ASEAN countries.
He cited that only one out of three firms
in the country uses banks, and only one
out of 20 borrows from the latter.
Machines
On the other hand, the importance
of Machines (i.e., innovation and
technology) was echoed in the
presentation of Dr. Abendan.
He presented the success story of the
Research Triangle Park model which
epitomizes a mutually-beneficial
partnership among the academe,
industry and government and which has
resulted to the economic turnaround of
North Carolina, USA. The Seven Ms Framework from Dr. Cielito F. Habito’s Inclusive Growth and Development. He present-
ed this during the GAME Conference conducted by the Department of Agribusiness and Management,
Markets College of Economics and Management, UPLB.
infrastructure (i.e. farm-to-market roads, Under the corporative scheme, a
Meanwhile, the value of Markets for
transport, telecommunications and corporation will manage a large land
inclusive agribusiness was underlined
Internet connectivity) and lack of value “consolidation” of small farms and
in PhilFoodEx President Mr. Roberto
chain linkages. will provide regular employment and
Amores’s presentation.
dividends to participating farmers.
Models
He asserted that infrastructure could be
In summary, there could be various
the game changer for the agricultural
Lastly, in relation to Models, Dr. ways or M’s for achieving inclusive
sector and that there is the need to
Dar presented inclusive contract agribusiness as identified by the GAME
develop, especially in remote areas, post-
arrangements between various big 2017 plenary speakers. These M’s,
harvest processing facilities, irrigation
businesses and smallholder farmers they said, should not be considered as
systems, sanitary and phytosanitary
and the corporative model which is a mutually-exclusive solutions but rather as
inspection facilities, food terminals, cold
partnership model which could involve necessary and interrelated prerequisites to
storage and food processing factories.
four major players - the cooperative, achieving MSME as well as agricultural
the corporation, the academe, and the development and consequently, inclusive
Dr. Habito likewise assessed that the
market. agribusiness. ■
country has a poor market

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UPLB ILCAL holds first committee... Philippine Ethanol policy paper...

medium-term (3-5 years) and long-term
(6-9 years). The outputs of the said
workshop served as the primary inputs
for the crafting of the program of action
of the committee which was submitted
to the Office of the Chancellor last 31
January 2018.
The LCA laboratory, was instituted
through Chancellor’s AO No. 246 s.
2017 and is mandated to pursue a more
holistic inter- and transdisciplinary
research, development, and extension
(RDE) programs on establishing CO2
emission and sequestration factors
and other studies related to Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA).
Specifically, one of its primary functions
is to spearhead in consolidating,
coordinating, and implementing
initiatives to support the University’s
other interdisciplinary research centers
while working towards climate change
mitigation and attaining low carbon
university status for UPLB.
The UPLB ILCAL is composed of
selected faculty and REPS from
different colleges and units such as
College of Agriculture and Food Science
(CAFS), College of Arts and Sciences
(CAS), College of Development
Communication (CDC), College
of Engineering and Agro-industrial
Technology (CEAT), College of Forestry
and Natural Resources (CFNR), College
of Human Ecology (CHE), College
of Public Affairs and Development
(CPAf ), School of Environmental
Science and Management (SESAM),
Center for Technology Transfer and
Entrepreneurship (CTTE) and the Office
of the Vice Chancellor of Research and
Extension (OVCRE). ■
Movillon, Canesio D. Predo, Bernadette
Tongko-Magadia, and Anna Elaine D.
Matanguihan from the Department
of Chemical Engineering, College
of Engineering and Agro-industrial
Technology; and Mike Darby from Mike
Darby International.
The policy paper also identified the
challenges for the Philippines as it
moves to E20 by 2020, which includes
insufficient feedstock availability,
constraints in the implementation
structure of the Philippine ethanol
industry, constraints on land availability
for bioethanol feedstock production,
policy restrictions, and infrastructure and
storage issues.
During the launch, Mr. Tim Tierney,
Director of Strategic Marketing/Ethanol-
-North Asia of the US Grains Council,
gave a statement of support to the
study. There were also representatives
from partners and collaborators in the
private industry as well as government
agencies, such as the Department of
Energy (DOE), Sugar Regulatory
Administration (SRA), Department
of Science and Technology (DOST),
Ethanol Producers Association of the
Philippines (EPAP), and Roxas Holdings,
Inc. UPLB Chancellor Fernando E.
Sanchez Jr. also graced the event and
gave the welcome remarks.
In 2006, Republic Act No. 9367, also
known as the “Biofuels Act of 2006”
was implemented to promote energy
self-sufficiency, mitigate climate change,
and enchance economic development
especially in rural areas of the
Philippines. In 2009, a 5% bioethanol
blending mandate, called E5, was
initiated. This was increased to 10%
(E10) in 2012. ■

Academe-industry collab in spotlight during
CTTE Tech Transfer Day
During the Technology Transfer Day, eleven technologies were subjected to the fast-tracked issuance of Fairness Opinion Report (FOR). Researchers with
Invention Disclosure Incentives and those who had their technologies protected through the Intellectual Property Office were also recognized. (Photo by LN
Garcia)
The Technology Transfer Day (TTD),
organized by the Center for Technology
Transfer and Entrepreneurship (CTTE),
and held last 17-18 October 2017,
showcased the potential value of building
relationships with the private sector
in transferring technology-generating
research from inside the university’s walls
to the public.
The event, which was part of CTTE’s
10th anniversary was filled with activities
participated in by UPLB researchers,
research associates, technology transfer
officers (TTOs) from the UP System,
UP Diliman, and UP Mindanao, as
well as agricultural industry players, and
potential investors.
The event aimed to provide a venue
for UPLB researchers and inventors
to develop a better understanding and
appreciation of intellectual property
(IP) protection and commercialization
process. It also aimed to conduct a fast-
tracked issuance of Fairness Opinion
Report (FOR) by the Fairness Opinion
Board and to develop more collaboration
with the private sector.
Play and learn with Patent-Tero
A gamified and participatory activity on
IP management, aptly called “Patent-
Tero,” kickstarted the Tech Transfer
Senior citizens attend
mixed-media art workshop
by Jesus Freddy M. Baldos
Thirty senior citizens from Bay and Los
Baños, Laguna unleashed their hidden
artistic talents during the “Training-
workshop on Mixed-Media Arts” held at
the Learning Resource Center located at
the Student Union Building in UP Los
Baños last 18 November 2017.
The College of Public Affairs and
Development CED 242 (Adult
Education) class, under the supervision
and guidance of Dr. Rowena DT.
Baconguis, spearheaded the activity. Prior
to the implementation of the training
by Ana Margarita S. Palma
Day. Deviating from the usual lecture
type of trainings, CTTE, together with
play company BalaiWari Immersive
and Gamified Experiences, created a
team game that simulates the processes
involved in IP management.
The participants assumed the role of
TTOs as they navigated their way
through all stages until they reach their
goal -- to commercialize one technology
generated from R&D efforts. Meanwhile,
the CTTE staff played various roles,
such as seasoned TTOs, researchers,
the Chancellor, and IP office personnel,
among others. The game is divided into
stages, which are essentially based on
the technology transfer framework that
CTTE abides by.
UPLB researchers and staff from
Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB),
National Institute of Microbiology and
Biotechnology (BIOTECH), Institute of
Chemistry (IC), College of Development
and Communication, and Philippine
Rice Research Institute (PhilRice),
among others, participated in the event.
The TTOs in the event also joined in
the fun. Despite the technical nature of
the topic, the participants were engaged
in the gamified tasks and gave positive
feedback on the workshop’s format.
workshop, the class conducted an
interest survey to determine the choice
of training program preferred by the
intended participants.
The half-day art activity themed “Leisure
and Lifestyle” aimed to explore some
venues for senior citizens’ involvement
in the socio-cultural education and
development activities in the community.
The training-workshop on arts and crafts,
enhanced the participants’ specific skills
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August 2017 - March 2018
The afternoon session was set aside for
a discussion on IP rights and protection
and a workshop on Prior Art Search.
Atty. Bayani B. Loste, a patent agent
from Fortun, Narvasa, and Salazar Law
Office gave an overview on IP rights,
with emphasis on patent.
It was followed by a discussion and
workshop on Prior Art Search by
Mr. Cedric Ben Gayares, who is the
Invention Patent and Technology
Management Officer from the UP
Technology Transfer and Business
Development Office. Invention
Disclosures Incentive was also briefly
touched on.
Expediting the commercialization
process
On the second day, 11 technologies,
namely, Rennet, Nitroplus,
Nanofertilizer, Trichoderma, Mykoplus,
Acticon, Nutrio, Mykovam, and Hiyas,
Liyag, Timyas (HLT) hybrid papayas,
were subjected to the fast-tracked
issuance of FOR. All technologies were
granted with fair reports.
These technologies were funded
by DOST-Philippine Council for
Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural
Resources Research and Development
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There were thirty senior citizens who gathered at the Stuent Union Building to study arts and crafts.
(Photo by BM Remoquillo)
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Pahinungod Director
Glenn S. Lubuguin
is new AVCRE
by Ailene M. Florece
(Photo by LN Garcia)
The current Director of the UPLB
Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Glenn S.
Lubuguin is the new Assistant to the
Vice Chancellor for Research and
Extension (AVCRE) starting the second
term of Chancellor Fernando C. Sanchez
Jr.’s administration.
Succeeding Dr. Susan May F. Calumpang
of CAFS-NCPC, he will assist
incumbent Vice Chancellor Rex B.
Demafelis in overseeing the OVCRE
functions, especially on REPS sector
welfare matters.
Lubuguin has served as REPS under
Pahinungod since 2010 before becoming
the director in 2016. He was previously
a faculty member under the Department
of Humanities-CAS from 1997 to 2010,
handling general and major courses for
the BA Communication Arts liberal
arts program. He finished his bachelor’s
and master’s degree in Communication
Arts at UPLB and is currently pursuing
a doctorate degree in Development
Communication at the university.
As Pahinungod Director, he maintains
that UPLB has been doing a lot of public
service for the country, but most are
uninstitutionalized and undocumented.
As AVCRE, he hopes to strengthen the
extension and public service function
that are now emphasized in the New UP
Charter. ■
4 RDE Chronicle
UPLB agri techs featured in exhibits, trade fairs
University of the Philippines Los Baños
(UPLB) technologies generated from
research and development (R&D) efforts
in agriculture were displayed in a number
of exhibits and trade fairs from July to
December last 2017.
From 11-15 July 2017, UPLB displayed
IPB Var 6, corn grits, and seeds from
the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB)
and biofertilizers from the National
of Institute of Microbiology and
Biotechnology (BIOTECH) during the
annual National Science and Technology
Week (NSTW) organized by the
Department of Science and Technology
(DOST) at the World Trade Center in
Pasay City carrying the theme, “Science
for the People.”
This was followed by another exhibit
during the science festival, SyenSaya
2017, which caters to elementary and
high school students in Laguna and other
nearby provinces. The Los Baños Science
Community Foundation, Inc. (LBSCFI),
with the participation of UPLB and local
government units (LGUs), organizes it
annually.
Unlike the previous years, the UPLB
exhibitors in SyenSaya 2017 were
clustered based on themes: urban,
agriculture, marine, and environment.
The themes became the basis of the
booth’s design, S&T outputs and
services displayed, and interactive games
conducted.
UPLB led the agriculture cluster and
came up with a bahay-kubo set up
using the Institute of Crop Science’s
edible landscaping technology. Products
from UPLB units, DOST - Philippine
Council for Agriculture, Aquatic
and Natural Resources Research and
Development (PCAARRD), PhilRice,
International Rice Research Institute
(IRRI), Southeast Asian Regional Center
for Graduate Study and Research in
College of Veterinary Medicine holds
spay and neuter campaign
The spay and neuter campaign of the College of Veterinary Medicine is an annual program that high-
lights responsible pet ownership. (Photo by FP Micosa)
by Ana Margarita S. Palma
Agriculture (SEARCA), and Bureau of
Plant Industry (BPI) Los Baños were
integrated in the design. Concurrent
with SyenSaya is the celebration of the
Regional Science and Technology Week
(RSTW) of DOST CALABARZON.
Both events were united under one
theme “Science for the People: S&T in
Harmony with Biodiversity.” The event
was held from 2-4 August at the E. B.
Copeland Gymnasium, UPLB.
UPLB also participated in the
Department of Agriculture - Bureau of
Agricultural Research (DA-BAR) 13th
Agriculture and Fisheries Technology
Forum and Product Exhibition held
last 8-10 August at the BAR Grounds
in Diliman, Quezon City. The exhibit’s
highlight is the role of technology
transfer in making R&D output
accessible to the public.
Meanwhile, agriculture products and
technologies for urban living were the
focus of Manila Bulletin Agriculture
Magazine’s “Urban Agri 2017” UPLB
exhibit held last 23-24 September at the
SM Mall of Asia. SNAP hydroponics
developer Mr. Primitivo Jose A. Santos,
by Junelle L. Paller
SyenSaya 2017 grouped the members of the science community into clusters. UPLB headed the
Agriculture Cluster and integrated research and technologies by PCAARRD, PhilRice, IRRI, SEARCA,
and BPI. (Photos by LN Garcia)
IPB Var 6 developer Dr. Artemio M.
Salazar, Mr. Romualdo P. Yecyec of
BIOTECH, and cheese making expert
Prof. Olivia C. Emata were invited for
demonstrations and workshops.
From 6-9 November, the 1st National
Coffee Congress was organized by the
Cavite State University to bring together
key players in the local coffee industry.
UPLB displayed two BIOTECH
products - Mykovam and Biogroe during
the exhibit. Also in November, the
An extension program formally
recognized by the university, the
Annual Spay and Neuter Campaign
was held at the Veterinary Teaching
Hospital (VTH)-Diliman Station last 16
September 2017 and VTH-Los Baños
Station last 23 September 2017.
This annual event has drawn not just the
faculty, staff, and students of the College
of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) but also
clients, alumni, and friends from the
animal and animal healthcare industry.
The campaign highlighted responsible
pet ownership, which was already
manifested by clients who brought in
their pets for the spaying and neutering
procedures.
This year’s edition presented something
new which was a number of informative
presentations on different pet health
College of Human Ecology organized
the 22nd Society for Human Ecology
International Conference, which gave
opportunity for UPLB products such as
seeds, corn grits, and biofertilizers to be
displayed and sold.
Mobilization of UPLB exhibits is
handled by the Center for Technology
Transfer and Entrepreneurship (CTTE)
with the help of its mother unit, the
Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Research and Extension (OVCRE). ■
topics by various partner-representatives
as pet owners patiently waited for their
cats and dogs. These activities were held
to help clients give the finest care to their
furbabies.
The event was also made more special
by the formal opening of the VTH-LB
Small Animal Section’s newly renovated
reception area and records room.
CVM expressed its appreciation to
the 148 volunteers and 27 partner-
representatives for joining the campaigns
held in Los Baños and Diliman to service
84 dogs and cats.
On its 9th year of implementation,
the annual spay and neuter campaign
continues to enhance its program to
ensure that the best possible service will
be given to pets and their owners. ■

UPLB, UP Alumni, BU, NGO,
& LGUs team up for Mayon
eruption response operations
by Jose Elmo H. Azores
Maria Ahrdail G. Baldo, Municipal Mayor of Camalig, Albay orients the UPLB team on the current state
of the municipality at that time. (Photo by JEH Azores)
UPLB, in cooperation with the Albay
Local Climate Change Adaptation for
Development (LCCAD-Albay), UP
Alumni Association-Mayon (UPAA-
Mayon), Bicol University, and LGUs
of Camalig, Guinobatan, and Ligao
conducted on-ground community
appraisals in several evacuation sites in
Albay last 10-11 February 2018.
UPLB was represented by a team
composed of faculty and REPS from
the Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Research and Extension (OVCRE),
College of Agriculture and Food
Sciences (CAFS), College of Veterinary
Medicine (CVM), and the Ugnayan ng
Pahinungod.
The team met with representatives of the
partner agencies and conducted needs
assessment in selected evacuation sites set
up by the government to receive evacuees
from areas under calamitious conditions
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UPLB responds to...
identification of common plant diseases.
Specimens were also collected for further
examination at the NCPC.
Speaking on behalf of UPLB Chancellor
Fernando C. Sanchez Jr., Vice Chancellor
Demafelis expressed urgency for UPLB
to engage into collaborative work with
the local and provincial governments to
provide technical advice on agriculture
and other related disciplines especially
on issues that pose a threat to the
nation’s food security. Recently, UPLB
has strategically set food security as its
priority area for instruction, research,
and public service initiatives.
The NCPC-QRT has been instrumental
in helping farmers from different
regions in the country solve various
pest infestations. Some of the pests
addressed by the team include the onion
armyworm (Spodoptera exigua), corn
planthopper (Peregrinus maidis), coconut
scale insect (Aspidiotus rigidus), and
lanzones scale insect (Unaspis mabilis Lit
and Barbecho). The team will receive
this year’s UPLB Outstanding Extension
Program Award. ■
due to the eruption of Mayon Volcano.
The team also assisted in distribution
of relief goods in Tabaco North Central
School.
The eruption was reported to have
caused agricultural loss in about PhP
6 million on crops. Furthermore,
reports also showed that nine towns and
municipalities were affected and about
17,346 families have been evacuated and
were affected by the calamity.
UPLB will finalize a program of action
based on the recommendations of the
team. Tentatively, immediate action
will be plotted around relief operations
specifically because of the urgent need
for animal food supplements, sleeping
mats and seed donations, grassroots post-
disaster livestock management seminars
and protective culture for high value
crops. ■
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Academe-industry collab in spotlight...
(PCAARRD), Philippine Council
for Industry, Energy and Emerging
Technology Research and Development
(PCIEERD), and Department of
Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural
Research (DA-BAR).
The FOR is a decision released by FOB,
which is composed of members from
public and private sectors. The DOST -
Technology Application and Promotion
Institute (TAPI) acts as Secretariat and
oversees the whole process.
During the meeting, the FOB decided
whether the transaction between the
licensee and licensor is fair. It is required
before a state-funded technology is
commercialized as per the provisions
under the Philippine Technology Transfer
Act of 2009.
It usually takes more than six months
before a decision is reached, but CTTE
successfully reduced this to one day by
conducting the fast-tracked issuance of
FOR during the event.
In fact, weeks before the TTD,
the Center subjected four UPLB
technologies to a full-blown method,
August 2017 - March 2018
New UPLB Studies Center sets
RDE agenda for water security
by Jessa O. Aquino and Catherine B. Gigantone
CAS Dean Felino P. Lansigan was the moderator during the discussion for the long-term, medium-
term, and short-term plans for the center. (Photo by MRBQ Inzon)
In response to the challenges of
national water security, UPLB formally
established the UPLB Interdisciplinary
Studies Center for Water (ISCW) as part
of its interdisciplinary research thrust.
Spearheaded by Dr. Patricia Ann J.
Sanchez and Dr. Rex B. Demafelis
as Chair and Co-chair, the ISCW is
composed of an interdisciplinary team of
experts from the different colleges of the
University. To formulate its RDE agenda
on water security, the center held a 2-day
planning workshop dubbed Pag-agos last
4-5 January 2018 at the Obdulia F. Sison
Hall.
The first day of the workshop focused
on the Center’s Vision, Mission, Goals
(VMG), Center structure and functions;
and thematic research areas. A two-year
detailed plan was formulated on the
second day.
Because water is a central resource for
sustainable development, well-balanced
ecosystems, energy and food production,
and human survival, the ISCW aims to
which follows the usual six-month
period. The FOB granted fair report
to the four technologies, namely, Sinta
Papaya, Pectin, Nanocoat, and Nano-
PGR. Before this process takes place,
an industry player must enter into
negotiations to manufacture, distribute,
or partner with UPLB.
The industry players who participated in
the deliberation were AllTrade Marketing
& Manufacturing, AustPhil, Biospark,
Kara’s Angel Trading, and East-West Seed
Company. However, inventors can enter
into a spin-off agreement to establish
their own company, like what happened
to the licensing of Mykoplus, Nutrio,
Acticon, Pectin, and Nanocoat.
Strengthening academe-industry
linkages
Simultaneous with the FOB deliberation,
a program was held to recognize UPLB
researchers who have been awarded
with Invention Disclosure Incentives
and those who had their technologies
protected through the Intellectual
Property Office of the Philippines.
Among the awardees are researchers
from IC, BIOTECH, IPB, and College
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provide solutions to the challenges faced
by stakeholders including lack of holistic
and comprehensive water resource
planning, effective water allocation and
reuse policies, insufficient water facilities
and technologies, and weak enabling
policies on water technology and
management, among others.
The ISCW seeks to generate science-
based information for efficient, equitable
and sustainable management of water
resources. Its goal is to sustainably
manage water resources for national
development through interdisciplinary
research, responsive policy, partnership
and capacity-building.
The creation of UPLB’s Water Center
is expected to strengthen collaborations
with different water-related agencies in
addressing water governance, watershed
management, smart agriculture, and
technology research and development,
and assist the stakeholders plan water
security in the country in the context of
climate change and globalization. ■
of Engineering and Agro-Industrial
Technology (CEAT).
Vice Chancellor for Research and
Extension Dr. Rex B. Demafelis opened
the event. Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs Dr. Portia G. Lapitan delivered
the welcome remarks on behalf of
Chancellor Fernando C. Sanchez Jr. It
was followed by a keynote speech by UP
TTBDO consultant and Balik-Scientist
awardee Dr. Gonzalo “Al” L. Serafica.
He shared how he established Xylos
Corporation and gave tips on how
UPLB technologies can be successfully
commercialized.
CTTE Director Glenn N. Baticados
closed the program by emphasizing
the importance of strengthening the
relationship between the academe and
the private sector in commercializing
UPLB technologies.
Before the event was formally ended,
Atty. Marion Ivy D. Decena, chief of
the Invention Development Division of
TAPI announced the approval of all 11
technologies that were subjected to FOB.
■
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UPLB tech transfer office makes DTRI acquires new dairy

headway in IP management processing plant equipment
by Ana Margarita S. Palma
by Angelo M. Tapia and Myrna S. Galang

The Center for Technology Transfer
and Entrepreneurship (CTTE) made
headway in 2017 in its efforts to
promote, protect, and commercialize
technologies generated from
government-funded research in the
University of the Philippines Los Baños
(UPLB).
First off, more than 400 students and
employees were oriented on the UP
Revised Intellectual Property Rights
(IPR) Policy and Intellectual Property
(IP) Protection Guidelines and
Technology Commercialization.
projects funded by the said agency
from 2010-2015. After auditing, a
total of 141 research were identified as
information-generating technologies,
while 71 research were determined to
have IP potential and will be filed with
appropriate protection.
Seven technologies are targeted to be
commercialized within the two-year
period of the project. Three out of the
seven technologies have been subjected
to the Fairness Opinion Board (FOB)
last year; the last four are set to be
commercialized this year.

From 39 research projects disclosed in Meanwhile, the PCIEERD-funded

2016, CTTE has received a total of 255 project titled “Commercial Evaluation
Invention Disclosures (ID) in 2017, and Product Design of Eight
which mostly came from the College of Nanotechnology Projects of UPLB”
Agriculture and Food Sciences (CAFS), determined eight nanotechnologies
College of Economic and Management which must have market validation
(CEM), and the National Institute reports, business plans, process designs,
of Microbiology and Biotechnology and technology valuation reports.
(BIOTECH). Fourteen patent
applications, two trademark applications, Twenty-three more technologies
one copyright application, and one conducted from 2013-2016 by
industrial design application have also UPLB were also audited in 2017.
been filed at the Intellectual Property of Two (Nanocoat and Pectin) out of
the Philippines (IPOPHL). the eight nanotechnologies have been
commercialized last year.
The office is also managing two The Dairy Training and Research Institute (DTRI) has acquired new equipment in 2017 as part of
projects funded by Philippine Council CTTE is currently led by its director, its ongoing plans to upgrade its dairy facilities. The DTRI now has a 500-liter per hour processing
for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural aProf. Glenn N. Baticados. It is divided capacity. (Photo by DE Paner)
Resources Research and Development into three offices: Intellectual Property
(PCAARRD) and Philippine Council Rights Office, Science and Technology Chancellor Fernando C. Sanchez Jr. maximum working pressure of 175 bar.
for Industry, Energy and Emerging Park/Technology Business Incubation approved the release of funds for the The cream separator is a centrifuge type
Technology Research and Development (STP/TBI), and APEC Center for acquisition of a pasteurizer, homogenizer, solid-retaining model with a skimming
(PCIEERD). Technology Exchange and Training and cream separator for the Dairy capacity of 0.05% fat residual in
for Small and Medium Enterprises Training and Research Institute’s (DTRI) skimmilk.
The PCAARRD project aims to protect (ACTETSME). ■ dairy processing plant last August 2017.
and commercialize 212 research With these equipment now installed, the
The pasteurizer is equipped with a DTRI dairy processing plant now has
multi-section plate-type heat exchanger a 500-liter per hour capacity that can
with hygienic stainless steel flow plate be used for research and provide better
The Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center (AMTEC), College capable of heating milk up to 90oC. The quality dairy products to consumers. ■
of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology, UPLB homogenizer unit is designed with a two-
co-hosted the 4th Annual Meeting of the Asian and Pacific Network for stage homogenizing arrangement with a
Testing of Agricultural Machinery (ANTAM) last 22-24 November 2017.
The ANTAM was organized by the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural ►
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Mechanization (CSAM) which is a regional institution of the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The
Senior citizens intelligence, and inquiry-based learning.
After the workshops, participants
Philippines was elected ANTAM Chair for 2018, represented by Dr. Aurelio A. attend... presented their outputs and gave self-
Delos Reyes Jr., AMTEC Director. ■ (Aurielio A. Delos Reyes)
critique of their works. They also
IN OTHER NEWS

for lifelong learning. It also enabled the
participants to explain the processes on
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension (OVCRE) how to create artworks, apply specific
held its 13th Orientation Seminar on R&D Project Implementation and skills in arts and crafts, produce artworks
Management last 5-6 February 2018 wherein thirty new and young as their outputs, and critique them.
proponents of the UPLB Basic Research Program participated. The new
project leaders were oriented on the R&D overview: project implementation, The activity kicked off with a welcome
ethics in research, writing publishable articles, tips on oral presentation, message from Barangay Chairman
infographics and intellectual property rights. The orientation was organized by Janos S. Lapiz of Batong Malake. Mr.
the Project Development, Monitoring and Evaluation Section of OVCRE. ■ Florentino O. Montemayor, president
(Lolita B. Pua) of the Los Baños Federation of Senior
Citizens, also thanked the CED 242
students for organizing the activity.
Afterwards, the participants shared their
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension is continuously expectations from the activity.
accepting unpublished papers for the OVCRE Publication Grant Program
(Pub Grant). The Pub Grant is open to all UPLB personnel with unpublished The lectures and workshops were
thesis and dissertations and research results from completed projects. The delivered and facilitated by the CED
program covers writing and editorial services, journal matching service, and 242 students while resource persons
Publication Fee Assistance. introduced the different modules of the
training-workshop using the different
More information on the grant is available from the UPLB RDE Portal at teaching and learning approaches
http://ovcre.uplb.edu.ph/pubgrant. such as experiential learning, multiple
gave their feedback by answering the
evaluation form distributed to them.
One of the participants, Mrs. Jasmin
J. Acain, shared that she did not regret
attending the training-workshop for
she learned many things. “I found
the activities interesting and not
boring because our hands and minds
synchronically worked and came up
with such a very beautiful output,”
Acain added.
The participants did not go home empty-
handed. Aside from their certificates of
participation, all of them received prizes
during the raffle draw. Mr. Wiwino
Tordesillas won the grand prize from Mr.
Jude Nonie A. Sales, CED 242 student.
It was an 18x24-inch acrylic painting on
canvas of the UPLB Fertility Tree, which
is worth PhP 9,800.00. ■

Local farmers benefit from small ruminant
health outreach program
Sixteen farmers with their 91 goats from
three Los Baños barangays benefitted
from the Kambing at Tupa: Libreng
Check-up at Purga Laban sa Anemia last
August to December 2017.
The Kambing at Tupa Extension (K-aTE)
program is a new outreach activity led by
a team from the Veterinary Teaching
Hospital (VTH) and the Department
of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (DVCS)
of the College of Veterinary Medicine
(CVM).
The activity aimed to generate local
data about small ruminants raised in
selected Los Baños (LB) communities;
to provide extension services in the
form of free check-up, basic laboratory
testing, deworming, and vitamin-mineral
supplementation of small ruminants; to
train the veterinary student clinicians
in developing the clinical eye for small
ruminant conditions; and to promote
and offer the services of the VTH-LB
Farm Animal Section to the community.
The Los Baños Mayor’s Office, through
the Municipal Agriculturists’ Office,
supported the activity and helped to
mobilize the barangays and backyard
small ruminant farmers. Majority of
small ruminants raised by LB farmers are
goats solely raised for meat consumption.
The K-aTE program is also supported
by the college’s faculty and students.
Throughout the first semester of AY
2017-2018, various events were planned
and executed, taking into consideration
the class schedules of student clinicians
and CVM faculty members.
The student clinicians, working as part
of their Veterinary Clinics 171 and 175
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UPLB to award outstanding R and E...
and poverty reduction, as well as for her
work in enhancing S & T interventions
to promote agricultural development.
Meanwhile, aProf. Jason R. Albia of
the Institute of Mathematical Sciences
and Physics under the College of
Arts and Sciences will be awarded the
Outstanding Researcher in the Junior
Faculty/Natural Sciences category. His
pioneering work on kinetic Monte
Carlo (KMC) simulations, and Density
Functional Theory (DFT) investigations
of materials processes, which can be used
to design and innovate materials for
electronic and energy applications, are
deserving to be recognized.
Likewise, Mr. Eldrin DLR. Arguelles,
University Researcher I at the National
Institute of Molecular Biology and
Biotechnology, is the winner of the
2018 Outstanding Researcher Award
in the Junior REPS/Natural Science
category for his work in the isolation
and characterization of microalgae
strains with antibacterial activity and
by Marianne Leila S. Flores
The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) implemented the K-aTE program to gather data on small
ruminants in selected communities in Los Baños. (Photo by RJT Ducusin)
classes, were able to create information-
education-communication (IEC)
materials such as a video, sets of flyers,
forms, signages, and slide presentations
for the extension program.
The project also involved activities like
the orientation for and registration
of goat farmers as well as ear tagging,
administration of multi-vitamins
and dewormers, blood and fecal
examinations, and check-up for their
animals.
Based on the physical examination
and laboratory tests conducted for
these goats, most are positive for
gastrointestinal (GI) parasites and only
10% were considered healthy. The body
Desmodesmus sp., an oleaginous strain
of microalgae that can be used for high
quality biodiesel production.
In the Senior faculty category, Dr.
Antonio G. Lalusin, Associate Professor
5 at the Institute of Crop Science of
the College of Agriculture and Food
Science, will be awarded the 2018
Outstanding Researcher in the Natural
Sciences category for his breakthrough
research in the development of the first
conventionally-bred, high fiber quality
abaca hybrids resistant to the abaca
bunchy top virus (ABTV). He also has
research on many of UPLB’s NSIC-
recommended varieties of sweet potato
and cassava.
Dr. Dinah Pura T. Depositario, Professor
1 at the Department of Agribusiness
Management and Entrepreneurship
of the College of Economics and
Management, will receive the 2018
Outstanding Researcher in the Social
Sciences for her significant contribution
in the field of entrepreneurship, as well as
August 2017 - March 2018
conditions of most of these animals are
not optimal. Truly, there is a need for
veterinary services particularly constant
monitoring and client education on
proper goat raising to maximize the
farmers’ economic gain.
Because of the success, future plans
for this extension program to be
institutionalized are underway.
CVM believes that the continuance
of a program of this nature will give
university students and faculty the
opportunities to better serve the often
forgotten backyard raisers and their small
ruminant animals such as goats and
sheep. ■
in the advancement of the use of business
management research methodologies
combined with economic techniques in
addressing critical issues in agriculture
and S & T.
As for the group award, the Fruit
and Shoot Borer Resistant Eggplant
Research Team of the Institute of Plant
Breeding of the College of Agriculture
and Food Science bagged the 2018
Outstanding Research Team Award for
its research in the application of genetic
engineering technology in eggplant to
address resistance to the insect pest fruit
and shoot borer, which significantly
reduced application of insecticides and
concomitantly improved environmental
quality and health of farmers and
consumers.
Outstanding Extension Personnel and
Extension Team
For his various public service
initiatives, aProf. Glenn N. Baticados,
of the Department of Agribusiness
7
UPLB Laguna-
Quezon Land Grant
celebrates 88th
Foundation Day
by Ailene M. Florece
The UPLB Laguna-Quezon Land Grant
(LQLG) celebrated its 88th Foundation
Day last 8 February 2018 at the LQLG
Field Station, Siniloan, Laguna. The
LQLG team, headed by UPLB Land
Grant Management Office (LGMO)
Director Virgilio T. Villancio, organized
a half day program to commemorate the
event.
UP President Danilo L. Concepcion
and Vice President for Development
Elvira A. Zamora graced the celebration.
In his message, President Concepcion
emphasized the importance of the LQLG
and other land grants of UP as a research
and experimental laboratory for UP
faculty and students.
The event also marked the launching of
the #Greening4SierraMadre campaign
or the Mobilization for Biodiversity
Restoration in the Sierra Madre Program.
It aims to create and instill awareness
on the importance of rehabilitating,
restoring, protecting and conserving the
Sierra Madre Mountain Range.
The LQLG is a 5,729-hectares of land
granted to UP through Republic Act No.
3608 in 8 February 1930, located in the
towns of Real, Quezon and Siniloan,
Laguna. It covers portions of the Sierra
Madre mountain ranges and is managed
by UPLB LGMO.
Also in attendance were UPLB
Vice Chancellor for Planning and
Development Marish Madlangbayan,
other UPLB officials, and representatives
from the local government unit of
Siniloan and the AFP. ■
Management and Entrepreneurship
of the College of Economics and
Management, will receive the 2018
Outstanding Extension Personnel
Award for mentoring MSMEs, farming
communities, and students.
He has also shown strong commitment
in serving as a faculty member and
administrator, as well as for serving as
director of the CTTE and achieving
outstanding results while building
nurturing relationships inside and
outside the university.
Lastly, the National Crop Protection
Center – Quick Response Team of
the College of Agriculture and Food
Science will be awarded the 2018
Outstanding Extension Program/Team
Award for providing stakeholders with
the appropriate science and technology
for application and capacity building by
responding to the challenges and threats
posed, not only by persistent, but also
by new and emerging crop pests in the
country. ■
8 RDE Chronicle
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of two organisms of different breeds,
varieties or species
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agricultural setting to produce labor and
other commodities
7. mammals that are able to acquire
nutrients from plant-based food by
fermenting it in a specialized stomach
prior to digestion
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blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood
12. C2H5OH
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alcohol producing fatty acid esters
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invertebrates, particularly insects which
undergo es gradual metamorpho sis
19. Life Cycle Assessment
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