University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Economics and Management

College of Economics and Management at University of the Philippines, Los Baños
Established	1975
Type	College
Dean	Dr. Flordeliza A. Lantican
Location	Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
Website	http://www.cem.uplb.edu.ph/

The College of Economics and Management (CEM) is one of the eleven degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines at 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 three departments - the Department of Agricultural Economics, Department of Economics and Department of Agribusiness Management. 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).

1 History
2 Faculty (Selected)
3 Degree Programs
4 Notable alumni
5 References

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.

Faculty (Selected)

Jhoana Alcalde (PhD UP Diliman)
Agnes Banzon (PhD Monash University)
Amelia Bello (PhD University of Hawaii)
Jose DV. Camacho (PhD Kyoto University)
Gideon Carnaje (PhD UP Diliman)
Ma. Angeles Catelo (MA UP Diliman)
Salvador Catelo (PhD Kyoto University)
Achilles Costales (PhD UPLB)
Agham Cuevas (MA UP Diliman)
Marilyn M. Elauria (MS Purdue)
Danilo Evangelista (MS Australian National University)
Herminia Francisco (PhD UPLB)
Yolanda Garcia (PhD UPLB)
Cielito Habito (PhD Harvard; Professorial Lecturer)
Romeo Huelgas (MA UP Diliman)
Leodegario Ilag (PhD Purdue)
Flordeliza Lantican (PhD University of Colorado)
Cezar Brian Mamaril (PhD Virginia Tech)
Paciencia Manuel (PhD University of Idaho)
Camilo Opeña (PhD Ohio State University)
Isabelita Pabuayon (PhD Kansas State University)
Tirso Paris (PhD University of Michigan)
Ma. Eden Piadozo (MA UP Diliman)
Roberto Rañola (PhD University of Minnesota)
Corazon Rapera (PhD Virginia Tech)
U-Primo Rodriguez (MA Australian National University)
Roberto Ronalo (PhD, University of Minnesota)
Asa Jose Sajise (PhD University of California, Berkeley)
Reynaldo Tan (PhD University of Tsukuba)
Paul Joseph Ramirez (PhD cand., University of the Philippines (U.P.) at Diliman) - Magna Cum Laude, U.P. at Los Baños

Degree Programs

BS Agricultural Economics
Majors: Production Economics and Farm Management, Marketing and Price Analysis, Policy and Development, Natural Resource Economics, Agricultural Finance and Cooperatives
BS Economics
Majors: Development Economics, Natural Resource Economics
BS Agribusiness Management
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

Cielito Habito - former secretary of Socio-Economic Planning
Juan Miguel Zubiri - senator
Arsenio Balisacan - director of Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and professor at UP School of Economics in Diliman
Sergy Floro - expert on gender economics and professor at American University
Carlito Añonuevo - former president of Action For Economic Reforms

References

University of the Philippines Los Baños

Los Baños, Laguna

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