Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Volume 7
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verything we do in UPLB is
public service." These words,
by former UPLB Chancellor
and UP President Dr. Emil Q. Javier,
during Part 2 of the 1st UPLB Public
Service Forum, encapsulate what public
service is in UPLB.
With the call of the UP System
administration to intensify the
university's public service function,
the Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Research and Extension (OVCRE)
conducted a two-part public service
forum. It aimed to define and create
the framework of UPLB's extension
and public service.
As a constituent of the national
university, UPLB is mandated through
Republic Act 9500 to "lead as a public
service university by providing various
forms of community, public, and
volunteer service.
This may not seem new, considering
that 107 years ago, UPLBthen
the UP College of Agriculture
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UPLB Public Service... continued.
contact with individual farmers,
extension programs now involve other
market actors and partners, such as
government agencies and the private
sectors. This evolution, he said,
furthers the need to improve UPLB's
extension delivery systems at the
individual, organizational, and systemwide level.
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DR. SUPANGCO
DR. CUYNO
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Experts were invited
to the first and second
part of the 1st UPLB
Public Service Forum
to discuss UPLB's
brand of public service
in the context of
extension initiatives.
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The OVCRE Information Officers Network with Chad Roble from OPR
(middle, front row), the resource person for Basic Photography. The ION is
composed of OVCRE staff and representatives from each supervised unit.
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THE CEREALS SECTION of CA's Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) received the award
as the Outstanding Extension Team. The team was recognized for the high-quality,
affordable and nutritious corn cultivars that they provide to Filiipino farmers.
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According to a BS Agriculture
freshman, UPLB research is a way
to improvement. It is the method of
looking for problems and finding their
solutions."
"UPLB research is worldwide. It is not
bound by the walls of the university;
the world is UPLBs laboratory, a BS
Development Communication student
contributed. Another student shared
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Rex B. Demafelis:
The new Vice Chancellor
for Research and Extension
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VICE CHANCELLOR REX B. DEMAFELIS discussing issues with Dr. Rogelio V. Cuyno, former
Director of Extension, and Dr. Emil Q. Javier, former UPLB Chancellor and UP President, during the 1st
UPLB Public Service Forum Part 2.
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Leaf insect from Northern Luzon
Cave tarantula
From the dark caves of Polillo Island
in Quezon, MNH curators for spiders
Aimee Lynn Barrion-Dupo and Alberto
Barrion along with their former student
Joseph Rasalan discovered a new
species of tarantula spider which was
named Phlogiellus kwebaburdeosa
name coined after the species habitat
(a cave or kweba) and the locality of the
cave (Burdeos, Polillo Island).
In an expedition by herpetologists
Rafe M. Brown and Arvin Diesmos,
a female individual of a leaf insect
was chanced upon and donated to the
MNH. Further examination revealed
that it is actually a new species awaiting
discovery. Luckily, through the help of
all-around technician Roseller Duque,
MNH was able to rear the insect
in the laboratory and increased the
number of specimens. The species is
formally named by former director Dr.
made by the late Prof. Luisito S. Cuy
from 1980 to 1981. The present study
reported 10 species of bat flies. One
of these is new for Luzon and five
were found on bats other than those
previously known to serve as hosts.
Alvarez is quick to point out that
the presence of bat flies in a certain
locality may play a role in the future
management of diseases that can
be passed from animals to humans.
Prof. Phillip Alviola, MNH Curator
for Small Non-volant Mammals,
The CALABARZON region was
recently threatened by the outbreak
of coconut scale insects which
infested millions of coconut trees,
hampering the coconut industry.
While surveying and identifying the
scale insects that plagued coconut and
other economically important crops,
MNH curator Dr. Ireneo Lit, Jr. with
his apprentice Normandy Barbecho
discovered that the scale insect that
targets lanzones is actually a new
species. They named the insect Unaspis
This species exhibits an unusual
habit of being a cave-dweller, not
typical of its cousins which inhabit
just the forest floor, Barrion-Dupo
said. She further expressed the need to
study the true nature of this tarantula
which should also encourage the strict
implementation of the Philippine
Cave Law to protect the caves and cave
resources in Polillo. (Florante A. Cruz
and James DV. Alvarez)
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Bugkalot Women:
Rice Keepers of
the Sierra Madre
Project Title: Integrating the Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture into Decentralized Landscape Management for Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation in Critical Eco-Regions in the Philippines
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We found out that Bugkalot men
have become so used to carrying heavy
weights that they have become less
sensitive to small variations in their
load, Altoveros explained.
Bugkalot women also monitor the rice
stocks held in storage. While they must
ensure that the household has food
every day, women are responsible in
making sure that seeds are available for
the next planting.
Participants of the Conservation Field School in Barangay Wasid, Nagtipunan, Quirino pose in front with the Bugkalot seed storage structure called
agang under construction with Nagtipunan Municipal Agriculture Officer Hedie Arsenia Marquez (second from right, standing), MAO staff, barangay
officials and member of the project team - project leader Nestor C. Altoveros (extreme L, standing), co-project leader Teresita H. Borromeo (bending down,
right), Virginia L. Agcopra (third from right, standing), study leader Hidelisa de Chavez (extreme right, sitting), project coordinator Shalan Joseph Kitma
(extreme left, sitting) and project staff Lorna E. Sister (extreme right, standing)
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ining-Laboratoryo (SI-LAB)
Experimental Arts Festival is
an alternative platform that
caters to scientists and artists for
them to showcase their untried and
untested works in the light of artistic
explorations and development.
OICA invited UPLB organizations
and collaborated with different artists
from UP Diliman and introduced and
illustrated the facets of experimental
arts to the UPLB community. The
following installations were displayed
in selected areas within UPLB campus
from 21-27 February 2015:
Landscape Drawing
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that of the artists thoughts: the image
of what transpired will be in the minds
of those who have witnessed it.
Sining Puppet
Pigments 100
Community Improv
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