The College of Economics and Management (CEM) is one of the eleven degree-granting units of the

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. It is the first in Asia to offer degree programs in

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and has trained agricultural, resource and environmental economists from all over the continent. CEM is composed of four departments - the Department of

, Department of Economics, Department of

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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

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major in Agribusiness in 1966. The program was initially a joint undertaking with the UP College of Business Administration in

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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

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s 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

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; Visiting Professor) * Agnes Banzon (PhD Monash University) * Amelia Bello (MA University of Hawaii) * Jose DV. Camacho (PhD

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) * Gideon Carnaje (PhD UP Diliman) * Ma. Angeles Catelo (PhD

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) * Salvador Catelo (PhD

) * Achilles Costales (PhD UPLB) * Agham Cuevas (PhD UP Diliman) * Julieta A. Delos Reyes (MS UPLB) * Marilyn M. Elauria (MS

) * Danilo Evangelista (MS Australian National University) * Herminia Francisco (PhD UPLB) * Yolanda Garcia (PhD UPLB) * Prudenciano Gordoncillo (PhD

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) * Cielito Habito (PhD

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; Professorial Lecturer) * Romeo Huelgas (MA UP Diliman) * Leodegario Ilag (PhD

) * Flordeliza Lantican (PhD

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) * Cezar Brian Mamaril (PhD Virginia Tech) * Alessando Manilay (MS

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) * Paciencia Manuel (PhD University of Idaho) * Camilo Opeña (PhD Ohio State University) * Isabelita Pabuayon (PhD

) * Tirso Paris (PhD

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) * 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)

Degree programs

* BS Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship ''Majors: Agribusiness Entrepreneurship, Agribusiness Management'' *BS

''Majors: Production Economics and Farm Management, Marketing and Price Analysis, Policy and Development, Agricultural

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and Cooperatives'' * BS Economics
''Majors: Development Economics, Environmental Economics'' * MS Economics
''Majors: Economics of Development, Quantitative Economics'' * Master of Management
''Majors: Agribusiness Management, Business Management'' * PhD

''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,

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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

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* 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 *

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(BS) -

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, 14th (2007–2010), 15th (2010–2011) and 17th Congress of the Philippines (2016–present) * Carlito Añonuevo (Former faculty) - former president of

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References

College of Economics and Management website
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