Your theme this year: Rice Science and Innovation for Inclusive Growth, happily reflects your intention to heed President Duterte's call to all government officials to explore innovations and out-of-the-box approaches to sustainable and inclusive agricultural growth. Unfortunately, agriculture's contribution to the country's economy, despite its critical role in feeding our 100 million population, lags behind, with a decrease of 1.0% in the second quarter of 2016 from a 0.4% -growth achieved in the same period last year. True enough, the success of the institute was due to us – its men and women – who devoted much of our time and energy to uplifting the lives of the Filipino rice farmers through research and development initiatives.
He rose through the ranks from Technical Assistant to Administrative Manager, Corporate Planning Officer, Audit and Management Officer of the National Housing Authority and Housing Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). In 2001, he served as Moral Recovery Officer of the same office and became a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Social Action Council (NSAC) in 2007. Diasanta is the author-proposer of the Moral Fitness Program implemented by NSAC in throughout the country in cooperation with the Civil Service Commission and the Moral Recovery Program of the Office of the President.
He greedily believes that we cannot achieve the desired peace and prosperity without moral and spiritual awakening. Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines; former Government Corporate Counsel and now serves as Assistant Government Corporate Counsel in the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC). Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines; formerly Government Corporate Counsel at OGCC, now working as a private attorney.
Completed BS Accounting at Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP); obtained diploma in Development Economics from the University of the Philippines; and also had Masters in Public Administration at PUP; Certified Public Accountant, and a member of the Government Association of Certified Public Accountants.
2016 DANGAL NG PHILRICE AWARDEES EXTERNAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONs
BEST PAPERS
Optimization of water utilization from a developed rice hull gasification engine-pump system for rainfed lowland farm. 13th International Agricultural Engineering Conference and Exhibition, 66th PSAE Annual National Convention and 27th Philippine Agricultural Engineering Week. Design, Testing and Evaluation of Aqueous Bioethanol Distillery for Production of Fuel Grade from Nipa Sap (Nypa fruticans).
Kabutehan for Magsasaka: Oyster Mushroom Production as an Added Source of Income among Rice Farmers in Candaba, Pampanga. An improved response of root system development to drought stress by inoculation of Rhizobacteria (Streptomyces mutabilis) contributed to improved shoot growth in rice. Coping with Water Scarcity During El Niño: Development of Capillarization System for Rice-Based Farmers.
BEST POSTERS
Increasing farmer productivity through adoption of AWD and associated rice production technologies in Regions IX, XI (Davao Del Sur), XII and ARMM. Seed germination and root system development in rice as affected by pre-sowing treatment with radiation-modified carrageenan (RMC). Labor Use and Mechanization: Impact on Labor Productivity in Rice Production in the Philippines and Selected Major Rice Producing Countries in Asia.
PEER RECOGNITION
Nagwagi ng 5th International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) Make a Better World Photo Contest. Rehiyonal na parangal ng Gawad Saka: premyo para sa mga natatanging magsasaka at mangingisda at tagapagpatupad ng organikong agrikultura.
SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY AWARDS
NON-ISI
Rapid generation progress in the development of recombinant and backcrossed inbred lines for high temperature tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Simulation of potential yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under different nitrogen levels, climate types and projected increase in air temperature due to climate change with DSSAT Ceres-Rice Model. Rapid assessment of crop status: An application of MODIS and SAR data to rice fields in Leyte, Philippines affected by typhoon Haiyan.
Levels and sources of potassium, calcium, sulphur, iron and manganese in major paddy soils in the Philippines. Effects of alternate wetting and drying (AWD) threshold level and plant seedling age on crop performance, water supply and water productivity of transplanted rice in Central Luzon, Philippines. Agromorphological traits associated with genotype by system interaction of rice genotypes under inorganic and organic systems: implications for breeding.
Grain quality, cooking time, textural property, phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of brown rice varieties with different amylose content. Changes in flowering behavior of two-line hybrid rice parental lines based on different planting dates in Negros Occidental Province, Philippines. Community Development Strategies and Other Factors Affecting Rice Productivity in Interior Valleys of Quezon Province, Luzon, Philippines.
Effects of seed priming and coating on germination and seedling establishment of hybrid rice Mestiso 19 Directly sown under submerged soil conditions.
BOOK CHAPTER AND BOOKS
Romero
Root plasticity and its functional roles were triggered by water deficit, but not by the resulting changes in soil nitrogen forms in rice. Comprehensive gene expression analysis of rice aleurone cells: investigating the existence of an alternative gibberellin receptor. Wade, Violeta Bartolome, Ramil Mauleon, Vivek Deshmuck Vasant, Sumeet Mankar Prabakar, Muthukumar Chelliah, Emi Kameoka, K Nagendra, KR Kamalnath Reddy, C.
Environmental response and genomic regions correlated with rice root growth and yield under drought in the OryzaSNP panel across multiple study systems. Improved organic phosphate utilization by overexpression of OsACP1 and OsPAP1 genes in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Growth and yield responses of NSIC Rc11 and Inipot-Ibon to different nitrogen rates under mountain conditions.
Matching the expression of root plasticity with soil moisture availability maximizes production of rice grown in an experimental sloped bed with soil moisture gradients. Effects of seedbed management and delayed transplantation of rice seedlings on crop performance, grain yield and water productivity. Evaluating the potential of the Quingua Soil Series for more productive and sustainable lowland rice farming in the Philippines.
Roel R. Ti tikag-a naiduron a ramut a plastikidad ti dua nga upland NERICA a barayti iti sidong dagiti agdumaduma a kasasaad nga addaan kadagiti agdumaduma a kababalin ti kauneg ti daga. AMMI ken GGE Biplot analyses ti multi-environment tests iti pagay (Oryza sativa L.) para iti napadanuman a kasasaad ti nababa a daga ditoy Pilipinas.
Developmental plasticity of rice root system grown under mild drought stress with shallow soil depth: comparison between nodes and lateral roots. Niones, Yoshiaki Inukai, Emi Kameoka, Thiem Thi Tran, Daniel Menge, Shiro Mitsuya and Akira Yamauchi. Characterization of the QTL linked to Tungro and Green Leafhopper resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using advanced backcross population.
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