UPMin hosts webinars on digital economy and food security
IN CELEBRATION of the 25th anniversary of the University of the Philippines Mindanao ( UP Min), the School of Management ( SOM) will offer free webinars on the digital economy and food security this November 2020.
Ever Abasolo, an economist, a former SOM faculty, and currently a national consultant to the United Nations Development Programme, will present a two- part lecture on “The Digital Economy and its Implications to Agricultural Development.”
Part 1, to be given on November 3, 2020, Tuesday, at 2 PM to 4 PM Philippine Standard Time ( PST), will focus on “Fiscal Health and Government Response to Covid- 19.” The lecture will look into the key macroeconomic indicators before and during the time of the pandemic and unpack the fiscal strength and the landmark legislation that the government harnessed to meet the financial requirements to respond to the pandemic.
Part 2, on 05 November 2020, Thursday, 2 PM to 4 PM, PST, will look at the digital economy and its implications for agricultural development with focus on the Mindanao context. Abasolo will also discuss emerging opportunities and how the government can leverage these opportunities to fight poverty and inequality.
To register for Part 1, go to http:// bit. ly/ UPMinSOM- Webinar1; for Part 2, visit http:// bit. ly/ UPMinSOM- Webinar2.
Meanwhile, UP Mindanao Professor Emeritus Eufemio Rasco, Jr., who was responsible for linking SOM with its first Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ( ACIAR)- funded project in the agribusiness supply chain, will deliver a lecture on “Nature with Nurture: Plant Breeding for Food Security in the Midst of the Pandemic and Beyond” on November 16, 2020, Monday, 10 AM to 12 NN.
“A developing concept views the organism as a community rather than an individual, and the same is true for plants. It is now known that many of what we consider ‘ traits’ to breed for are actually products of interactions between the plant and its associated microbiota. Thus, a new plant breeding approach might involve breeding for the associated microbiota rather than the plant directly,” said Rasco.
To register, click the link http:// bit. ly/ UPMinSOM- Webinar3. For more information, email somcs.upmindanao@up.edu.ph./