Dr. Agnes Rola
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Dr. Agnes C. Rola is a professor and a former dean at the University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) College of Public Affairs and Development. Dr. Rola is recognized for her body of work in integrative thinking, particularly in understanding the link between and among agriculture, the environment, and sustainable community development.
She was awarded Outstanding Senior Faculty Researcher for Social Sciences for her distinctive contribution in the field of agriculture, particularly in terms of the economic, policy, and institutional aspects of externalities caused by pesticide use and intensive upland cultivation. The results of her studies not only contributed to the methodological development of sustainable agriculture and natural resources management but also greatly influenced both national and local policies.
Dr. Rola obtained her PhD degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her MS in Agricultural Economics from UPLB, and her BS in Statistics degree from the University of the Philippines Diliman. Dr. Rola was a recipient of the UP Productivity Award as UP Scientist II (2008-2010) and was conferred the rank and title of Academician by the National Academy of Science and Technology in July 2011.
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