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Glory Dee Romo

Glory Dee A. Romo

Associate Professor 5

garomo@up.edu.ph

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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

PhD, University of Queensland

Master in Management, University of the Philippines Mindanao

Graduate Diploma in Economics, University of Southeastern Philippines

Graduate Diploma in Econometrics, University of Southeastern Philippines

BS Business Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman

SPECIALIZATION/AREAS OF INTEREST

RESEARCH INTERESTS

value chain, gender studies, complex adaptive system, organizational resilience, strategic planning, strategic management, artificial intelligence, futures thinking, international law, Philippine laws

SELECTED RESEARCH ENGAGEMENTS

  • Project Leader for the Socioeconomic and gender components, “Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) Research for Davao de Oro,” Province of Davao de Oro, 2024 to 2025.
  • Project Leader, “The impact of COVID-19 pandemic to the community’s management of resources in Maguindanao, Philippines,” Australian government grant managed by Coffey Development – Alumni Grant Scheme, September 2022 to August 2023.
  • Project Leader, “Annotated Compendium of Gender and Development Research in Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resource (AANR): Towards Developing the AANR Gender and Development Research and Development and Framework,” funded by The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development, 2021 to 2023.
  • Project Staff, “Assessing the Feasibility of Brackish Water Tilapia Production towards Developing an Effective Business Model,” funded by The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development, 2021 to 2023.
  • Volunteer of VSO Philippines, “Vulnerability and risk assessment and mapping (VRAM) in the five provinces of BARMM,” a United Nations funded project, from 2021 to 2022.
  • Project Leader, SAVE Food Systems: Strengthening Against Vulnerabilities and Externalities of Food Systems, Australian government grant managed by Coffey Development – Alumni Grant Scheme, November 6, 2020 to May 15, 2020.
  • Women, peace, and security during the COVID-19 pandemic: towards normalisation of major MILF camps in Mindanao, Philippines, VSO Philippines, November 2020 to March 2021.
  • Enhancing the strengths and mitigating vulnerabilities across the food processing value chain, grant from Alumni Research Support Facility of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, September 2019 to August 2020
  • Organizational resilience during COVID-19 pandemic: insights from Philippine enterprises, In house funding from UP Mindanao, July 2020 to June 2021.
  • Effect of women participation in manufacturing and service sectors’ performance in the Philippines, In house funding from UP Mindanao, July 2020 to June 2021.
  • Value chain assessment for cacao and coconut in Davao Region, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, April to August 2020.
  • Project Leader, “Supply chain improvement of soybean in Southern Philippines (Phase I – Evaluation research),” funded by The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natura Resources Research and Development, May 2018 to March 2019.
  • Enabling transformational capacities of the community: The case of small scale rose farming in Barangay Los Amigos, Davao City, December 2017 to December 2018.
  • Project Leader, Improving the food security of smallholder farmers through participation in agribusiness value chains: A social capital and gender perspective, University of the Philippines Mindanao-funded research, December 2016 – May 2018.
  • Co-proponent, Strategic Planning for Women’s Enterprise in Barangay Oshiro, Davao City, 2017
  • Value chain analyses of several commodities in Mindanao under Component 5 (Economic impacts of new technologies and policy constraints in the production of vegetables and fruits) of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), project period from 2008 to 2011.
  • The changing structure of the retail food industry in the Philippines under a major study (Strengthening institutions for investment climate and competitiveness, strengthening private sector growth and development in the distribution sector), Asian Development Bank grant under Michigan State of University.

SELECTED PUBLIC SERVICE ENGAGEMENTS

  • Co-organizer, “Training on Data Collection and Management for Field Research Using KoboToolbox,” October 21, 2024, in partnership with Caraga State University, Caraga COnsortium for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resource Research and Development, Central Bicol State University of Agriculture, Meryl Williams Filipinas, Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resource Communities of Practice, Australia Alumni Communities Philippines, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
  • Co-organizer, “Women Empowerment and Leadership in Agriculture Annual International Conference,” in partnership with state universities and colleges and other organizations in the Philippines and international institutions
  • Speaker, Promoting Research in the AANR Landscape (as requested by the funding agency of the gender research project and the agency that funded the International Conference on Women Empowerment and Leadership in Agriculture during the 2nd International Conference on Women Empowerment and Leadership in Agriculture, March 12 to 13, 2024
  • Speaker, “Gender Research and Development Agenda in the Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resource Sector in the Philippines” during the School of Management Policy Forum: Bringing Research Evidence into Policy and Action, March 21, 2024
  • Co-organizer, Capacity building on “Social Network Analysis,” May 5, 2024
  • Project Leader, “Guno Kem Ye (halfway house for IP women who are about to give birth) expansion in Barangays Lamcade and Halilan, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato,” funded by the Federal Republic of Germany, 2021
  • Project Leader, SAVE Food Systems: Strengthening Against Vulnerabilities and Externalities of Food Systems, Australian government grant managed by Coffey Development – Alumni Grant Scheme, November 6, 2020 to May 15, 2020.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Romo, G.D., and L. Digal. 2010. The changing landscape of the Philippine retail food industry. Banwa, Vol. 6 No. 2.
  • Romo, G.D., L. Digal, and T. Reardon. 2009. The transformation of food retail in the Philippines. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, Vol. 6 No. 2.
  • Sarmiento, J.M., Romo, G.D., Quinineza, R.A., and Shuck, V.A. 2013. Is vegetable farming technically efficient in Marilog, Davao City, Philippines? Parametric and non-parametric approaches. Acta Horticulturae, 1006: 317-324. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1006.40. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1006.40.
  • Lastimado, R., Romo, G.D., Sarmiento, J.M., and Shuck, V.A. 2016. Determinants of retail outlet choice for fresh fruits and vegetables in Tagum City, Philippines. Journal of Economics and Management, 2(2): 39-52.
  • Moore, T., Vonville, H., Poel, W., Romo, Glory Dee A., Lim, I., and Coulter, R.W.S. 2020. Complex systems science and community-based research: A scoping review protocol. https://doi.org/10.7565/ssp.2020.2802.
  • Laorden, N., Sarmiento, J.M., Romo, Glory Dee A., Acopiado, I.M., and Acuna, T. 2022. Impact of supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic on micro, small, and medium enterprises in Davao Region, Philippines. Journal of Asia Business Studies. http://doi.org/10.1108/JABS-05-2021-0216.
  • Acopiado, I.M., Sarmiento, J.M., Romo, Glory Dee A., Acuna, T., Traje, A., and Wahing, G.D. Digital payment adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 151(3): 1185-1196. https://philjournalsci.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf/pjs_pdf/vol151no3/adoption_of_digital_paymen
    t_during_pandemic_in_the_Phils_.pdf.
  • Romo, G.D.A., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Durano, F.L., Wahing, G.D., Traje, A.M., Patrick, I., and Baker, D. 2022. Policy responses of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines: Impacts on the profitability of the agri-food supply chain. Australasian Agribusiness Review, 30: 121-147.
  • Romo, Glory Dee A., Sarmiento, Jon Marx P., Durano, Francis Levi, Acopiado, Imee Marie, Acuna, T., Traje, Adonis M., and Wahing, Geraliza D. 2023. Organizational resilience and enterprise profitability in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic: An approach using the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JGOSS-11-2022-0113/full/html.
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