Faculty

• Co-convenor, Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Sector Community of Practice – Australia Alumni Communities Philippines (AANCoP–AACPh), 2020 to 2021
• Convenor, Social Development Community of Practice – Australia Alumni Communities Philippines (AANCoP–AACPh), 2024-2026
• 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
• 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 with climate change studies, 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 constrains 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

Papers Published:

• 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 Hortic. 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. 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. Acuna, T. (2022). Impact of supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic to 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., Wahing, G. 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_payment_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

• Durano, F.L., Sarmiento, J.M., Romo, G.D., Wahing, G., Traje, A. and Baker, D. (2024). Food security of agri-food system actors during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines: Post-pandemic implications to sustainable development. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101284
• Durano, F.L. Romo, G.D., Sarmiento, J.M., Lopez, R., Hollite, J.B., Padios, P.A. (2025). A review of the impacts of policies on the nexus of the fisheries sector and gender in the Philippines. Marine Policy, 180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106810
• Lopez, R., Durano, F.L., Romo, G.D., Sarmiento, J.M., Wahing, G., Traje, A., Baker, D. (2026). Minimizing household food waste during extreme shocks: A configurational analysis in the Philippines. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2025.102588
• Romo, Glory Dee, Francis Levi Durano, and Rodgessa Lopez. 2025. “Addressing Gender-Specific Challenges for Equitable Research in Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources in Luzon, Philippines.” Agriculture and Development Notes 14(1). Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines: Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)

Papers submitted for publication:

• Romo, G.D., Durano, F.L., Lopez, R. Addressing gender-specific challenges of researchers for equitable research in the agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources sector in Luzon, the Philippines. Submitted as a research note.
• Oeurn, S., Romo, G.D., Zambrano, J.C., Merin, M. Gendered differences in decisions on the use of pesticides: The Case of Cambodia and Philippines.