Faculty

Scopus Q1 (Top 25%) / Web of Science (ISI)

• Sarmiento, J.M., Rola-Rubzen, M.F., Fogarty, J., Digal, L.N. (2024). Smallholder Inclusion through Cooperative Contract Farming of Cavendish Banana Farmers in Davao del Norte, Philippines: A Meta-Frontier Analysis. Agribusiness. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.22002
• Untal, F.J.P., Castro, M.M.C., Sarmiento, J.M. (2024). Fishers’ preference for mobile traceability platform: Challenges in achieving a digital tuna supply chain in Davao Region, Philippines. International Journal of Logistics Management 36(2), 433-451 . https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-03-2024-0153
• Durano, F.L., Sarmiento, J.M., Romo, G.D.A., Wahing, G.D., Traje, A.M., 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, 101284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101284
• Rola-Rubzen, M.F., Alam, M.J., Sarmiento, J.M., Begum, I.A., Al Abbasi, A.A., Saha, S. (2024). Are gender inclusiveness and rural transformation interlinked: The case of Bangladesh. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 23(6), 2112-2126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2024.04.009
• Rola-Rubzen, M.F., Vuong, H.T., Doll, C., Rollins, C., Sarmiento, J.M., Alam, M.J., Begum, I.A. (2023). Gender and rural transformation: A systematic literature review. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 22(12), 3624-3637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2023.10.035
• Laorden, N.L., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Romo, G.D.A., Acuña, T.R., Acopiado, I.M.A. (2022). Impact of supply chain disruptions during COVID-19 to micro, small and medium enterprises in Davao Region, Philippines. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 16(3), 568-586. https://doi.org/10.1108/JABS-05-2021-0216
• Sarmiento, J.M.P., Mendez, Q.L.T., Estaña, L.M.B., Giray, E.A., Nañola, C.L., Alviola, P.A. (2021). The role of motorized boats in fishers’ productivity in marine protected versus non-protected areas in Davao Gulf, Philippines. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23, 16786-16802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01354-8
• Dixon, J.M., Weerahewa, J., Hellin, J., Rola-Rubzen, M.F., Huang, J., Kumar, S., Das, A., Qureshi, M.E., Krupnik, T.J., Shideed, K., Jat, M.L., Vara Prasad, P.V., Yadav, S., Irshad, A., Asanaliev, A., Abugalieva, A., Karimov, A., Bhattarai, B., Balgos, C.Q., Benu, F., Ehara, H., Pant, J., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Newby, J.C., Pretty, J., Tokuda, H., Weyerhaeuser, H., Digal, L.N., Li, L., Sarkar, M.A.R., Abedin, M.Z., Schreinemachers, P., Grafton, Q., Sharma, R.C., Saidzoda, S., Lopez-Ridaura, S., Coffey, S., Kam, S.P., Wina, S.S., Praneetvatakula, S., Maraseni, T., Touch, V., Liang, W., Saharawat, Y.S., Timsina, J. (2021). Response and resilience of Asian agrifood systems to COVID-19: An assessment across twenty-five countries and four regional farming and food systems. Agricultural Systems, 193, 103168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103168

Scopus Q2 (26-50%) / Web of Science (ISI)

• Durano, F.L.A., Sarmiento, J.M., Digal, L.N., Alviola, P.A. (2024). Technical efficiency of cocoa farms at varying elevation levels in Davao City, Philippines: Implications to sustainable upland farming systems. Journal of Mountain Science, 21(1), 33-48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-023-8325-x
• Romo, G.D.A., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Durano, F.L.A., Acopiado, I.M.A., Acuña, T.R., Traje, A.M., Wahing, G.D. (2024). 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, 17(3), 474-494. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGOSS-11-2022-0113

Scopus Q3 (51-75%) / Web of Science (ISI)

• Acosta, D.F.A., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Estaña, L.M.B., Oguis, G.F.R., Evangelio, S.A., Nañola, C.L., Alviola, P.A. (2024). Optimized nutritional intakes of fishers’ children in coastal communities in Mabini, Davao de Oro, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Fisheries, 31(1), 137-154. https://www.nfrdi.da.gov.ph/tpjf/vol31/research_article_acosta_et_al_31120230043
• Acopiado, I.M.A., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Romo, G.D.A., Acuña, T.R., Traje, A.M., Wahing, G.D. (2022). Digital payment adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 151(3), 1185-1196. https://doi.org/10.56899/151.03.31
• Miguel, C.B., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Estaña, L.M.B., Limpoco, M.A.A.A., Calag, V.B., Novero, A.U., Alviola, P.A. (2021). Neighborhood effects in hybrid rice adoption in Davao del Sur, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 150(6A), 1461-1473. https://doi.org/10.56899/150.6A.10
• Castro, M.M.C., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Digal, L.N. (2021). Demand elasticities of canned tuna using point of sale data of a large retail chain in southern Philippines: implications for sustainability policy. Philippine Journal of Science 150(4), 657-668. https://doi.org/10.56899/150.04.05
• Joquiño, C.M., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Estaña, L.M.B., Nañola, C.L., Alviola, P.A. (2021). Seasonal change, fishing revenues, and nutrient intakes of fishers’ children in Davao Gulf, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 150(1), 307-316. https://doi.org/10.56899/150.01.28
• Obsioma, V.P., Guiral, K.L., Matullano, K.R., Lorilla, A.P., Tagubase, J.L.J., Calumba, K.F.A., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Alviola, P.A. (2020). Linking socio-demographics of meat vendor-processors to residual nitrite of skinless native sausage sold in a typical public market in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 149(4), 1141-1149. https://doi.org/10.56899/149.04.13
• Castro, M.C.C., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Alviola, P.A., Digal, L.N. (2017). Estimation of EU’s import demand for yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre 1788) sourced from Asian countries: implications to the Philippine tuna industry. Asian Fisheries Science 30, 306-318. https://doi.org/10.33997/j.afs.2017.30.4.007

Scopus Q4 (76-100%)

• Aguinaldo, R.T., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Digal, L.N., Balgos, C.Q., Hall, D. (2016). Analysing price spreads and net margins of smallholder vegetable farmers in the Southern Philippines. Acta Horticulturae 1128, 271-276. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1128.41
• Ebarle, E.J.N., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Aguinaldo, R.T., Concepcion, S.B., Montiflor, M.O., Real, R.R., Bacus, R.H. (2015). Analysing the factors affecting the profitability of vegetable farmer clusters in Southern Philippines. Acta Horticulturae 1103, 115-119.  https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1103.17
• Sarmiento, J.M.P., Romo, G.D.A., Quiniñeza, R.A.D., Shuck, V.A. (2013). Is vegetable farming technically efficient in Marilog, Davao City, Philippines? parametric and non-parametric approaches. Acta Horticulturae 1006, 317-324. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1006.40
• Aguinaldo, R.T., Digal, L.N., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Balgos, C.Q. (2013). Price spread analysis of mango in Southern Mindanao, Philippines. Acta Horticulturae 1006, 57-62.
  https://doir.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1128.41

Web of Science (Emerging Sources Citation Index)

• Romo, G.D.A., Sarmiento, J.M.P., Durano, F.L.A., Wahing, G.D., Traje, A.M., Patrick, I., 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. https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.335267

• Allen, E., Leuangkhamsing, S., Rola-Rubzen, M.F., Sarmiento, J.M., Zafar, O. (2025). Strengthening food and nutrition security in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 770. Asian Development Bank. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/WPS250045-2
• Allen, E., Leuangkhamsing, S., Rola-Rubzen, M.F., Sarmiento, J.M., Zafar, O. (2024). Strengthening foundations for a food- and nutrition-secure future in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Asian Development Bank. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/SPR240490-2
• Mahinay, A.C., Tato, S.A., Traje, A., Romo, G.D.A., Sarmiento, J.M.P. (2022). Women of BARMM: gender, peace and security towards normalisation of major MILF camps in Mindanao, Philippines. VSO Philippines, 76 pp.
• Sarmiento, J.M.P., Aguinaldo, R.T., Digal, L.N., Castro, M.M.C., Comidoy, S.M., Balgos, C.Q., Hall, D.G. (2013). Analysing the performance of smallholder cabbage farmers in the southern Philippines. Smallholder HOPES – horticulture, people and soils (139), 264-271. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
• Aguinaldo, R.T., Sarmiento, M.P., Digal, L.N., Balgos, C.Q., Castillo, A.K.C. (2013). Analysing the performance of farmers in the mango value chain in major production areas in Davao Region, Philippines. Smallholder HOPES – horticulture, people and soils (139), 272-286. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.