Research, Extension and Professional Staff (REPS)

Melissa Loquias

Melissa P. Loquias

University Research Associate I

mploquias1@up.edu.ph

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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

BS Agribusiness Economics, UP Mindanao

SPECIALIZATION/AREAS OF INTEREST

Agribusiness value chains

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sustainable agribusiness value chains, agricultural development

SELECTED RESEARCH ENGAGEMENTS

  • Project Staff, Assessment of Nutrition and Development of of Appropriate Food Product Intervention Among Children in Flood Prone and Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) in Davao De Oro, Philippines, DOST-PCHRD, (ongoing)
  • Project Staff, Developing a Point of Catch to Plate Traceability System for Tuna in Davao Region, DOST-PCAARRD, (2022-present)
  • Proponent, Analysis of factors affecting performance of small-scale farm enterprises in BARMM: input to effective and innovative solutions, UP Mindanao In-house Research Grant
  • Project Staff, Value Chain Analysis and Development: Cacao, Coffee and Cavendish Banana (Project 1) under the Research Program titled “Enhancing the Value Chain Project Designs for Coffee, Cacao and Cavendish Banana Towards the Development of Agri-Aqua Value Chain Laboratory in UP Mindanao, DOST-PCAARRD, (2023-2024)
  • Indigenous vegetable consumption of in-school adolescents in urban and rural areas in Davao City
  • Collaborative research for developing a decision-support platform for climate-resilient agriculture, CIAT funded-project, (2018)
  • Project Staff, Sustainable Philippine Cavendish Banana Value Chain: Exploring Local Markets and Processed Product Development, CHED-funded project, (2017-2019)

SELECTED PUBLIC SERVICE ENGAGEMENTS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Loquias, M., Placencia, S. G., & Digal, L. (2025). Choice of Agri-credit Source Among Cavendish Banana Farmers: Evidence from Southern Philippines. Southeastern Philippines Journal of Research and Development, 30(1), 153-171.
  • Calumba, K. F. A., Castro, M. M. C., Delima, A. G. D., Loquias, M. P., Bayogan, E. R. V., & Alviola IV, P. A. (2023). Association between nutrient intake from vegetables and BMI category of in-school adolescents in urban and rural areas in Davao City, Philippines. Dialogues in Health, 2, 100116.
  • Orbeta, M. L. G., Digal, L. N., Astronomo, I. J. T., Balgos, C. Q., Placencia, S. G. P., Loquias, M. P., & Codog, P. E. (2023). Analyzing factors affecting the technical efficiency of small-scale seaweed farms using a two-stage double bootstrap DEA approach. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, 1-26.
  • Loquias, M. P., Digal, L. N., Placencia, S. G., Astronomo, I. J. T., Orbeta, M. L. G., & Balgos, C. Q. (2022). Factors Affecting Participation in Contract Farming of Smallholder Cavendish Banana Farmers in the Philippines. Agricultural Research, 1-9.
  • Giles, J., Macandog, P.B., Solva, C., Digal, L., Balgos, C., Loquias, M., Orbeta, M.L., Astronomo, I.J.T., Palao, L.K., Balanza, J.G., Hildebrand, J., and Grosjean, G. (2019). Climate-Resilient Agriculture in The Philippines: Climate Risk Profile, Mindanao. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Department of Agriculture – Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture, Government of the Philippines; The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Manila, Philippines. p. 32.

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