CAGAYAN DE ORO A Filipino Catholic & Jesuit educa;onal - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Judith Tandan-Pit

• Asst. Professor

AAACU CU Them eme: e: “The Challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) for AAACU in the Next Decade”

CAGAYAN DE ORO

A Filipino Catholic & Jesuit educa;onal community dedicated to the integral development of the person for the needs of Mindanao, the Philippines and the Asia- Pacific.

Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan is a private, Catholic university run by the Society of Jesus in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

• TO BE THE LEADING ASEAN UNIVERSITY

FORMING LEADERS OF CHARACTER BY 2030.

• Fr. Roberto C. Yap, S.J.

(PRESIDENT)

VISION

• Fr. William Masterson ,S.J.

1954

The only Jesuit University offering

Agriculture

XU College of Agriculture

Agriculture (Crop Science,

Animal Science, Ag Economics)

Agricultural Engineering

(Postharvest handling,

bioprocessing, soil and water resources, renewable energy, geoinformatics)

Food Technology (Food

product development, food safety)

XU College of Agriculture

Development

Communication

Agribusiness Ateneo Agro-Ecological

Forum (research & social

• utreach unit)

XUCA- Milestone

• On February 27, 2009, CHED declared

Xavier a Center of Development (COD) in Agriculture for a period of three years.

• The first private ins;tu;on given this

designa;on.

• In April 2010, the College of Agriculture

was awarded Level II re-accredita;on for a period of five years by PAASCU and

• ne year later Level III accredita;on;
• it was again re-accredited for another

5 years in 2016, valid un;l May 2020.

• December 2015, it was declared as a

Center of Excellence (COE) in Agriculture in its CMO No. 38, s. 2015.

• The college is home to 5 topnotchers and
• ver 50 top 10 finishers of the agriculture

licensure examina;on and is also included in the list of recognized qualifica;ons for immigra;on by the New Zealand Embassy.

Duterte priority: “Available and affordable food” One of 10 point economic agenda: Promote rural and value chain development toward increasing agricultural and rural enterprise produc<vity and rural tourism. Incoming DA priori;es:

• Fast and effec<ve agricultural technology-

transfer to farmers (school-on-air),

• easy access to financing (micro-lending) and
• efficient marke<ng for farmer’s produce (income)

MINDANAO 2020. Peace and Development Framework Plan (2011-2030)

Agricultural Produc;vity

• Effec<ve farm to market road networks
• Availability of farm support implements
• Iden<fy new markets for farm products
• Tying up with coopera<ves to expand economic reach of farmers
• Increasing the produc<vity of the farmers and fisher folks
• Ins<tute measures that will ensure sustained food security

FOOD SECURITY

AVAILABILITY (Food Supply) ACCESSIBILITY (Livelihood & Job Crea;on) UTILIZATION (Health & Nutri;on) STABILITY (Natural Resource Governance)

A V A I L A B I L I T Y A C C E S S I B I L I T Y U T I L I Z A T I O N

S T A B I L I T Y

FOOD SECURITY

Food Security (UN-WFP)

Suggested Areas & Programs of Collabora;on

Areas AS AB FT DC AE Available & affordable food

• Sustainable Produc<on System
• Development of Alterna<ve Inputs

Livelihood & Job Crea;on

• Strengthening Supply Chain of HVC
• Value Adding/Product Development

Nutri;on

• Food Safety
• Health & Nutri<on

Resource Governance

• Early Warning System
• Land Use Planning/Resource Conserva<on

GEOGRAPHIC Focus

PROTECTED AREA URBAN (CITY) RURAL (Produc;on Areas)

Thank Thank you u

Arigato