UPLB Department of Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship

🎓 DAME Testimonial Rites 2026

The department proudly celebrates the achievements of our graduating students through the DAME Testimonial Rites 2026.

This gathering recognizes the hard work, resilience, and dedication demonstrated by our graduates throughout their academic journey. As they prepare to embark on new professional and personal endeavors, we honor not only their accomplishments but also the values of honor, excellence, and service that they carry beyond the university.

🗓 July 1, 2026 (Wednesday)
🕘 9:00 AM – 12:00 NN
📍 REDREC Auditorium, UPLB

Dress Code: Business attire in any of the official UP colors: maroon, green, or yellow.

To all graduating DAME students, please accomplish the registration form not later than June 19, 11:59PM.

Scan the QR code or click this registration link: https://forms.gle/MHKfy3cEV6RN29Wh7

We look forward to celebrating this milestone with you. See you at the DAME Testimonial Rites 2026!

UPLB reaffirms its commitment to being an inclusive, engaged, and anti-discriminatory university for all.

We stand as proud allies who celebrate the vibrancy, resilience, and diversity of our LGBTQIA+ community. 🌈

As part of this year's initiatives, UPLB, through the UPLB Gender Center in partnership with the UPLB Institute of Human Nutrition and Food launches 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐭 𝐔𝐏𝐋𝐁: 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞, a month-long walking challenge that encourages wellness, inclusivity, and community spirit.

The University also continues to advance gender-responsive practices through OC Memorandum 2025-049, which promotes the use of gender-sensitive language and imagery and the use of transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) names, pronouns, and titles across our programs, projects, and activities.

Together, let us create empowering spaces where everyone—regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression—can thrive.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐏𝐌 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠!
Please make sure to settle your registration and submit your payments on or before the deadline to secure your slot. Don't miss out!

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔*
*𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑀𝑀 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠

For questions or assistance, feel free to send us a message. See you there!

Wishing a very happy birthday to our dear, Asst. Prof. Cherry Lou Nuñez! 🥳

May your special day be filled with happiness, laughter, and well-deserved celebration. Thank you for your dedication, guidance, and invaluable contributions to the DAME community. Your passion and commitment continue to inspire many!

Enjoy your day, Atty. Chelou! 🎂

𝐀𝐁𝐌𝐄 𝟏𝟎 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

DAME once again congratulates the winners of the ABME 10 Pitching Competition for the 2nd Semester AY 2025–2026!

We want to highlight their creative ideas centered on innovations for the bread industry. These ideations showcased products that aim to address challenges in production, quality, sustainability, and healthy food solutions. We are proud of the hard work of our students as they continue to develop ideas that can create impact in the agribusiness sector.

Again, special thanks to our sponsor, Fuwa Fuwa, for supporting this activity and helping make this event possible!

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗕𝗠𝗘 𝟭𝟬 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Students from ABME 10: Foundations of Entrepreneurship showcased their creativity, entrepreneurial mindset, and innovative thinking through a series of bread innovation concepts that blended market insight, product development, and business strategy.

The event highlighted how entrepreneurship can transform products related to bread and pastry into opportunities for innovation and value creation, giving students a platform to present ideas that were both creative and market-oriented.

A heartfelt thank you to our esteemed panel of judges for sharing their expertise and valuable insights:
𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗵𝗮𝗻 — Brand Marketing Lead, Nippon Premium Bakery Inc.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗘𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 — University Extension Specialist II, UPLB Technology Transfer and Business Development Office
𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗔𝗴𝗰𝗮𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗶 — Assistant Professor, Institute of Human Nutrition and Food, College of Human Ecology, UPLB
𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗼 — Chair, Department of Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship, College of Economics and Management, UPLB

Featured product innovations included:
🍞 Piñapack
🍞 Pan de Ligaw
🍞 Kneadometer
🍞 Vigna Radiata
🍞 Doughn't Berry, Be Happy
🍞 Glowkies
🍞 Canaderia
🍞 Lasapin

Here are the outstanding individual and teams recognized during the ABME 10 Bread Innovation Pitching Showcase:
🏆 Champion — Kneadometer
🥇 First Runner-up — Piñapack
🥈 Second Runner-up — Glowkies
🌟 Fuwa Fuwa's Choice Award — Piñapack
🎤 Best Presenter — Lois Ashlee Tocino

Congratulations to all participating teams for showing that entrepreneurship is not just about making bread, it's about making ideas rise. 💡

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶-𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴

As part of the preparations for the project titled “Co-Implementation of the Agri-Tech Facilitator (ATF) Program Batch 2,” the Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) led and facilitated an alignment meeting and team-building activity with the project team from the Department of Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship (DAME), CEM, UPLB.

The activity served as a venue to align roles, clarify program directions, and strengthen collaboration among team members. Through guided discussions and interactive sessions, participants built rapport, shared key insights, and identified strategies to support effective program implementation.

The initiative is anchored on a shared goal of capacitating farmers across the country by equipping them with practical agri-technology knowledge and skills. By ensuring that approaches are grounded in the realities of farming communities, the team seeks to deliver more responsive and intentional interventions.

With strengthened coordination and a shared commitment to advancing agri-technology capacity-building, the team moves forward with greater clarity and cohesion in implementing the program.

Earlier this week, DAME students and awardees of the Young Farmers Challenge (YFC) Season 5 National Competition of the Department of Agriculture, along with DAME faculty members, visited the Los Baños Mayor's Office.

DAME proudly congratulates alumnus Mark Virgil Jamer for being named a McCall MacBain Scholar to pursue a funded master’s degree and leadership program at McGill University in Canada. Mark is the first graduate from UPLB and the second from the Philippines to earn this scholarship.

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UPLB Office of Alumni Relations - University of the Philippines Los Baños Graduate Earns McCall MacBain Scholarship for Studies in Canada UPLB graduate Mark Virgil Jamer (BSc’25) has been named a McCall MacBain Scholar, chosen from thousands of international applicants to pursue a funded master’s degree and leadership program at McGill University in Canada. Mark is the first graduate from UPLB and the second from the Philippines t...