Marie Annette Galvez-Dacul is the Executive Director of the UA&P Center for Food and Agri Business (UA&P-CFA). She conducts research on food and agribusiness and teaches Business Statistics to undergraduate students. Among her consultancies are those with the ASEAN Secretariat, Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program/USAID, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)-Manila, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)-Manila, Shell Philippines Exploration, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), World Bank, Department of Agriculture (DA), Philippine Sugar Alliance, Sikap /Strive Foundation, and Tuna Canners Association of the Philippines. Prior to joining the UA&P in 1999, she was a research assistant at the College of Economics and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).  She was also on the faculty of the Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, UP Visayas.

Ms. Dacul obtained her MS in Agricultural Economics and BS in Statistics from UPLB and currently finishing her doctorate at the De La Salle University.

Ditas R. Macabasco is a Senior Agribusiness Specialist at the UA&P. She is involved in various research projects in food and agribusiness. Her previous project engagements include USDA, JETRO – Manila, the Italian Trade Commission, GTZ-Manila, USAIDMOST, DA, PCAFI-Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA), IBS Consulting, CRC Foundation and SIKAP/STRIVE Foundation. She is a former instructor at the UPLB’s Department of Agricultural Economics. She worked for projects under USAID Winrock International and UNDP-DENR prior to her stint at the UA&P.

Ms. Macabasco is a graduate of BS Agricultural Business and MS Agricultural Economics from the UPLB.

Joy Kristel L. Orzales is an Agribusiness Specialist at the UA&P-CFA.  She is the former Managing Editor of the Food and Agri Business Monitor, a bi-monthly magazine of CFA-UA&P.  She was involved in research projects with DA Region XII and Philmech, among others. She spearheads the planning and marketing of publication, briefings and seminars of the unit.  She has written several articles in the Food and Agri Business Monitor.  She also handles the social media accounts of CFA.

Ms. Orzales obtained her BS in Social Sciences (Major in Economics) from UP Baguio and her Master in Applied Business Economics from the University of Asia and the Pacific.  She has a certificate in Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Policies, Plans and Investments toward Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development from the University of the Philippines Open University. She is also trained in Digital Marketing.

Jaru Jerico Olivares is an Agribusiness Specialist at the UA&P-CFA. He is currently finishing his MBA at the De La Salle University

Loreine Ane Lique is a Research Assistant at the UA&P-CFA. She obtained her BS in Economics from Polytechnic University of the Philippines.