INTERNATIONAL FOOD ABUNDANCE RESEARCH AND MARKETING SCHOOL

INTERNATIONAL FOOD ABUNDANCE RESEARCH AND MARKETING SCHOOL Is anyone aware of a school that combines agriculture, fisheries, forestry, business administration, economics, engineering, information technology and other disciplines together towards the common goal of food sufficiency and food security? To put it in another way, is there a school that aims to solve the problem of extreme hunger and food scarcity? In other words, a school that would champion the cause of food abundance? As a case in point, the University of the Philippines (UP)System has all of the above mentioned schools and colleges that are scattered in several campuses, but there is no single location or facility where these could all converge for research, product development, training, packaging, marketing, networking and other related activities. As I understand it, there could be a piece of land inside UP Diliman that could be used as the site for this school, which we could tentatively call the International Food Abundance Research and Marketing School (IFARMS). Perhaps the university officials would be interested in this project, because it fulfills some of the functions that a state university should do, such as teaching courses, conducting research, creating employment and helping the community. As a research facility, IFARMS could conduct studies about artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, drones, renewable energy, biotechnology, organic agriculture, aquaculture, aquaponics, hydroponics, soil science, plant science, alternative feeds, biogas, biochar and water production. Of course, the energy research should include geothermal, solar, wind, hydro and wave sources. I think that the unifying factor here should be convergence. All the sciences within the UP system should be tapped to come together towards a single purpose, no other than food abundance. To be clear, the convergence should also include the social sciences, such as sociology and political science. IKE SENERES/07-01-2024