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Institution’s approved Research Agenda

The University research priorities are specified in the University Research

Agenda. The agenda were defined with due consideration of the strengths
and weaknesses of various University components and the opportunities and
threats from factors of the external environment.

The identification of the University research agenda was based on
established commodity-based research thrusts from which ISU developed a name
and became known in research. These commodity-based research thrusts in eight
thematic thrusts include:

1. Precision (smart) agriculture: rice and corn, aerobic and upland rice,
industrial crops (rubber, sugarcane, cacao),tropical fruits;
2. Organic agriculture: banana, rice, corn, legumes (mungbean,
peanut) and indigenous vegetables; root crops (cassava, sweet
potato, yam); indigenous
plants for health and wellness; native animals (chicken, pig); (1/2)
Precision
(smart)/ organic agriculture: dry land crops (pigeon pea, peanut,
sweet sorghum); small ruminants (goat, sheep); large ruminants
(dairy cattle, carabao);
3. Fisheries/ Aquaculture: Tilapia, hito, ulang;
4. Farm machineries, metal craft, electronics and semiconductors;
5. Watershed and biodiversity;
6. Higher education and social science;
7. Disaster risk reduction and management: hydro meteorological
hazards in Cagayan river basin and island communities; climate
change adaptation strategies; policies development strategies and
institutions for CCA and DRRM;
8. Renewable energy: micro hydro, solar energy, biomass and biofuel.

In addition, the University shall focus on seven research thematic thrusts
based on international and national research trends. These thematic research
thrusts include:
(1)Smart/ Precision Agriculture,
(2)Organic Agriculture,
(3)Renewable Energy and Biofuels,
(4)Climate Change and Disaster Science,