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AREA V. RESEARCH

Parameter A. Priorities and Relevance

1. SYSTEM-INPUTS AND PROCESSES

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,
(5) Biodiversity and Environment,
(6) Farm mechanization, and
(7) Socio-Economics and Higher Education.