Dr Rio Maligalig
Grant-Funded Researcher (A)
School of Economics and Public Policy
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Rio Maligalig is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Food and Resources (CGFAR). She completed her PhD with CGFAR in 2018. Her PhD research examined farmer preferences for rice varietal trait improvements in the Philippines using an innovative experimental Investment Game Application (IGA). She has extensive experience conducting agriculture and rural development-oriented research in Southeast Asia, including design and implementation of lab-in-field experiments and household surveys and analysis of primary data.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2023 - ongoing Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Adelaide 2019 - 2021 Grant-Funded Researcher University of Adelaide 2009 - 2014 Associate Scientist International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños 2008 - 2009 Consultant International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2014 Scholarship International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) - - - 2014 Scholarship Lee Foundation Rice Scholarship - - - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2014 - 2018 University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2005 - 2008 University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños Philippines MS -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 Johns, C., Umberger, W., Maligalig, R., & Lyon, P. (2023). Australian ethical consumer segmentation of food and agricultural products and export opportunities for the Pacific Islands. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 27(2), 147-164.
2021 Johns, C., Umberger, W. J., Lyon, P., & Maligalig, R. (2021). Fijian food shopping behaviour: implications for policy makers and smallholder farmers. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 13(1), 17 pages.
Scopus22021 Maligalig, R. L., Demont, M., Umberger, W. J., & Peralta, A. (2021). Understanding Filipino rice farmer preference heterogeneity for varietal trait improvements: A latent class analysis. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 72(1), 134-157.
Scopus17 WoS9 Europe PMC32019 Maligalig, R., Demond, M., Umberger, W., & Peralta, A. (2019). Off-farm employment increases women's empowerment: Evidence from rice farms in the Philippines. Journal of Rural Studies, 71, 62-72.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2024 Maligalig, R., Peralta Sanchez, M. A., & Loch, A. (2024). Timor-Leste’s National Seed System: Overview of its Structure, Challenges, and Opportunities. In 68th Annual Conference Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2018 Maligalig, R. L., Umberger, W., Demont, M., & Peralta, A. (2018). Farmer preferences for rice varietal trait improvements in Nueva Ecija, Philippines: A latent class cluster approach. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) Triennial Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 2018 Maligalig, R. L., Demont, M., Umberger, W., & Peralta, A. (2018). Using Experiments to Understand Gender Influence on Intrahousehold Decision Making for Investment in Rice Varietal Trait Improvements. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2018 International Rice Congress. Singapore. 2017 Maligalig, R. L., & Demont, M. (2017). Farmers’ preferences for varietal trait improvements: The case of rice farmers in Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Poster session presented at the meeting of 9th Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE) International Conference. Bangkok, Thailand. 2017 Maligalig, R. L., Demont, M., Umberger, W. J., & Peralta, A. (2017). Intrahousehold decision making on rice varietal trait improvements: Using experiments to estimate gender influence. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2017 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. 2010 Maligalig, R. L., Gummert, M., Flor, R., Pyseth, M., & Sorn, V. (2010). Farm-level impacts of the adoption of postharvest technologies and interventions in Cambodia. Poster session presented at the meeting of 28th International Rice Research Conference. Hanoi, Vietnam. 2010 Flor, R., Gummert, M., Maligalig, R., Pyseth, M., & Sorn, V. (2010). Negotiating change: farmer adoption of postharvest interventions in Cambodia. Poster session presented at the meeting of 28th International Rice Research Conference. Hanoi, Vietnam. 2010 Flor, R., Gummert, M., Maligalig, R., Pyseth, M., & Sorn, V. (2010). Negotiating change: farmer adoption of postharvest interventions in Cambodia. Poster session presented at the meeting of 28th International Rice Research Conference. Hanoi, Vietnam. -
Report for External Bodies
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Working Paper
Year Citation 2015 Raitzer, D. A., Sparks, A. H., Huelgas, Z., Maligalig, R., Balangue, Z., Launio, C., . . . Ahmed, H. U. (2015). Is Rice Improvement Still Making a Difference? Assessing the Economic, Poverty, and Food Security Impacts of Rice Varieties Released from 1989 to 2009 in Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor Opportunities to improve women’s empowerment through adopting sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) in Vietnam. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Hang Thi Bui -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2020 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Exploring consumer-driven food value chain and market opportunities in Pacific SIDS countries Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Craig Johns
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