Dr Rio Maligalig
School of Economics and Public Policy
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Rio Maligalig is an Adjunct 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).
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 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 2021 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.
Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC12021 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.
2019 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 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
Year Citation 2022 Umberger, W., Granzin, B., Hetherington, J., Ritchie, Z., & Maligalig, R. (2022). Philippine Smallholder Dairy: Landscape Analysis and Research Priorities (FR2021-054). Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. -
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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