Cornell Filipino fellows push for PH agricultural tech

Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel G. Romualdez (center) with (from left) Cornell Alliance for Science Legal Affairs Fellow Pablo Ivan Orozco Lopez, Cornell Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows Germaine Ruña and Aileen Garcia, and Philippine Agriculture Attaché Dr. Josyline Javelosa at the Philippine Embassy on November 13. CONTRIBUTED

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Filipinos in Cornell University’s science leadership program reported on 12-week training program funded by the Gates Foundation, during a visit to the Philippine Embassy on November 13.
Germaine J. de Ruña and Ma. Aileen A. Garcia, Philippine participants in the Cornell University Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows Program (GLFP), and Pablo Ivan Orozco Lopez, legal affairs fellow at the Cornell Alliance for Science, met with Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel G. Romualdez, Deputy Chief of Mission Patrick Chuasoto and Philippine Agriculture Attaché Dr. Josyline Javelosa.

The Fellows discussed their respective their plans and policy issues they confront in ensuring a safe and nutritious food supply across the Philippines, including bringing suitable agricultural technologies to Philippine farms.

The Cornell Alliance for Science GLFP’s cohort this year includes 31 participants from 15 countries.