Overview:
Jaime Manalo IV returned to the Centre for Communication and Social Change in July 2017 to pursue his PhD degree, after he completed the CSC Master’s in 2011. Jaime has a position as development communication practitioner at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). From 2011 to 2017, he served in various capacities of the Institute as a Writer for PhilRice Online and other media outlets, Communication Researcher, Senior Science Research Specialist and Head of the Development Communication Division. Jaime also served as Head of the Corporate Communication Group of the Institute from 2016 to June 2017 before returning to the Centre for PhD studies.
Jaime’s work empowers young people to become active participants in the agriculture sector in the Philippines. He has led a national Infomediary Campaign to mobilise young people to serve as information bearers in the rice-farming communities of the country. His work has gained international recognition and awards. Apart from receiving an outstanding alumnus award in Development Communication from the Philippine-Australia Alumni Association in 2016, Jaime was invited to sit as one of the panellists in a youth session during the 42nd session of the UN Committee on World Food Security in Rome, Italy.
Research Interests:
- Climate change communication
- Youth and agriculture
- Information and communications technology for development (ICT4D)
Qualifications:
Jaime holds a Bachelor degree in Development Communication from the University of the Philippines Los Baños and Master degree in Communication and Social Change from The University of Queensland.
Current Research Topic: Understanding decision making processes of rice farmers in the face of climate change
Jaime’s research responds to the gap in climate change literature on vulnerable groups in the agriculture sector. The study aims to explore climate change discourses and adaptive behaviours in rice growing areas in the Philippines. The research has three main objectives: (i) to explore the prevailing discourses on climate change and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) among key stakeholders; (ii) to explain how these discourses affect the farming community’s response to CSA interventions of the government; and (iii) to develop a framework for stakeholder engagement on CSA for rice-farming communities aimed at enhancing farmers’ adaptive capacities to climate change.
Supervisors: Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert and Associate Professor Kelly Fielding
Publications:
Books
Corales, R. G., Corales, A. M., & Manalo, J. A. (Eds.). (2019). Palayamanan Plus. Manila: Philippine Rice Research Institute.
Manalo, J. A., Bautista, A. M. F., Hallares, R. T., Berto, J. C., Saludez, F. M., Paulino, T. C., . . . Maramara, R. M. (2019). What is a climate change-adaptive school? Manila: DA-PhilRice and DA-Bureau of Agricultural Research.
Manalo, J. A., Bautista, A. M. F., Berto, J. C., Hallares, R. T., Saludez, F. M., & Villaflor-Mesa, J. D. (2017). Communicating climate change in the rice sector. Manila, Philippines: DA-PhilRice; DA-BAR.
Manalo, J. A., Balmeo, K. P., Berto, J. C., & Saludez, F. M. (2016). Youth and Agriculture: The Infomediary Campaign in the Philippines. Manila, Philippines: DA-PhilRice and DA-Bureau of Agricultural Research.
Book Chapters
Suva, M.M. and Manalo, J.A. IV. (2015). Who is the social entrepreneur?. In Nelia T. Gonzalez: An entrepreneur’s journey. UPLB Alumni Association: Makati City, Philippines.
Manalo, J. A., Balmeo, K. P., Berto, J. C., & Saludez, F. M. (2015). The Infomediary Campaign as a strategy to alleviate information poverty. In V. Kumar & J. Svensson (Eds.), Promoting Social Change and Democracy through Information Technology (pp. 250-278). Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.
Suva, M.M. and Manalo, J.A. IV. (2014). “We will live on the Internet!”. In Maslog, C. (ed.), Philippine communication in the digital age. New Day Publishers: Quezon City, pp. 313-331.
Cruz, R.T., De Dios, J.L., Manalo, J.A.IV, Mariano, M.J.M., and Sebastian, L.S.S. (2008). State-of-the-Art research and development on the interface among rice production, water and forests. In Banta, S.J. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Rice, water, and forests conference in Los Baños, Laguna, 22 February 2007, pp. 39-81.
Layaoen, M.G. and Manalo, J.A. IV. (2008). Practices of farmers. In Outsmarting rice pests and diseases. PhilRice: Manila, Philippines, pp. 41-81.
Journal Articles
Manalo, J. A., Pasiona, S. P., Bautista, A. M. F., Villaflor, J. D., Corpuz, D. C. P., & Biag-Manalo, H. H. M. (2019). Exploring youth engagement in agricultural development: the case of farmers’ children in the Philippines as rice crop manager infomediaries. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 1-17. doi:10.1080/1389224X.2019.1629969
Nidoy, M. G. M., & Manalo, J. A. (2018). Rice stories in the mainstream media: The case of PhilRice. Philippine Journal of Crop Science, 43(1), 46-55.
Manalo, J. A. (2018). (Book Review) Chib, May, & Barrantes. (2015). Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South. Singapore: Springer Singapore: Imprint: Springer. International Journal of Distance Education and E-learning, 4(1), 105-107.
Manalo, J. A., Balmeo, K. P., Berto, J. C., Saludez, F. M., Villaflor, J. D., & Pagdanganan, A. M. (2016). Integrating climate-smart rice agriculture into secondary-level curriculum: Lessons from three high schools in the Philippines. SpringerPlus, 5(1). doi:10.1186/s40064-016-3238-6
Manalo, J. A., Saludez, F. M., Layaoen, M. G., Pagdanganan, A. M., Berto, J. C., Frediles, C. A., . . . Villaflor, J. D. (2016). Climate-smart agriculture: Do young people care? Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 13(1), 59-76.
Manalo, J. A., Balmeo, K. P., Domingo, O. C., & Saludez, F. M. (2014). Young Allies of Agricultural Extension: The Infomediary Campaign in Aurora, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Crop Science, 39(1), 30-40.
Manalo, J. A. (2013). Mobilising upland Filipino youth to serve as infomediaries. info, 15(5), 69-81. doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/info-2013-0030
Manalo, J. A., & van de Fliert, E. (2013). Push and Pull Factors in Rural Filipino Youth’s Outmigration from Agricultural Communities. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 10(2), 59-73.
Manalo IV, J. A., & van de Fliert, E. (2011). Hypothesizing ICT4D in Philippine agriculture: Deriving from trends, setting directions. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 8(2), 1.
Conference Presentations
Manalo, J.A. Berto, J.C., Bautista, A.M.F., Saludez, F.M., Hallares, R.T., Pagdanganan, A.M., Villaflor, J.D., Paulino, T.C., Balmeo, K.P. (2019, October). Young people as CSA promoters in remote rice-farming communities. Poster presented during the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-smart Agriculture, Bali, Indonesia. Abstract retrieved https://globalcsaconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ABSTRACT-BOOK-FINAL.pdf
Manalo, J. A., Bautista, A. M. F., Berto, J. C., Hallares, R. T., Paulino, T. C., Saludez, F. M., . . . Maramara, R. M. (2018). What drives innovations in climate change-ready schools? In 1st International Conference and 8th National Scientific Meeting Programme (pp. 63). UP Los Baños: Association of Development Communication Educators and Practitioners (ADCEP) Philippines
Manalo, J. A., Bautista, A. M. F., Hallares, R. T., Berto, J. C., Paulino, T. C., Saludez, F. M., . . . Maramara, R. M. (2018). Climate change-ready technologies teaching styles and preferences: The case of 12 TecVoc high schools in the Philippines. In Proceedings of the CSSP 48th Scientific Conference (pp. 40). Manila: Crop Science Society of the Philippines; Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines.
Manalo, J. A., Corpuz, D. C. P., Paulino, T. C., Bautista, A. M. F., Berto, J. C., Hallares, R. T., . . . Mesa, J. V. (2018). Youth and agriculture messaging: The what, when, and how of netizen engagement. In Proceedings of the CSSP 48th Scientific Conference (pp. 38). Manila: Crop Science Society of the Philippines; Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines.
Manalo, J. A., Nidoy, M. G. M., & Corpuz, D. C. P. (2018 ). When rice becomes news: An analysis of media coverage on bukbok rice. In 1st International Conference and 8th National Scientific Meeting Programme (pp. 41). Los Baños: Association of Development Communication Educators and Practitioners (ADCEP) Philippines.
Manalo, J. A., van de Fliert, E., & Fielding, K. (2018). Filipino research and climate change adaptation in agriculture: What do we know? In 31st National Rice Research and Development Conference (pp. 40). Nueva Ecija, Philippines: PhilRice.
Manalo, J. A. (2012, September). Making a case for infomediaries in the upland farming communities in the Philippines. In CPRafrica 2012/CPRsouth7 Conference, Port Louis, Mauritius.
Manalo IV, J. A. and Van De Fliert, E. (2012). From texting strangers to texting the PhilRice Text Centre. In M4D2012 (3rd International Conference on M4D-Mobile Communication for Development) (pp. 139-143). Karlstad University.
Manalo, J.A., Biag, H.H.M., Frediles, C.A., Abdullah, S.A., Ylar, G.I. and Grande, E.H.O. (2010). Assessment of e-readiness of the five top rice-producing provinces of the Philippines. In Wicander, G. Hatakka, M. and Kromidha, E. (Eds.), Proceedings of IPID Postgraduate Strand at ICTD 2010 in in London 13-16 December, Karlstad University Studies, Sweden, pp. 35-38.
Reports/Working Papers
Manalo, J.A., Berto, J.C., Balmeo, K.P.B., Saludez, F.M., Villaflor, J.D., and Pagdanganan, A.M. (2016). Young people as climate-smart rice agriculture infomediaries: What do we know? Working Paper. CGIAR Research on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security.
Manalo, J.A., Balmeo, K. P., Berto, J. C., Saludez, F. M., Villaflor, J. D., & Pagdanganan, A. M. (2015). Mobilizing young people as climate-smart agriculture infomediaries: What do we know? (CCAFS Working Paper No. 158). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10568/70964
Manalo, J.A., Layaoen, M.G., Frediles, C.A., Berto, J.C., Balmeo, K.P.B., Saludez, F.M., Villaflor, J.D., and Pagdanganan, A.M. (2014). Scoping studies report for the Development and roll-out of climate-smart rice production technologies in Infomediary Campaign-participating schools in the Philippines. A report submitted to the CGIAR Research on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security.