Rowena Andrea Valmonte-Santos joined IFPRI as a Program Analyst in December 2003 under a joint appointment with the Communications Division and the Environment and Production Technology Division. She became a full time staff member as a Research Analyst in EPTD in August 2004. Her current work focuses on natural resource management with emphasis on food security in developing countries, participatory approaches to community based fisheries management and gender, threats and opportunities of climate change, and to some extent biosafety and biotechnology in selected Asian countries. She also conducted trainings on common tools used for surveys in social science research and water quality assessment for collaborators from government and non-government organizations and universities in Asia. Prior to joining IFPRI, Rowena worked as an Assistant Scientist in Policy Research and Impact Assessment Program, WorldFish Center, Malaysia.

A citizen from the Philippines, Rowena received her MSc in Environmental Studies from the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines in 1993.

• East and Southeast Asia
• South Asia

• Agriculture and Food Security in Asia: The Role of Agricultural Research and Knowledge in a Changing Environment
  2007. Rosegrant, M., Ringler, C., Msangi, S., Zhu, T., Sulser, T., Valmonte-Santos, R. and Wood, S. J Semi-Arid Tropical Agricultural Research 4(1):1-35.
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• Global Scenarios for Biofuels: Impacts and Implications
  2007. Msangi, S, Sulser, T., Rosegrant, M.W. and Valmonte-Santos, R.A. Farm Policy Journal 4(2):1-9.
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• Global Water and Food Security: Emerging Issues
  2007. Rosegrant, M.W., Cline, S.A. and Valmonte-Santos, R.A. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Water for Irrigated Agriculture and the Environment: Finding a Flow for All. Brown, A.G. (ed), ATSE Crawford Fund, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia
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• Potential of transgenic crops in Bangladesh: findings from a consultation of Bangladeshi scientific experts
  2006. Gruere, G., Hoque, I., Valmonte-Santos, R.A. and Rosegrant, M.W. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 86(3): 411-415
• Bioenergy and the Global Food Balance
  2006. Rosegrant, M.W, Msangi, S., Sulser, T.B. and Valmonte-Santos, R.A. In Bioenergy and Agriculture: Promises and Challenges. Hazell, P and Pachauri, R.K. (eds), 2020 Focus 14, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA
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• Water Resources, Agriculture and Pasture: Implications of Growing Demand and Increasing Scarcity
  2005. Rosegrant, M.W., Valmonte-Santos, R.A., Cline, S.A., Ringler, C. and Li, W. In Grassland: A Global Resource. McGilloway, D.A. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Netherlands
• Looking Ahead: Long-Term Prospects for Africa's Agricultural Development and Food Security
  2005. Rosegrant, M.W., Cline,S.A., Li, W., Sulser, T.B. and Valmonte-Santos, R.A. 2020 Vision Discussion Paper 41. International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA
• Collective Action and Property Rights in Fisheries Management
  2004. Ahmed, M., Viswanathan, K. and Valmonte-Santos, R.A. In Collective Action and Property Rights for Sustainable Development. Meinzen-Dick, R and Di Gregorio, M. (eds), 2020 Focus 11, IFPRI, Washington DC, USA
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