Criselda Balisacan - Researcher Profile

Department

Research Directorate

Supervising Education Program Specialist

Contact

Email Address: criseldabalisacan@yahoo.com

Biography

Dr. Criselda M. Balisacan completed her PhD in Rural Development in 2010.  Her switching from Master of Agricultural Studies (major in Soil Physics) to Rural Development was due to her designation as then Chief of the Regional Center on Poverty Studies (RCPS) from 2005 to 2011.                    

Dr. Balisacan’s training on “Assessing Development Projects’ Impacts on Poverty” as SEARCA Fellow in 2005 ignited her interest to work on impact assessment research.  She was a project staff and coordinator of study on “Impact Assessment of the KALAHI KARABAN Program of the NEDA-RDC Region 1“ in 2007-08.  Also, the RCPS had a collaborative study with the Asia Pacific Policy Center in 2007 specifically on the survey component of the research on “The Effects of Parents Migration on the Rights of Children Left Behind.” 

Her research involvements focused on assessing climate change impacts on rice-based livelihood, enhancing rural livelihood through pigeonpea-based family enterprise, poverty profiling, and integrated resource management for land use analysis.

She is at present the Assistant Director of the R&D Directorate and Head of the Technical Department and the MMSU Gender and Development Focal Person.  

Research Publication

  • Evangeline S. Galacgac, Criselda M. Balisacan. 2009. Traditional Weather Forecasting Methods in Ilocos Norte. Agriculture in the Ilocos. Volume 4; December 2009
  • Evangeline S. Galacgac; Criselda M. Balisacan. 2009. Traditional Weather Forecasting for Sustainable Agroforestry Practices in Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines. Forest Ecology and Management: Traditional Forest-related Knowledge in Asia (Elsevier Journal). Volume 257; Issue Num. 10; April 2009; ISSN0378-1127
  • Galacgac, E. S.; Balisacan, C. M.. 2003. Traditional Weather Forecasting Methods in Ilocos Norte. Philippine Journal of Crop Science. Volume 26; Issue Num. 1; March 2003; ISSN0115463X

Citations

Author Title of the Paper Publication Citing Article Citing Author Citing Publication Year
Criselda M. Balisacan Traditional weather forecasting for sustainable agroforestry practices in Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines/ES Galacgac, CM Balisacan Forest Ecology and Management 257(10): 2044-2053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.002 Traditional Water Management System for Climate change Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems Bhaskar Shrinivasulu Padigala Reconsidering the Impact of Climate Change on Global Water Supply, Use, and Management. 2017. IGI Global. ISBN 9781522510468 (hardcover) ISBN 9781522510475 (ebook) 2017
Criselda M. Balisacan Traditional Weather Forecasting Methods in Ilocos Norte/ ES Galacgac, CM Balisacan Using fuzzy cognitive maps in modelling and representing weather lore for seasonal weather forecasting over east and Southern Africa Solomon Mwanjele Mwagha, Muthoni Masinde Indilinga African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems 16(1), pp 1-30. 2017 2017
Criselda M. Balisacan Traditional weather forecasting for sustainable agroforestry practices in Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines/ES Galacgac, CM Balisacan Forest Ecology and Management 257(10): 2044-2053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.002 It takes two to tango: integrating meteorological knowledge and actions for disaster risk reduction Khanh That Ton, JC Gaillard, Jake Rom Cadag, Aivin Naing Climate and Development. 2017. Vol. 9 Issue 6. Pp 479-492 https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2016.1174658 2017
Criselda M. Balisacan Traditional weather forecasting for sustainable agroforestry practices in Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines/ES Galacgac, CM Balisacan Forest Ecology and Management 257(10): 2044-2053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.002 Traditional Knowledge and Vulnerability of Edible Fungi in an Ejido Within a Protected Natural Area Xochitl Jasso-Arriaga, Ángel Roberto Martínez-Campos, Yaqueline A. Gheno-Heredia, Cristina Chávez-Mejía Polibotánica no.42 Mexico ago. 2016 printed version ISSN 1405-2768 http://dx.doi.org/10.18387/polibotanica.42.9 2016
Criselda M. Balisacan Traditional weather forecasting for sustainable agroforestry practices in Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines/ES Galacgac, CM Balisacan Forest Ecology and Management 257(10): 2044-2053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.002 Integration of Indigenous Knowledge into Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Policies for Sustainable Development: The Case of the Agta in Casiguran, Philippines Jesusa Grace J. Molina • Andreas Neef Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction (Methods, Approaches and Practices). 2016. Springer, Tokyo pp. 247-264. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55078-5_16 Print ISBN 978-4-431-55077-8 Online ISBN 978-4-431-55078-5 2016
Criselda M. Balisacan Traditional weather forecasting for sustainable agroforestry practices in Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines/ES Galacgac, CM Balisacan Forest Ecology and Management 257(10): 2044-2053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.002 Value of Traditional Oral Narratives in Building Climate-Change Resilience: Insights from Rural Communities in Fiji Shaiza Z. Janif, Patrick D. Nunn, Paul Geraghty, William Aalbersberg, Frank R. Thomas, Mereoni Camailakeba Ecology and Society 21(2):7. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08100-210207 2016 2016
Criselda M. Balisacan Traditional weather forecasting for sustainable agroforestry practices in Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines Philippine Journal of Crop Science. Vol 26 No. 1 pp 5-14 Indigenous Knowledge for Weather Forecasting in Dhule District of Maharashtra (India) BC More, HI Shaikh, PK Bagul, SS Patole Frontiers of Earth Science. KL Shrivastava and PK Srivatava (Eds_ Scientific Publishers (India). 2015. Pp254-257. ISBN: 978-81-7233-929-6 eISBN: 978-93-86102-34-8 2015
Criselda M. Balisacan Traditional Weather Forecasting Methods in Ilocos Norte/ ES Galacgac, CM Balisacan Philippine Journal of Crop Science. Vol 26 No. 1 pp 5-14 Mainstreaming Ethnoclimatology for Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems Bhaskar Padigala Int. J. Global Warming. Vol 8 No. 3, 2015. Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Pp 360-374 2015
Criselda M. Balisacan Traditional weather forecasting for sustainable agroforestry practices in Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines Integrating indigenous knowledge with scientific seasonal forecast for climate risk management in Lushoto district in Tanzania Mahoo H, Mbungu W, Yonah I, Radeny, Maren A.O., Kimeli, P, Kinyangi, James CCAFS Working Paper no. 103. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). 2015
Criselda M. Balisacan Traditional weather forecasting for sustainable agroforestry practices in Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines/ES Galacgac, CM Balisacan Forest Ecology and Management 257(10): 2044-2053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.002 RFID Monitoring Indicates Honeybees Work Harder Before a Rainy Day Xu-Jiang He, Liu-Qing Tian, Xiao-Bo Wu, Zhi-Jiang Zeng Insect Science (2016) 23, 157-159, DOI 10.1111/1744-7917.12298. Copyright 2015 2015

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