FACULTY-researcher and currently the director of Cavite State University (CvSU) Research Center as well as concurrent CvSU Office of the Vice President for Research and Extension officer-in-charge Miriam Du-Baltazar, CvSU National Coffee Research, Development and Extension Center (CvSU-NCRDEC) project development officer Marjorie Ann Panerio and CvSU Graduate School and Open Learning College (CvSU-GS/OLC) graduate student Christian Joseph Baluyot have won three out of six research grants from the World Coffee Research (WCR).

The grants are awarded on behalf of the Philippine Coffee Advancement and Farm Enterprise (PhilCAFE) under Cooperative Agreement Grant No. FCC-492-2018/001/00, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and implemented by the Agricultural Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI/VOCA) and its partners.