The Visayas State University (VSU), through the Philippine Higher Education Research Network (PHERNet) of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), is spearheading a research project on enhancing farm productivity and environmental quality in climate change vulnerable marginal uplands in Eastern Visayas. As part of the project activities, the university will organize a National Conference on Development Initiatives in the Philippine Philippine Marginal Uplands, with the theme, "Enhancing farm productivity and environmental quality of Philippine marginal uplands: A scan of the past and a look into the future." The conference will be held on 22-24 October 2013 at VSU, Baybay City, Leyte.