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LOS BAÑOS, Philippines - The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), in partnership with the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), will conduct the third training course on Financial Viability and Profitability Analysis of New Technologies and Enterprises under High Value Crops Development Program from 24 to… Read more

BIOTECHNOLOGY can be the key to the country's food security and development issues. Gil Saguiguit, director of Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) said that this scientific technology gives farmers a fighting chance to cope with the many challenges and obstacles they face in farming. He reiterated the increasing importance of safe, and… Read more

VIENTIANE, Lao PDR. The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) of Lao PDR, successfully conducted the fourth National Inception Workshop under the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded… Read more

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) hosted a field visit under one-week course on ASEAN Integration participated by 17 graduate students from the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) Schools on 14 June 2017.  Prof. Federico M. Macaranas (first row, seventh from right) of the Washington SyCip Graduate School of Business of… Read more

The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) conferred the only summa cum laude award at this year’s graduation rites to Mr. Arnel B. Villancio, Jr., a BS Agriculture student. In his valedictory message during the 45th UPLB Commencement Exercises, Mr. Villancio underscored the role of agriculturists in seeking ways to ensure food security. Though Mr. Villancio said farmers… Read more

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), in partnership with the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), will conduct the training course on Financial Viability and Profitability Analysis of New Technologies and Enterprises under High Value Crops Development Program for the second… Read more

CHIANG MAI, Thailand. The ASRF Program Steering Committee (ASRF PSC) convened in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 13 June 2017 to discuss plans for implementing the ASRF under the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC) Phase 3 (2017-2020).  ASRF is designed to provide Leaders and Focal Points on social forestry of the ASEAN Member States (AMS) with seed… Read more

CHIANG MAI, Thailand. SEARCA, as one of the implementing partners of the ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry (AWG-SF) and the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC), supported and participated in the recently concluded 7th AWG-SF Conference held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 12-14 June 2017. The conference highlights the theme "Social Forestry in Forest… Read more

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) has called for a stronger policy on the use of biotechnology crops in the Philippines as vital to the country's long-term food security amid climate change and a rapidly growing population. Congress should immediately craft a biotechnology law, which is forcible than a memorandum circular or… Read more

VIENTIANE, LAO PDR. The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) of Lao PDR, will conduct the fourth National Inception Workshop under the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded project, Agricultural… Read more