Website: http://www.rsfa.searca.org/

When SEARCA scholars complete their graduate program, they join the ranks of SEARCA fellows and become members of their respective country's SEARCA Fellows Association.

SEARCA continues to nurture these fellows associations, which have been federated to form the Regional SEARCA Fellows Association (RSFA).

The country chapters of fellows associations that have already been formed are as follows:

• Indonesian SEARCA Fellows Association (ISFA - Bogor and Yogyakarta Chapters),
• Malaysian SEARCA Fellows Association (MASFA),
• SEARCA Fellows Association of the Philippines (SFAP),
• Thai SEARCA Fellows Association (TSFA), and
• Vietnamese SEARCA Fellows Association (VISA).

The RSFA conduct activities aimed at helping reduce rural poverty in the region.

Fellows in SEARCA’s Agriculture and Development Seminar Series (ADSS)

• Dr. Arsenio M. Balisacan, Director, SEARCA, Philippines. Globalization: What’s the Score for Philippine Agrciulture, 4 September 2003


• Dr. Alexander G. Flor, Vice Chancellor, UP Open University, Philippines. Knowledge Management in Los Baños: Who Will Bear the Torch, 13 November 2003


• Mr. Freddy Pattiselanno, Lecturer, Negeri Papua University, Indonesia. Wildlife Utilization and Food Security in West Papua, Indonesia, 13 April 2004


• Dr. Neti Yuliana, Lecturer, Lampung University, Indonesia. Fermentation Profile of Tempoyak (Fermented Durian), 4 May 2004


• Dr. Arsenio M. Balisacan, Director, SEARCA, Philippines. Does Population Matter? Poverty Reduction in the Philippines and East Asia, 27 July 2004


• Mr. Vermont Dia, Instructor, Food Science Cluster, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Philippines. Production and Characterization of Virgin Coconut Oil, 3 May 2005


• Dr. Jean A. Saludadez, Assistant Professor, UP Open University, Philippines. The Transformation of Research Communities in the Stories Researchers Tell, 31 May 2005


• Dr. Yolanda T. Garcia, Associate Professor, College of Economics and Management, UPLB, Philippines. Demand for Fish in the Philippines: A Cross-Income Comparison, 6 September 2005


• Dr. Eufemio T. Rasco, Jr., Professor, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Philippines. Domestication of a New Crop: The Case of Sago, 20 September 2005


• Dr. Lucrecio L. Rebugio, Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs and Professor, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, UPLB, Philippines. Paradigm Shift and Curriculum Change in Forestry and Natural Resource Management in Southeast Asia, 7 February 2006


• Dr. Wilma A. Hurtada, Associate Professor, Institute of Human Nutrition and Food, College of Human Ecology, UPLB, Philippines. Rice Composites: Potential Staples of Filipinos, 21 March 2006


• Mr. Nguyen Dac Khoa, Department of Plant Protection, Can Tho University, Vietnam. Prospects of Sustainable Plant Disease Management in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, 25 April 2006


• Dr. Arsenio M. Balisacan, Director, SEARCA, Philippines. Why Does Poverty Persist? Facts, Fancies, and Policy Research Directions, 20 July 2006


• Dr. Nguyen Thi Duong Nga, Lecturer, Hanoi Agricultural University, Vietnam. Spatial Integration of Rice Markets in Vietnam, 8 August 2006

For information about these fellows associations, visit http://www.rsfa.searca.org/ or contact:

The Graduate Scholarship Department
SEARCA
College 4031 Laguna, Philippines
Email: ecc_at_agri.searca.org; gsd_at_agri.searca.org
Tel.: (63-49) 536 2290, 536 2554, 536 2365 to 67
Fax: (63-49) 536 7164