The Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has approved the Five-Year Roadmap for Agriculture Higher Education in the Philippines, a strategic framework developed by the…
PASIG CITY, Philippines—Consolidation is emerging as a key strategy to strengthen Philippine agriculture and empower smallholders. This was the central message of the Food and…
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Extension Services Program (RCEF-RESP) under the Philippine Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Training Institute (DA-ATI) has produced measurable…
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19 February 2026LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is set to launch its newest knowledge-sharing platform, the Meet the Diplomat Series (MDS), with an inaugural session on 23 February 2026. Anchored on SEARCA's…
19 February 2026LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—Eighteen Grade 12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students of Reedley International School, accompanied by their teachers, visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on 28 January 2026. The field…
19 February 2026LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) formalized a strategic partnership through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on 12 February 2026. The agreement outlines…
6 February 2026BANGKOK, Thailand—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), organized the Inception Workshop of the Southeast Asia Agricultural Outlook Series (SEA Agri Outlook) on 26-27 January 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand. Led by SEARCA's Research and…
26 January 2026BANGKOK, Thailand—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) will convene country experts from the 11 Southeast Asian countries on 26-27 January 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand for a workshop to kick off the Center's new…
22 January 2026PASIG CITY, Philippines—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), in partnership with the University of Asia and the Pacific's Center for Food and Agri Business (UA&P-CFA), will hold the Food and Agribusiness Forum on…
28 December 2025LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—A newly released issue of the Agriculture and Development Notes (ADN) series by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) reveals that while the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) has significantly boosted…
24 December 2025Seven studies published in the December 2025 issue of the Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development (AJAD)—a publication of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)—examine emergent trends in Asian agriculture. These papers explore…
