2017 DAAD Ceremonial Handover of Scholarship Grants
Makati City – Nine Southeast Asian nationals received the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship grants through SEARCA to pursue their graduate studies at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) for academic year 2017/2018. The ceremonial handing over of grants was held on 20 November 2017 at the German Club, Makati City. His Excellency Ambassador Gordon Kricke welcomed the DAAD scholars and was very pleased to hear the academic status of each student.
Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr., SEARCA Director, on the other hand, reiterated to DAAD and to the Government of Germany through Ambassador Kricke, his deep gratitude for continuing support to SEARCA in promoting inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (ISARD) in Southeast Asia, through human resource development and capacity building.
The scholars who received DAAD-SEARCA scholarship grants are the following:
- Mr. Risal Ardika/Indonesia/PhD Soil Science
- Ms. Deasy Fitriati/Indonesia/PhD Agricultural Engineering
- Ms. Miko Mariz C. Castro/Philippines/MS Agricultural Economics
- Mr. Hector Bryan P. Grama/Philippines/MS Agricultural Economics
- Mr. Jan Lorenzo G. Alegado/Philippines/MS Agricultural Economics
- Ms. Thu Zar, Myanmar/Myanmar/PhD Agronomy
- Mr. Nguyen Linh Trung/Vietnam/MS Agricultural Economics
- Mr. Ong Quoc Cuong/Vietnam/PhD Agricultural Economics
- Ms. Do Thi Thanh Huyen/Vietnam/PhD Agricultural Economics
Also present during the event were Mrs. Katharina McGrath, DAAD representative in Manila and Lecturer at UP Diliman, Mr. Thorsten Werner Gottfried, First Secretary for Cultural Affairs of the German Embassy, Dr. Maria Cristeta N. Cuaresma, Program Head and Ms. Zacyl R. Jalotjot, Program Specialist, both from the Graduate Education and Institutional Development Department (GEIDD) of SEARCA.
Likewise, four SEARCA scholars studying outside the Philippines have been granted DAAD scholarship for AY2017/2018, namely:
- Ms. Antun Puspanti/Indonesia/PhD Forestry/UGM
- Mr. Yarzar Hein/Myanmar/PhD Agricultural and Resource Economics/KU
- Mr. Luis Tavares/Timor-Leste/ PhD Animal Science/UGM
- Mr. Nguyen Tran Ngoc Tuan/Vietnam/MS Agricultural and Resource Economics/KU
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is one of SEARCA's partners in its human resource development program since 1975, with more than 350 DAAD-SEARCA scholarship grants awarded, 94% of which have been completed successfully.
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- ► 2018
- ► December
- • SEARCA, DA-BAR capacitate implementing partners in DA regional offices, SUCs, and NGOs on financial viability and profitability analysis
- • SEARCA scholars bag Best Oral Presentation awards
- • SEARCA's Graduate Scholars awarded Best in Academic Performance in the LITE Program
- • IKM Mentorship Program welcomes second batch of learner-participants
- • ATMI-ASEAN partners with IPSARD in back-to-back national-level events in Vietnam
- ► November
- • SEARCA participates in the ASEAN Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC) Partners Planning Meeting
- • SEARCA Co-Sponsors ICONRE 2018
- • SEARCA and partners share the gains and lessons learned in implementing the Pilot ISARD Program
- • SEARCA, IFAD present guidelines of MEALS framework for SAAS project partners in Asia-Pacific
- • SEARCA Joins the Celebration of the 14th National Biotechnology Week
- • SEARCA BIC Organizes Workshop and Training Course on Application and Preservation of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB)
- • SEARCA BIC Organizes 3rd Agri-biotech Boot Camp for Senior High School Students
- • Leyte Farmers, Local Officials Briefed on Philippine Biosafety Regulations
- • Young Scientists Meet with Experts for Mentoring on their Collaborative Research on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
- • ATMI-ASEAN gathers agricultural experts in 1st Lao PDR National Project Steering Committee Meeting
- • UC welcomes UBC and NTU in its 31st Executive Board Meeting
- • PhD student benefits from University Consortium (UC) Travel Grant
- • SEARCA holds back-to-back activities at Universiti Putra Malaysia campuses
- • SEARCA and PCC continue to support CBED Cooperatives in Iloilo
- • SEARCA, UPLB, and DepEd Laguna recognized by the LBSCFI for the School-plus-Home Gardens Project
- • SEARCA joins UPLB, FAO-Philippines, and CvSU in championing nutrition-sensitive agriculture
- • SEARCA and World Vegetable Center partner for joint research, high-level forums to address nutrition-security
- • SEARCA-ASRF Grantees promote sustainable utilization of Non-Timber Forest Products in Thailand
- ► October
- • SEARCA supports the Asia Rice Foundation's Annual Rice Policy Forum 2018
- • SEARCA joins FSC partners in 2018 World Food Day Colloquium
- • French Embassy officials broach possible research collaboration
- • Scientists and development practitioners band together for OneHealth approach in livestock for food security and livelihood
- • K-State professor calls on SEARCA officials
- • Vietnamese students visit SEARCA
- • SEARCA convenes 66th Governing Board Meeting
- • SEARCA co-organizes the 4th RSAA Conference
- • IKM Mentorship Program Batch 1 successfully concluded
- • SEARCA and partners to help upgrade calamansi value chain in Mindoro through support of DA-BAR
- ► September
- • SEARCA showcases agricultural progress of pilot ISARD activities in Inopacan, Leyte
- • Family farms key for inclusive growth and rural development – Senator Villar
- • SEARCA conducts project monitoring and evaluation visit in Malaysia
- • UB hosts 4th UCGF
- • New and continuing SEARCA scholars at UPLB oriented
- • SEARCA RRT Team holds meeting on rural regional transformation typology
- • MSFSCC Project Team holds meeting at Kasetsart University
- • SEARCA Photo Contest 2018 opens for entries
- • Orientation-Meeting for the new SEARCA scholars
- • SEARCA presents project gains in competency certification for agri workers at high-level meeting
- • SEARCA, UPLB, and Tokyo NODAI collaborate on off-season production technologies and postharvest research on calamansi
- ► August
- • DAAD Officials visit SEARCA
- • SEARCA awards travel grant to UPLB Professor on Onehealth approach
- • SEARCA Concludes Short Course on Planetary Health
- • SEARCA Adjunct Fellow features the School-Plus-Home Gardens in the 2018 APSafe Conference
- • ATMI-ASEAN and DA organize 1st National Project Steering Committee Meeting in the Philippines
- • SEARCA, IFAD facilitate experience sharing of best practices in agricultural advisory services in Asia-Pacific
- • SEARCA forum reasserts smallholders as central in agriculture and development work in Southeast Asia
- ► July
- • Global Farm Tourism Summit draws 350 participants, features best practices
- • SEARCA Co-sponsors ENERCON 2018
- • SEARCA Scholar presents thesis result in Japan
- • 2018 UC-FSCC Summer School opens at UPM
- • SEARCA participates in First IFAD Mekong Knowledge and Learning Fair
- • ASRF PMO conducts project monitoring and evaluation visit in Vietnam
- • SEARCA hosts ASRF Program Steering Committee Meeting back to back with ASEAN Regional Meetings
- ► June
- • SEARCA supports the Agroforestry Conference in Da Nang, Vietnam
- • Appreciating early gains of the Piloting ISARD Model program
- • ISARD Pilot Program Partners hold Interactive Observation and Learning at Agri-Industrial Institutions for Victoria Calamansi Farmers
- • SEARCA-ASRF Travel Grantees present in the 7th Meeting of the CSO Forum on Social Forestry in ASEAN
- • SEARCA holds Testimonial for graduating scholars
- • SEARCA holds ASRF event back to back with the ASEAN Regional Meetings and Agroforestry Conference in Da Nang, Vietnam
- • SEARCA's IDA Program conducts training on communication skills
- • Calamansi rehabilitation project draws continuous support from local government
- • SEARCA supports external evaluation of Germany's EXCEED Program
- ► May
- • SEARCA, Agropolis Fondation, UPM sign accord for PhD Fellowships Program
- • SEARCA hosts Donors Forum on Mobilizing Resources for Social Forestry in ASEAN
- • SEARCA-TESDA workshop champions skills recognition and competency certification of agricultural workers
- • SEARCA pushes for the greening of Boracay
- ► April
- • MOALI-DOP heads first Technical Working Group Meeting in Myanmar under the ATMI-ASEAN Project
- • First ATMI-ASEAN national-level policy roundtable tackles agri-food trade in Myanmar
- • School-plus-home gardens project levels up with SEARCA-led training of trainers
- • International conference draws attention to the multi-functionality of school gardens
- • SEARCA conducts Workshop on the Development of a Knowledge Management Strategy to Promote Agricultural Advisory Services in the Asia-Pacific Region
- • SEARCA to help state universities build up struggling agri industries
- • SEARCA, PCC award equipment to carabao-based cooperatives in Batangas and Cebu
- ► March
- • MS FSCC project concludes back-to-back Workshop and Review Meeting
- • ASRF Grants to ASEAN Member States
- • SEARCA's capacity building work in Cambodia recognized in MAFF-SEARCA-NU-RUA Joint Seminar
- • SEARCA and ISST to partner in 2 international farm tourism meets
- • SEARCA pitches for inclusivity and sustainability in value chain development
- • Agriculture and Fisheries Minister and UNTL Rector Open SEARCA Forum in Timor-Leste
- ► February
- • SEARCA, UPLB explore partnerships with Microenergy Systems (MES) Research Group of Technical University Berlin
- • SEARCA draws in Taiwan for agricultural and rural development in Southeast Asia
- • RRT Project Team to develop a rural transformation typology for the Philippines
- • SEARCA pushes linking 2 consortia of 70 universities to boost agricultural research
- • SEARCA and PCC continue support to carabao-based cooperatives in Batangas, Cavite, and Bohol
- • SEARCA and CCC attend National Adaptation Plan Global Network in Fiji
- • SEARCA visits Secretariat of Pacific Community and Ministry of Agriculture in Fiji
- • SEARCA and UPLB explore research collaboration on Calamansi with Tokyo Nodai
- • Access to published agriculture papers on Asia expanded online
- • SEARCA and DepEd discuss next steps for the School Gardens project
- • SEARCA, NTU develop framework for institutional cooperation
- • SEARCA participates in IFAD's 10th ACPoR for the Philippines
- • IPSARD leads conduct of 1st National Project Steering Committee Meeting in Vietnam for the ATMI-ASEAN Project
- • MAFF spearheads 1st National Project Steering Committee Meeting for the ATMI-ASEAN Project in Cambodia
- ► January
- • SEARCA Scholar Presents Community-Based Framework for Agriculture and Rural Development
- • IFAD Regional Economist conducts ATMI-ASEAN Project supervision mission
- • SEARCA shares the school gardens project experience at the CODHEND Seminar-Workshop 2018
- • SEARCA Director opens IFAD-funded Asia-Pacific regional workshop
- • SEARCA, DA-BAR conclude 2nd F2F Session of IKM Mentorship Program
- • MS FSCC Students Begin Mobility in Southeast Asia
- • SEARCA announces winners of its 11th Photo contest
- • SEARCA concludes Experimental Designs and Data Analysis Training Workshop
- • RSAA concludes 2-day workshop at SEARCA
- • ASEAN Member States develop proposals on Social Forestry for ASRF Funding
- • Value adding revives town's wasting calamansi industry
- ► December
- ► 2017
- ► December
- • SEARCA Alumna Participates at the TropAg 2017 Conference in Australia
- • University Consortium holds Regional Workshop on MS Food Security and Climate Change
- • SEARCA hands over Climate Resilience and Green Growth Report to CCC
- • SEARCA shares mainstreaming CC urban resiliency to local development planning
- • Unleashing the potentials of farm tourism to improve the lives of Southeast Asian farmers
- • Policy dialogue pushes for alignment of agri education priorities in ASEAN
- • SEARCA promotes school and home gardens in Southeast Asian meet
- • Vietnamese researcher presents paper and leads session at human ecology international conference through a SEARCA travel grant
- • SEARCA: Farm tourism a path to inclusive and sustainable agriculture
- • SEARCA travel grantee's paper lauded in international irrigation congress
- • SEARCA organizes session to promote Human Ecology in SEA
- ► November
- • 2017 DAAD Ceremonial Handover of Scholarship Grants
- • Tokyo NODAI hosts 30th University Consortium Executive Board meeting
- • SEARCA, ASFCC Partners hold Planning Meeting for 2018 to strengthen partnership on Social Forestry
- • SEARCA and RCRD collaborate on a forum towards promoting sustainable agriculture in the Mekong Region
- • SEARCA teams up with research centers for agricultural policy in China and Vietnam in an IFAD-funded project on Rural Regional Transformation
- • ATMI-ASEAN Focal Points and Researchers learn Rapid Value Chain Assessment
- • MoALI lauds SEARCA's partnership with YAU in developing capacities in Myanmar
- • SEARCA Co-Sponsors 2nd IGEARD Conference
- • Two new scholars awarded Joint UPM-SEARCA Scholarships
- • SEARCA awards travel grant for the paper on use of social network analysis for sustainability of community-based forest management in the Philippines
- ► October
- • Capacity-building of farmers in agribusiness and entrepreneurship underscored in international conference
- • SEARCA joins FSC World Food Day Colloquium and Annual Planning Workshop in Germany
- • Thailand hosts 65th SEARCA Governing Board Meeting
- • SEARCA Grantee Presents Research on Food Waste Management and Recycling Strategies for Fish Feed at Agri4D
- • Market integration of smallholder farmers discussed in Philippine-France Agriculture Forum
- • SEAMEO Secretariat receives SEARCA delegation under Staff Exchange Program
- ► September
- • SEARCA asserts importance of ISARD and agrobiodiversity for sustainable agriculture and food production
- • Lao PDR-Department of Forestry develops proposal to improve guidelines on and harmonize approaches to Village Forest and NTFP Management
- • IKM Mentorship Program successfully launches first activity
- • SEARCA holds Team Building Activity for Scholars
- • Forest Management Bureau of the Philippines to develop proposal on Benefit-Sharing Mechanisms of CBFM-POs for SEARCA-ASRF Funding
- • Groundbreaking workshop an important step towards a regional action plan on agrobiodiversity
- • SEARCA, IFAD, APIRAS convene regional networking conference
- • Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs strengthens ties with SEARCA
- • SEARCA Holds Short Course on Crop Systems Modeling
- • SEARCA hosts Staff Exchange Program for SEAMEO RECFON
- • Southeast Asia Rural Advisory Services Network forms working committee
- ► August
- • SEARCA's Community Development Experience Highlighted in Indonesia Village Development Forum
- • SEARCA-ASRF now open for proposals on social forestry
- • Graduate Students Showcase their Research Studies at the UC Graduate Forum 2017
- • SEARCA takes part in TVUP web series on 2030 agenda for sustainable dev't
- • Tokyo NODAI bio-business students receive briefing on SEARCA's programs and activities
- • ISARD farmers showcase skills in calamansi processing
- • SEARCA Scholars Learn More about their Scholarship Policies and Guidelines
- • SEARCA links up with DILG, LGUs for inclusive agri dev't programs
- • Philippines Gears Up for ATMI-ASEAN Project, Drafts Country Action Plan in National Inception Workshop
- • SEARCA-ASRF and Forest Research Institute of Myanmar develop proposal to assess Marketable NTFPs in Agro-ecological Zones
- • IFAD, SEARCA and IFPRI partner with DA and DTI in the Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration Project
- • Training workshop to develop thesis proposals held for SEARCA Scholars
- • SyenSaya science festival culminates at SEARCA
- • SEARCA offers to tie-up with DOST on climate change scholarships
- ► July
- • Organizational development training to strengthen federation of calamansi farmers
- • SEARCA's AgriMuseum initiative get SE Asian education ministers' nod and SEAMEO support
- • SEARCA Director feted with SEAMEO award
- • Sustainability Transitions Summer School Successfully Concludes
- • Third batch learns financial viability and profitability analysis of new technologies and enterprises
- • New SEARCA Scholars Brush Up their English Skills
- • Students Enjoy Learning at the Sustainability Transitions Summer School
- • Thai Governing Board Member visits SEARCA, explores areas for collaboration
- • The HEAD Foundation and SEARCA ink MOU
- • SEARCA holds second training on financial viability and profitability analysis of new technologies, enterprises
- • ATMI-ASEAN Project launched in Lao PDR with National Inception Workshop
- ► June
- • SEARCA hosts field visit of GNAM schools' short course on ASEAN Integration
- • Biochar captures interest in SEARCA Special Graduate Seminar
- • Integrating social forestry enterprises in ASEAN MSME plan underscored
- • BS Agriculture student tops UPLB graduating class
- • SEARCA commends its fifty graduating scholars
- • Former SEARCA Director addresses UPLB hooding, recognition rites
- • SEARCA announces Cielito Habito as Editor of AJAD
- • SEARCA supports the 7th ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry (AWG-SF) Conference and reports to the 11th AWG-SF Annual Meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand
- • SEARCA hosts ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry Strategic Response Fund (ASRF) Program Steering Committee Meeting
- • Government research personnel train on financial viability and profitability analysis of new technologies and enterprises
- • Selected SEARCA Scholars to Participate in Two Summer Schools in Germany
- • Southeast Asian Upland Agriculture Fellowships Project Concludes on a Positive Note
- • Carabao value chain in Visayas and Mindanao examined to enhance competitiveness of the industry
- ► May
- • UC Grantee Presents Research at UPM Conference
- • Master of Science in Food Security and Climate Change Accepting Applications until June 2
- • SEARCA joins 3rd SEA-TVET High Officials Meeting, proposes project on development of competency standards for agricultural workers
- • SEARCA Alumnus becomes CNSC President
- • SEARCA-DepEd-UPLB School and Home Gardens pilot schools take lead in upscaling the project
- • UC Summer School 2017 is Now Accepting Applications
- • Search for the 2017 Dioscoro L. Umali Achievement Awardee in Agricultural Development
- • CCC, MinDA, SEARCA, ADB call for climate resilience and green growth in Mindanao
- • SEARCA Director participates in the Global Forum on Agriculture
- • National inception workshop launches ATMI-ASEAN project in Vietnam
- • SEARCA consortium, ADB, CCC, MinDA, and UNEP organize Conference on Climate Resilience and Green Growth in Mindanao
- • Eighteen higher education institutions in Cambodia learn public communication planning and skills
- • SEARCA takes lead in drafting the AFCC multi-sectoral strategic framework
- • SEARCA, DepEd, and UPLB award outstanding School and Home Garden Partner Schools
- ► April
- • SEAMEO Council President leads Southeast Asian AgriMuseum groundbreaking, commends SEARCA for work in ARD
- • SEARCA and Myanmar's MoALI co-organize policy roundtable on rice and other important agricultural commodities
- • Myanmar kicks off ATMI-ASEAN Project with national inception workshop
- • Food Reserve Management and Policies in Southeast Asia Tackled at Regional Workshop
- • IFAD-IFPRI-SEARCA project on Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration off to a good start in Cambodia
- • Knowledge-sharing for growth and sustainability in ARD highlighted
- ► March
- • SEARCA, PCC ink partnerships with Carabao-based Enterprise Cooperatives in 4 Luzon provinces
- • National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network invites CCC to join project Steering Committee, SEARCA shares Climate Resilience and Green Growth (CRGG) initiatives
- • Senator Villar commends SEARCA for contributions to bill on crop insurance
- • Community-based waterways clearing operation kicks off in Davao Oriental
- • Nagoya University and SEARCA kick off partnership by defining framework of collaboration in a workshop
- • SEARCA joins DA and President Duterte in launching national color-coded agricultural guide maps
- • Agricultural Engineering Professor Delivers Professorial Chair Lecture
- • New UP President visits SEARCA
- • IRRI-SEARCA study examines the dynamics of implementing climate change mitigation policy in rice in the Philippines and Vietnam
- • SEARCA Professorial Chair Grantee Delivers Study Results at UPM
- • SEARCA conducts scoping sessions with project partners in the Cordillera region
- • 52 R&D practitioners attend regional forum on state-of-the-art of agri R&D and its implications to ASEAN integration
- • "Corporative" business model to help small farmers in agri food market
- • Taking the SEARCA-DepEd-UPLB school and home gardens project to scale
- • Short Course on General Education (GE) Program in Addressing Food Security in YAU Concluded
- • MOEYS lauds partnership with SEARCA and RUA to build capacities of Cambodian HEIs
- • SEARCA's impact assessment of IFAD project kicks off
- ► February
- • Celebrating agriculture and fisheries in photos
- • SEARCA, ADB conduct mainstreaming workshops for LGUs for Davao Oriental, Camarines Sur, and Lower Marikina River Basin
- • SEARCA, KU, and Partners Finalize New MS Program
- • SEARCA’s ISARD Calamansi Pilot Project Implementation Strengthens with Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation System
- • SEARCA, PCC conduct Project Review
- • SEARCA Professorial Chair Grantee lectures on the functions of the academe in developing regional FIC
- • Eminent Japanese museum expert to visit Southeast Asian center in Los Baños
- • SEARCA joins the 39th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting, presents proposed Agrimuseum
- • SEARCA, TUAF sign memorandum of understanding for institutional cooperation
- • SEARCA convenes its 64th Governing Board Meeting
- • SEARCA honors partners in its work for agricultural and rural development
- • Book on 50 years of SEARCA’s work in Southeast Asia off the press
- • Latest AJAD issue available online
- • SFRT-funded project examines smallholder commodity systems in Leyte and Mindoro
- • Filipino senior high school students undertake agri-biotech boot camp
- ► January
- • New publication available!
- • 2 ERASMUS+ projects mull joint development of modules for MS programs
- • SEARCA Alumna Receives Best Paper Award
- • SEARCA awards travel grant to UP School of Economics Professor to participate at 9th ASAE Conference in Bangkok
- • SEARCA briefs private Higher Education Institution officials on course offerings in agriculture and biotechnology in SEAsia
- • UC awards student and faculty grants, renews ties with Tokyo NODAI
- ► December
- ► 2016
- ► December
- • Scaling-up strategies developed for the School and Home Gardens Project
- • SDC supports ASRF for another 3-year cycle in ASFCC Phase 3
- • Stakeholders in ARD gather in Regional Forum on Farms, Food, and Futures
- • SEARCA releases new book on 'inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development'
- • SEARCA recognizes Dr. Tin Htut of Myanmar’s MOALI during the Regional Forum on Farms, Food, and Futures
- • SEARCA's 14th Policy Roundtable examines Rice Policies across Southeast Asia
- • Handover Ceremony of Scholarship Grants to 14 DAAD-SEARCA Scholars
- • University Consortium pushes for more collaborations and linkages
- • Workshop held to establish Joint Masters Degree in Food Security and Climate Change (MS FSCC)
- • SEARCA and Agreenium collaboration for Institutional Development Assistance (IDA)
- • 5th DL Umali Award Conferment Ceremony and Lecture honors Mr. Tin Htut Oo of Myanmar
- ► November
- • SEARCA to hold back-to-back regional events on agricultural and rural development and rice policies
- • SEARCA IDA-partner universities visit premier university in the Visayas
- • SEARCA marks 50th year with alumni awards, homecoming, and other events
- • SEARCA-ASRF Synthesizes Lessons Learned from Social Forestry Projects in a Knowledge-Sharing Workshop
- • Key enabler of internationalization of Cambodia’s Royal University of Agriculture honored with SEARCA’s Emerging Leaders in Transition Economies award
- • Promising agriculturist from Timor-Leste is SEARCA’s Emerging Leader in Transition Economies awardee
- • Myanmar agricultural development expert and visionary to receive 2015 Dioscoro L. Umali Achievement Award in Agricultural Development
- ► October
- • Ecological monitoring for healthy ecosystems in Southeast Asia
- • Malaysia’s Premier Green Chemist conferred Outstanding SEARCA Scholarship Alumni Award
- • 48 R&D Practitioners attend Training on Research Methods and Techniques across Physical, Natural, and Social Sciences
- • Social Forestry Champion recognized with SEARCA Outstanding Alumni Award
- • SEARCA Director joins AAACU Conference
- • Rural Development Advocate earns Outstanding SEARCA Scholarship Alumni accolade
- • Small-scale rural producers at the center of agricultural transformation and market integration in the New IFAD-IFPRI-SEARCA Project
- • Assessment of garden produce utilization ongoing in pilot schools
- • Victoria Calamansi growers conclude Production Training Series and sign MOU for the ISARD Demonstration Farms
- • ISARD Demonstration Farms in Inopacan, Leyte launched
- • SEARCA and PCC conduct Environmental Scanning Workshop for CBED
- • SEARCA honors Micro-finance Champion with Outstanding Alumni Award
- ► September
- • Thailand’s premier starch and sugar scientist is SEARCA Outstanding Alumnus
- • IFPRI and SEARCA to launch IFAD-funded project on Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in ASEAN
- • Philippines Reformist Technocrat is SEARCA Outstanding Alumnus
- • Indonesia’s Education Forerunner Conferred SEARCA Outstanding Alumni Award
- • Project on rural advisory services for Asia-Pacific smallholder farmers kicks off
- • Young Southeast Asian scientists form collaborative research teams to address issues in climate change adaptation and mitigation
- ► August
- • Indonesian SFRT grantees conduct studies in aid of rural and agricultural communities
- • Ganapin earns Outstanding SEARCA Scholarship Alumni accolade
- • 37 Southeast Asians awarded SEARCA Scholarship
- • SEARCA-ASFN Strategic Response Fund conducts M&E Workshop with Grantees
- • Indonesian SEARCA alumni association stages international confab
- • School gardens for learning, improved nutrition, and savings
- • Vietnam’s pioneer in rice grain drying technology is SEARCA’s Outstanding Alumnus
- • IDRC, Canadian Embassy officials briefed on SEARCA’s programs
- • IBM volunteers push for improved SEARCA outreach via social media
- • Eighteen SEARCA partners level up on tracking outcome pathways of ISARD projects
- • Founder of Prince of Songkla University’s Faculty of Natural Resources is SEARCA’s Outstanding Alumnus
- • Oriental Mindoro partners reaffirm commitment to the Piloting ISARD Calamansi Project
- • SEARCA staff members enhance awareness on internet protocols and potentials in IBM outreach
- • Tangonan hailed as SEARCA Outstanding Alumna in Teaching
- • SEARCA recognizes outstanding alumni
- ► July
- • SEARCA supports Yezin Agricultural University’s Agriculture Extension Program
- • Kasetsart University hosts 2016 Summer School on Climate Change and Food Security
- • School and home gardens as learning sites and source of nutritious food and income launched in Laguna, Philippines
- • Integration workshop draws insights and recommendations for DA AMIA
- • ACB and SEARCA formalize ties for sustainable agriculture and biodiversity
- • DA-SWCCO, SEARCA and UPLBFI hold AMIA Project 1 Summative Event
- • SEARCA, PCC strengthen partnership in Building Capacity for Carabao Development Program
- ► June
- • SEARCA, DA-BAR assess partnership in agricultural research
- • SEARCA joins launching of global ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) Community of Practice (COP)
- • OECD and SEARCA make the case for agricultural innovation system to achieve sustainable agricultural productivity growth in ASEAN
- • Myanmar’s re-organized ministry of agriculture seeks to develop enabling policy framework for sustainable agriculture development and food security
- • 32 SEARCA Scholars Complete Study Program
- • World Agroforestry Centre explores collaboration with SEARCA on greening ASEAN economic corridors
- • IFAD to enlist SEARCA as development partner
- • 26 Participate in a Short Course on Utilization of Indigenous Crops to Strengthen Food Security
- • SEARCA and UPLBFI turn over drones to DA system-wide climate change office
- • SEARCA scholars sharpen skills on research writing
- • Southeast Asian executives level up knowledge on issues and challenges affecting food security in ASEAN
- • Upland Project holds last round of monitoring visits
- ► May
- • SEARCA spearheads forum-workshop on innovation platforms
- • SEARCA-DepEd-UPLB School and Home Gardens project completes its preliminary phase
- • School officials and teachers integrate organic agriculture, nutrition, and climate change concepts in elementary and high school curricula
- • Southeast Asian TVET institutions ink cooperation agreements in the Philippines
- • PDA in Cambodia proposes looking at gaps between policy and practice in community forestry
- • SFRT-funded projects turn spotlight on sustainable beekeeping technology and agroforestry systems
- • PCC gears up to boost production of knowledge materials for its clients
- • DA Usec. Serrano: Long term plan needed to adapt to climate change
- ► April
- • Stakeholders in Oriental Mindoro prioritize interventions to rehabilitate calamansi industry
- • SEARCA-ASRF and partners review Community Forestry implementation in Vietnam
- • School gardens as source of food and learning areas for local students
- • Phil aggie officials and focal persons look at how Indonesian farmers tackle the challenges of a changing climate
- • MOA for the development of flagship commodities in Leyte signed by SEARCA and partners
- • Saguiguit to MMSU graduates: ‘Put to good use what you’ve learned’
- • SEARCA releases learning notes on resilience and equity, water resources management, and upland agriculture
- • Stakeholders of ISARD pilot project in Oriental Mindoro prioritize interventions to rehabilitate calamansi industry
- ► March
- • DA-BAR, SEARCA, WorldFish polish Philippine RDE agenda and programs
- • SEARCA project team heads to rice, corn, and coconut producing regions
- • DA AMIA group learns new theory for climate change adaptation and food security
- • OECD to tap SEARCA anew for ASEAN agri innovations study
- • SEARCA-French partnership to boost SEA universities’ research capabilities
- • SEAMEO convenes centers to build policy research network
- • Japanese universities explore collaboration with SEARCA
- • SEARCA scholar shares perspective on what it takes to be an industry leader
- • SEARCA book on farms, food, and future in the making
- • ASFN Partners rally behind the Asia Pacific Forestry Week 2016
- • Timor-Leste Ambassador lauds SEARCA’s human resource development programs
- ► February
- • Cambodia warmly receives SEARCA program on building academic leadership
- • SEARCA Director attends CAPSA Governing Council meeting
- • SEARCA Professorial Chair grantee lectures on using acupuncture for water buffaloes
- • SEARCA Director makes pitch for biodiversity in ASEAN meet
- • SEARCA, PCC conduct back-to-back Knowledge Management (KM) Workshop on Cross-regional Learning and Thematic Communities of Practice
- • SEARCA alumni join forces to craft regional collaborative projects
- • SEARCA inks MOA for ISARD Piloting Program in Oriental Mindoro
- • 2 IDRC-SEARCA alumni bag Excellent Paper Award
- • IDRC-SEARCA concludes third annual confab
- ► January
- • SEARCA, UPLB, DepEd and Provincial Government of Laguna lay down next steps for the school gardens project
- • French envoy to work with SEARCA on Phl agri initiatives
- • SEARCA launches project on science-based food and nutrition program via school gardens
- • SEARCA participates in ASFCC Planning Meeting in North Jakarta, Indonesia
- • New Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines visits SEARCA
- • SEARCA Director joins launching of InterRisk Master’s Programme
- • Indonesian, Filipino, Thai, and Myanmar photographers win 2015 SEARCA Photo Contest
- • DA Trainers Undergo Systematic Adaptation Assessment Facilitation Training
- • SEARCA, PCC conduct Programming Exercise
- • First in Southeast Asia: SEARCA and IFS Launch Call for EOI in Collaborative Research Grants
- • SEARCA publishes three learning notes on agriculture and rural development
- ► December
- ► 2015
- ► December
- • SEARCA conducts Seminar on El Niňo Adaptation in Victoria, Oriental Mindoro under the ISARD Piloting Project
- • Philippine aggie officials, staff learn adaptation initiatives in Vietnam
- • SEARCA conducts Knowledge Management Audit at the Philippine Carabao Center at Ubay Stock Farm
- • Taiwan agriculture council and SEARCA discuss cooperation
- • SEARCA outlines proposed competitiveness directions for the carabao industry based on VCA analysis
- • SEARCA presents Linking Farmers to Market project Inception Report to DA-BAR
- • SEARCA taps best minds for the ARD book writing project
- • SEARCA participates in 2015 World Food Day Colloquium in University of Hohenheim
- • SEARCA joins SEAMEO High Officials Meeting
- • SEARCA Scholars stand out in intensive English language course
- ► November
- • ASRF PMO conducts project monitoring and evaluation visit in Cambodia
- • SEARCA promotes TVET in agriculture and community-based food and nutrition school gardening in SEAMEO education workshop for Indonesia
- • SEARCA, UPLBFI conducts mid-term review of AMIA Project Implementation
- • University Consortium members move to strengthen internationalization of graduate education
- • SEARCA participates in the Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture General Meeting
- • Regional conference pushes greater emphasis on sustainable diets for food, nutrition security
- • PCC officials strengthen ties with Vietnamese livestock and dairy development agencies
- • SEARCA sponsors international conference on livelihood development, sustainable environmental management
- • SEARCA publishes ARD2014 Conference Summary Report
- • SEARCA convenes 63rd Governing Board Meeting
- • SEARCA and CCC share outputs of ADB Technical Assistance in Upper Marikina for crafting LCCAP of Rodriguez, Rizal
- • SEARCA conducts Knowledge Management Audit at the Philippine Carabao Center at Mariano Marcos State University
- • PCC Officials Forge Stronger Ties with India Livestock Development and Management Institutions
- • SEARCA trains 3rd batch of DA climate adaptation and mitigation focal persons
- ► October
- • UPLB honors SEARCA, other partners
- • SEARCA, DA-BAR Native Chicken Project conduct Project Review Meeting and Farmer Cooperators’ Day Tour
- • SEARCA partners with IFS in Collaborative Research Grants for early career scientists in Southeast Asia
- • DA-AMIA Teams, Focal Persons Simulate Systematic Adaptation Assessment in CCA Mainstreaming Training-Workshop
- • Short course on geographic information system for climate change concluded
- • PCC integrates insights from R&D and TA projects to strengthen Philippine Carabao Industry
- • SEARCA awarded at Myanmar celebration of World Food Day
- • Linking Farmers to the Market project takes off
- • SEARCA presents overview of ASEAN Agricultural Innovation System at OECD-ASEAN Conference on Agricultural Policies for Sustainable Food Security
- • UNESCO Regional Science Bureau Director visits SEARCA
- • SEARCA alumni spearheads confab on food security and climate change
- • ADB-funded climate resilience project wraps up
- • SEARCA presents project proposals under SEAMEO College
- ► September
- • SEARCA supports inclusive agribusiness initiatives in Southeast Asia
- • SEARCA joins Erasmus mundus project Ask Asia workshop
- • SEAMEO initiates regionalizing TVET in Southeast Asia
- • SEARCA presents to APEC the Umbrella Programs on Food and Nutrition Security and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for Southeast Asia
- • Myanmar thanks SEARCA, asks for further assistance during AMAF visit to Los Baños
- • Myanmar Governing Board Member visits SEARCA
- • IFAD’s lead regional economist of the Asia and Pacific division visits SEARCA
- • SEARCA Director appointed to unprecedented third term
- • SEARCA alumna takes over the reins of Bulacan State University
- • UEP’s 6th President is SEARCA alumnus
- • SEARCA alumnus appointed as Rector of Indonesian University
- ► August
- • Cambodian executives receive graduate scholarship from Nagoya University-SEARCA
- • Congress seeks SEARCA’s advice on declining enrollment in agriculture
- • SEARCA joins ASFN Learning Group Workshop in Krabi, Thailand
- • SEARCA leads the conduct of a comparative study on food reserve management and policies in Southeast Asia
- • SEARCA joins CIRDAP Regional Policy Dialogue, Governing Council Meeting
- • SEARCA-ASRF Completes PDA Activities after Malaysia Workshop
- • The University Consortium adopts the umbrella program on climate change and reviews progress of the umbrella program on food and nutrition security
- • Organic vegetable production projects bag R&D awards
- • University Consortium Graduate Forum wraps up
- • DA-AMIA Team Reps and DA-RFO Focal Persons Learn Systematic Climate Change Mainstreaming Method
- • SEARCA and Partners hold Policy Roundtable on Improving the Agricultural Insurance Program in Southeast Asia
- • SEARCA-RELC concludes English training for new SEARCA scholars
- ► July
- • UPLB concludes first wave UC summer school
- • SEARCA-ASRF Conducts Proposal Development Assistance Workshop in Myanmar
- • SEARCA, UPLBFI conduct National and Regional Consultation Workshops for DA AMIA-Project 1
- • Forty-five farmer cooperators participate in training on organic and scientific production of native chicken
- • CSIRO unveils ADB project to set up regional climate projections consortium and data facility in Asia and the Pacific
- • DA RFOs 6, 7, and 8 participate in SEARCA, UPLBFI Workshop on AMIA-Project 1 Landscape Planning and Yolanda Strategic Plan
- • Thirty-nine SEARCA Scholars graduate in Academic Year 2014-2015
- ► June
- • DA-BAR and SEARCA attend KM International Conference 2015
- • Twenty-four train on ISARD project development and management at SEARCA
- • FSC Scholarships for 2015
- • SEARCA undertakes scoping study on Inclusive Agribusiness in Southeast Asia for DFAT-CSIRO in support of Grow Asia Partnership
- • How can ASEAN become a leader in food security?
- • SEARCA reports accomplishments of ASRF pilot phase at the 9th ASFN Annual Meeting and participates in the 6th ASEAN Social Forestry Network Conference in Myanmar
- • SEARCA awards 6 new professorial chair grants
- • SEARCA and Yezin Agricultural University hold first SFRT Myanmar Grantees Forum
- • Philippine delegation visits more eco-towns in Japan, attends IGES forum on CCA initiatives
- ► May
- • SEARCA Study wins Best Paper in 2015 FCSSP Scientific Conference
- • Philippine delegation visits eco-towns in Japan
- • SEARCA’s MSU Head receives 2014/2015 SEAMEO Service Award
- • SEARCA and Partners hold Regional Consultation Workshop on Climate Change
- • DA launches Strengthening Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA) Project with SEARCA and UPLBFI
- • SEARCA Director attends 57th APO Governing Body Meeting
- • 38 farmer cooperators participate in training on organic and scientific native chicken production
- ► April
- • SEARCA-ASRF Conducts Proposal Development Assistance Activity in Indonesia
- • SEARCA BIC takes part in international biotech communications training, conference, and meeting
- • SEARCA and CIAT ink MOU for cooperation in ARD
- • SEARCA seeks nominations for Outstanding Scholarship Alumni award
- • Value Chain Analysis of Carabao and Carabao-based Products Project is now in full swing!
- • COMM. SAÑO TELLS SCIENTISTS: ‘Agriculture is part of the solution to climate change’
- • SEARCA, DA-BAR successfully conduct back-to-back training on knowledge management
- • SEARCA publishes monograph on Weather Index-Based Insurance for Agricultural Production
- • Making Hidden Hunger Visible: Childhood Development and Long-Term Prospects for Society and Economy
- ► March
- • SEARCA, CDAT sign MOU for institutional cooperation
- • SEARCA Concludes Scoping Mission for the Piloting and Upscaling Effective Models of ISARD Action Research Project
- • Search for the next Dioscoro L. Umali Achievement Awardee in Agricultural Development
- • SEARCA holds Post ARD2014 Conference Validation and Planning Workshop
- • Timor Leste SEARCA graduate alumni association officers inducted
- • SEARCA and PhilRice present results of the Agricultural Insurance Project to the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation BOD
- • SEARCA donates books to public schools in Los Baños
- ► February
- • Cambodian Education Minister lauds SEARCA scholarship Program
- • SEARCA welcomes 9 more new scholars for AY 2014-2015
- • SEARCA spearheads Value Chain Analysis of Carabao and Carabao-based Products in the Philippines
- • SEARCA conducts scoping mission for piloting ISARD models project
- • Indonesian and Vietnamese photographers win 2014 SEARCA Photo Contest
- ► January
- • SEAMEO Council President lauds SEARCA
- • IFAD explores collaboration with SEARCA
- • LEAP SEA 6 Kicks Off at UBB in Battambang, Cambodia
- • ASEAN Social Forestry Network Strategic Response Fund (ASRF) Steering Committee evaluates ASRF Proposals
- • IDRC-SEARCA scholar garners 3rd best poster award in international confab
- • IDRC-SEARCA holds its second annual fellowship conference
- • IDRC-SEARCA scholars undergo English training with RELC
- • SEARCA, Nagoya University renew accord
- ► December
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