The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) works to strengthen institutional capacities toward inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (ISARD) in Southeast Asia through graduate education, research and development, and knowledge management.
Science and education for agriculture and development
Graduate Education and Institutional Development
Producing advocates and leading champions of inclusive and sustainable ARD by strengthening the capabilities of individuals and institutions that are engaged in pushing the frontiers of ARD in Southeast Asia.
Research and Development
Generating information, knowledge, lessons, and insights that will influence policies, investments, trade, and other actions that will promote competitive agriculture, as well as inclusive and sustainable ARD.
Knowledge Management
Promoting a learning culture, knowledge creation, knowledge-sharing and use, with a predominant focus on the broad strategic theme of ISARD.
Research Studies
SEARCA coordinates and facilitates implementation of research studies which are regional/sub-regional in perspective and scope. These include evidence-based studies, comparative studies, scoping, and case studies of best practices, integrative studies, and exploratory reviews on any of the ISARD strategic thrusts.
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Ongoing Research ProjectUpgrading the Calamansi Value Chain towards Improving the Calamansi Industry of Oriental Mindoro
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Ongoing Research ProjectRural Regional Transformation: Pathways, Policy Sequencing, and Development Outcomes in China, the Philippines, and Vietnam (RRT)
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Ongoing Research ProjectAgricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns
Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development Vol. 16 No. 1
Learning Events
SEARCA launched its Short-term Training Program (STTP) in 1970 as its fast lane to imbuing Southeast Asian agricultural development and environmental leaders, academicians, researchers, and practitioners with technical and managerial competencies toward built institutional capacities in the region.
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The Future of Planetary Health and the Role of the Philippines
27 September 2019Dr. Ramon Lorenzo Luis Rosa Guinto, Doctor of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Chief Planetary Doctor of PH Lab
Knowledge and Information Centers
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Latest News 17 October 2019Organic or Inorganic Farming or Both? Pitfalls and Opportunities of each Farming System Discussed in CAMP Forum at SEARCA
"With enlightened moderation on both sides, we can enjoy the best of both worlds and make organic and inorganic farming work in the Philippine context." Thus concluded Dr.… -
Latest News 14 October 2019SEARCA Senior Fellow and former scholars garner UPLB alumni accolades
A Senior Fellow and four former scholars of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) were among the awardees of the University… -
Latest News 14 October 2019
National Academician Gregorio recommends modern crop breeding program to Asian science academies and societies
SEOUL, Korea – Even with the use of genetic modification—including genomic selection and molecular marker-assisted breeding—to improve certain traits of plants, crop improvement is a long process of…
