BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Darussalam—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) convened its 74th Governing Board Meeting on 29–30…
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) will convene policymakers, researchers, development organizations, private sector leaders, farmers'…
"ASEAN's strategic food security objective should be resilience, not maximal self-sufficiency." This is the urgent call in a new policy review published by the Asian…
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23 October 2026LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), in partnership with the Department of Agriculture–Biotechnology Program Office (DA-BPO) and the University of the Philippines Los Baños Institute of Plant Breeding (UPLB IPB), will…
14 October 2026JAKARTA, Indonesia—Forty-five researchers, policymakers, and development partners from across Southeast Asia and beyond convened on 1–2 October 2026 at the hybrid ASEAN Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) workshop, "From Priorities to Investment: Advancing Fundable Actions in Livestock and Rice Low-Emissions Systems in…
2 October 2026LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) convened agricultural biotechnology experts, its project management team, and a technical reviewer for a writeshop on 24–25 September 2026 at the SEARCA Residence Hall, Los…
30 September 2026LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—A new policy brief from the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) calls for a shift from largely low-value copra production toward higher-value processing, stronger farmer enterprises, and coordinated long-term investment to…
SEARCA, GIZ, and DENR convene regional experts to validate Southeast Asia land use and forestry data30 September 2026MAKATI, Philippines—Regional climate experts, policymakers, and forestry specialists gathered for a four-day regional validation workshop to validate geospatial land use data, examine national policy alignment, and strengthen climate mitigation across the Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) sector…
22 September 2026LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), in partnership with the Department of Agriculture–Biotechnology Program Office (DA-BPO) and Science Communicators Philippines (SciCommPH), will hold a roundtable discussion on 23 September 2026, at…
16 September 2026LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—Forty-two students preparing for the Licensure Examination for Agriculturists visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on 11 September 2026. The examinees, who are enrolled at Upstep Review Center (URC), were…
11 September 2026LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO-RAP) and the University of…
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