SEARCA News
SEARCA Professorial Chair grantee, Dr. Ahmad Zaharin Aris, conducted his lecture on the 'Impact of Climate and Land-Use Changes on Water Quality' at Bilik Sidang Utama, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) on 21 February 2017. …
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BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) conducted scoping sessions with partners from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) on 22-24 February 2017 for the project titled Supporting Smallholder Farmers in Asia and Pacific Islands Region through Strengthened Agricultural Advisory Services (SAAS) funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)…
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LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), as commissioned by the Philippine Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), conducted and hosted the forum titled "Regional Forum on State-of-the-Art of Agricultural Research and Development and its Implications to ASEAN Integration" held on 27-28 February 2017…
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SEARCA, through its Biotechnology Information Center (BIC) under the Knowledge Management Department (KMD), together with the Coalition for Agricultural Modernization in the Philippines, Inc. (CAMP), Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), Land Bank of the Philippines, University of the Philippines Los Baños – Institute of Plant Breeding (UPLB-IPB), and the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) Philippines, held the Symposium on Corporative: A Business Model for Modernizing Philippine Agriculture on 21 February 2017 at SEARCA Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna…
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STA CRUZ, Laguna, Philippines. As part of the scaling-up efforts of the SEARCA-DepEd-UPLB project, A Participatory Action Research on School and Community-based Food and Nutrition Program for Literacy, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development (SCBFNP), a Training of Trainers (TOT) for Scaling-up and Sustaining the School and Home Gardens Project towards Year-round Food and Nutrition Security was held on 27-28 February 2017 at the Pedro Guevara Memorial National High School. It aimed to catalyze linkages of the six (6) pilot schools with other nearby schools and their respective communities. …
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Twenty-two lecturers from Yezin Agricultural University (YAU) in Myanmar participated in the Short Course on General Education (GE) Program in Addressing Food Security held on 20-24 February 2017 at YAU. …
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Siem Reap, Cambodia – H.E. Touch Visalsok, Undersecretary of State of the Cambodia Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MOEYS), cited his ministry's partnership with the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA) based in Phnom Penh as a good model on capacity building for Cambodian academics. …
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SEARCA's impact assessment of IFAD project kicks off
1 March 2017
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) has been commissioned by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to conduct the data collection for the project entitled "Impact Assessment of Irrigated Rice Production Enhancement Project (IRPEP)." …
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Celebrating agriculture and fisheries in photos
22 February 2017
Los Baños, Laguna—A fisherman on a banca in tranquil Pulilan River raises a hefty, early morning fish catch -- This image was adjudged the best that captured the celebration of Southeast Asian agriculture and fisheries in the recently concluded 10th photo contest of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). …
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The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) led Training-Workshops on Mainstreaming of the Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) in the Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUPs) and/or Comprehensive Development Plans (CDPs) of the local government units (LGUs) in the Lower Marikina River Basin, province of Camarines Sur, and province of Davao Oriental, Philippines…
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