SEARCA in the News

The Philippines will take global environmental stage once more as it hosts the International Ecotourism Travel Mart (IETM), the world’s first-ever and biggest ecotourism-themed expo from March 29 to April 2, 2023 in Silang, Cavite. In line with the event, the International School for Sustainable Tourism (ISST), the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) recently forged a memorandum of understanding for the hosting of the said expo. According to ISST President Mina Gabor, the five-day fair will share best practices on ecotourism from global experts and provide networking avenues with ecotourism… Read more

DELEGATES from higher educational institutions in the Philippines won multiple awards in the International Summer Course Program (ISCP) held recently in Indonesia. They were faculty members from the Central Luzon State University (CLSU), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and Marinduque State College (MSC) who participated in the ISCP for Agriculture and Ecosystem Resilience to Environmental Disaster toward Regional Sustainability. The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) said the event was jointly organized by Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) University and Ibaraki University from Sept. 11 to 20, 2022 in Bogor, Indonesia. The International… Read more

Assistant professor Adrian Mausig, associate dean of the Institute of Agriculture of Marinduque State College (MSC), received a Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) scholarship grant on Transitional Mobility Program to be held at the Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand from November 1 to 30, 2022, according to MSC President Diosdado Zulueta. Mausig's scholarship is under the CHEd-funded project Levelling-Up Philippine Higher Education Institutions in Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Resources (Level UPHEI AFAR). The project is in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate… Read more

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has tapped the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) to evaluate its Program on Accelerating Farm School Establishment (PAFSE), which is being implemented nationwide. PAFSE encourages farmers and other private individuals to set up farm schools across the country. It provides skills training, retooling, reskilling, and upgrading of the labor force in the agri-fishery sector. TESDA implements PAFSE in close coordination with the Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Training Institute (DA-ATI) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Since 2016, PAFSE has supported the establishment and improvement of… Read more

Here is good news for bazaar fans, and there are lots of fancy and fun bazaars in the NCR to enjoy this season! The “queen” of all bazaars, which has been on hold, like all other bazaars, since this ongoing pandemic started in early 2020, will be back with a vengeance on Nov. 20, a Sunday, at its favorite venue, the World Trade Center. This bazaar is participated in by most countries as their ambassadors’ first ladies are all members of the International Bazaar Foundation, now chaired by Madame Pamela Louise Manalo, wife of the DFA secretary. Expectations are high… Read more

MENTORS from four higher educational institutions (HEIs) in the Philippines visited universities within the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) region to conduct research, benchmarking and capacity-building activities funded by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd). They are faculty members from Marinduque State College (MSC), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Romblon State University (RSU) and Western Philippines University (WPU) who also explored collaborations between their home institutions and ASEAN universities, which are members of the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC). Supported by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study… Read more

The University of the Philippines Los Baños Alumni Association (UPLBAA) has conferred the Multi-Generation UPLB Alumni Award to the family of Dr. Glenn Gregorio, director of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). According to the UPLBAA, this special recognition is bestowed on families who have produced three or more successive generations of exemplary UPLB alumni in their respective fields. The Gregorio family with three generations of UPLB graduates is one of the recipients of the said award.   They are the late Dr. Rizalino Gregorio (BS Agriculture in honor curriculum, 1958; MS Agricultural… Read more

The International School for Sustainable Tourism (ISST), the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), forged an agreement to collaborate in the International Ecotourism Travel Mart (IETM), the first-ever green travel mart and selling fair in the world organised by the Asian Ecotourism Network (AEN). The biggest ecotourism-focused fair is set to be held on March 29 to April 2, 2023 in Cavite, Philippines. This celebration of green technology and sustainable practices in the tourism industry signifies an opportunity towards a better normal and a more resilient community… Read more

The Philippines is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world. However, it has also been identified as one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots due to biodiversity loss. Aggravating the challenges posed on the country’s biological ecosystem are population growth, rapid urbanization, global warming and the global pandemic caused by Covid-19.   Biodiversity experts believe that maintaining a healthy ecology or strong biodiversity, is essential to human survival. Eventually, they believe it will lead to the path of sustainable growth and development   Ecosystem services Ecosystem services are the direct and indirect benefits humans obtain from nature, Executive Director Theresa… Read more

Ang ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), at International School of Sustainable Tourism (ISST) ay lumagda ng Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) para sa pagsasagawa ng International Ecotourism Travel Mart (IETM) 2023. Nangyari ang pirmahan  noong Oktubre 12 sa ACB headquarters. Ayon sa ACB, ang IETM ay ang kauna-unahang green travel mart at selling fair sa buong mundo na inoorganisa ng Asian Ecotourism Network (AEN). Layunin nitong pulungin ang iba’t-ibang mga ahensya at grupo mula sa ibang bansa upang itampok ang kanilang mga produkto at serbisyong ekotorismo, green technology, at… Read more