SEARCA in the News

A STATE university-based instructor from Nueva Vizcaya is a grantee of the Leveling Up Philippine Higher Education Institutions in Agriculture, Fisheries, and Natural Resources (LevelUPHEI AFAR) project funded by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd). According to the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Ventura Chinaman, an instructor at the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) is ongoing with his mobility activities at Kasetsart University (KU) in Thailand until August 31. Through CHEd-funded project, SEARCA facilitates capacity-building activities and international linkages for Philippine higher education institutions (HEI). SEARCA said Chinaman will stay at KU for… Read more

A DUBAI-based scientist has conducted a plant breeding visit at the University of the Philippines-headquartered Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). SEARCA has assisted Dr. R. K. Singh of the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) in conducting an informal survey on the use of millets and quinoa as well as gathering information on their availability, accessibility and affordability in selected sites in the Philippines. Singh, who is the ICBA Crop Diversification and Genetics program leader and principal scientist on plant breeding, visited SEARCA and started his informal survey on June 2 to 7… Read more

Analysts, policy-makers, researchers, international donors and public-private groups convened in a high-level policy forum recently in Hanoi, Vietnam, where they deliberated on a five years of rigorous research. The research, “Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns [ATMI-ASEAN,]” is a program covering the Philippines, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam. It is jointly implemented by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Los Baños-based Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). It is funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Themed “Transforming Food Systems… Read more

MENURUT Rifqi Rahmat Hidayatullah, selain dari Universitas Brawijaya, tim lainnya berasal dari IPB University dan Universitas Teknologi Sumbawa (UTS). “Penelitian yang berjudul “Comparative of Greenhouse Gases Effect from Agriculture Activities in Bogor and Sumbawa” ini mulai dilaksanakan pada 1 Juni 2022 hingga 31 Mei 2023. Total hibah penelitian senilai 5.000 US dollar,” terang Rifqi Rahmat Hidayatullah, melalui rilis yang dikirim ke redaksi tabloidjawatimur.com, Sabtu (04/06/2022). Dalam rilisnya Rifqi Rahmat Hidayatullah, menjelaskan, dia memperoleh grant ini bersama Beata Ratnawati, ST, MSi, Leonard Dharmawan, SP., M.Si (dosen IPB University), Nurul Amri Komarudin, S.Si.,M.Si, Yuni Yolanda, SPi., M.Si dan Chairul Anam Afgani, STP, MP… Read more

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BOGOR -- Dua dosen muda Sekolah Vokasi IPB University berhasil mendapat hibah penelitian dari The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) pada program the UC Seed Fund Collaborative Research Grant. Dosen IPB University tersebut adalah Beata Ratnawati, ST MSi (dosen Program Studi Teknik dan Manajemen Lingkungan) dan Leonard Dharmawan SP MSi (dosen Program Studi Komunikasi). Selain dari IPB University, tim lainnya berasal dari Universitas Brawijaya dan Universitas Teknologi Sumbawa. Penelitian yang berjudul “Comparative of Greenhouse Gases Effect from Agriculture Activities in Bogor and Sumbawa” akan mulai dilaksanakan pada 1 Juni 2022 hingga 31… Read more

Dr. Glenn B. Gregorio has been reappointed as director of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) for another three-year term effective last May 1. An eminent rice scientist, an Academician at the National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines, and professor at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Gregorio was endorsed by the SEARCA Governing Board and Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones for a second three-year term, SEARCA’s news release said. His reappointment was approved and signed by Singapore Education Minister Chan Chun Sing, who is also the SEAMEO Council… Read more

Dr. Glenn B. Gregorio has been re -appointed as director of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) for another three -year term effective May 1. A well -known rice scientist, an Academician at the National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines, and professor at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Gregorio was endorsed by the SEARCA Governing Board and Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones for the second three years. term, SEARCA said in a news release. His reappointment was approved and signed by Singapore Education Minister Chan Chun Sing, who… Read more

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna: Analysts, policymakers, researchers, international donors, and public-private entities convened in a high-level policy forum on Wednesday, June 1, in Hanoi, Vietnam, to deliberate five years of research in agriculture and food security in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. Dr. Glenn Gregorio, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) director, said the "Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns (ATMI-ASEAN)" forum is a program covering the Philippines, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam. He added that the ATMI-ASEAN, which is jointly… Read more

Institutionalizing urban agriculture in the Philippines as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic requires active leadership from the local government. This was emphasized by Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) Director Glenn Gregorio, who served as a presenter in a knowledge-sharing forum organized by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Socioeconomic Research Portal for the Philippines Network. In a SEARCA paper he coauthored in 2020, Gregorio said the disruptions in agricultural food systems would create supply and demand shocks on economic performance and food security locally and internationally. “The COVID-19 pandemic… Read more

Jakarta: Sebanyak dua dosen muda Sekolah Vokasi IPB University berhasil mendapat hibah penelitian dari The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) pada program the UC Seed Fund Collaborative Research Grant. Keduanya, yaitu dosen Program Studi Teknik dan Manajemen Lingkungan Beata Ratnawati dan dosen Program Studi Komunikasi Leonard Dharmawan. Anggota tim lainnya berasal dari Universitas Brawijaya dan Universitas Teknologi Sumbawa. Penelitian yang berjudul “Comparative of Greenhouse Gases Effect from Agriculture Activities in Bogor and Sumbawa” itu mulai dilaksanakan pada 1 Juni 2022 hingga 31 Mei 2023 dengan total hibah penelitian senilai USD5.000. Penelitian diketuai dan… Read more