SEARCA in the News

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

(VAN) AMTI-ASEAN is a program of great significance for ASEAN countries that are preparing for international market integration. Within the framework of the Program “Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to food security and inclusiveness concerns (AMTI-ASEAN)” organized by funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in collaboration with The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) organized the 2nd High-level Policy Forum 2022 "Transforming food systems in ASEAN Region Post Covid-19: Responding to food security and inclusiveness concerns", taking place on… Read more

Ngày 1/6, tại Hà Nội, Viện nghiên cứu chính sách thực phẩm quốc tế (IFPRI) phối hợp với Trung tâm Nghiên cứu và Cao học Khu vực Đông Nam Á về Nông nghiệp (SEARCA) tổ chức Diễn đàn chính sách lần thứ 2 "Chuyển đổi hệ thống lương thực thực phẩm khu vực ASEAN – Hậu COVID-19: Ứng phó các mối quan tâm về an ninh lương thực và tính bao trùm". Diễn đàn nằm trong khuôn khổ Chương trình “ Chuyển đổi nông nghiệp và Hội nhập thị trường ở khu vực ASEAN: Đáp ứng các mối quan tâm… Read more

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) of Vietnam, in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), on June 1 organised a forum themed “Transforming the Food System in ASEAN post COVID-19: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns”. The forum was part of the Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration (ATMI) in ASEAN countries: Responding to food security and inclusiveness concerns” programme funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The programme, which mainly targets Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, is designed to strengthen the institutional capacity of ASEAN member states… Read more

Hanoi (VNA) - The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), on June 1 organised a forum themed “Transforming the Food System in ASEAN post COVID-19: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns”. The forum was part of the Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration (ATMI) in ASEAN countries: Responding to food security and inclusiveness concerns” programme funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The programme, which mainly targets Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, is designed to strengthen the institutional capacity of ASEAN member… Read more