Technical Assistance

Most of SEARCA's projects are capacity-building and research initiatives carried out by its core programs on Education and Collective Learning, Research and Thought Leadership, and Emerging Innovation for Growth. Most of these projects are conducted in collaboration with other institutions.

Partnership is always at the core of the Center's projects, where collaboration and synergy help magnify any contributions and impact towards Accelerating Transformation Through Agricultural Innovation (ATTAIN).

As a partner, SEARCA is unmatched in providing access to high-quality, professional expertise and technical services from academe and governments in Southeast Asian countries in the areas of agriculture and rural development. The Center has a well-earned reputation and extensive track record in end-to-end project management – from conceptualization and proposal writing to implementation and monitoring – for both local and international development and donor organizations.

Assessment of current capacities and needs for institutional and individual capacity development in agricultural innovation systems in Asia

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
February to November 2013
Completed

Strengthening ASEAN Mechanisms for Reducing Emission for Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD-plus)

  • Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
  • Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
March 2012 to February 2013
Completed

Strengthening Research Project Development and Management for Agri-Pinoy Agricultural Development

Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), Philippines
January 2012 to February 2019
Completed

Capability Building on Responding to Climate Change Through Research and Development in Agriculture - Phase 2

Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), Philippines
January 2012 to December 2014
Completed

Strengthening the Department of Agriculture's National Technology Commercialization Program (NTCP)

Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), Philippines
January 2012 to June 2013
Completed

Capacity Development Program on Knowledge Management

Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), Philippines
December 2011 to March 2013
Completed

FROM RIDGE TO REEF An Ecosystem Based Approach to Biodiversity Conservation and Development in the Philippines

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
February 2011 to February 2013
Completed

Appraisal of Institutional Mandates for Agribusiness Support in Asia

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
January 2011 to December 2012
Completed

An Assessment of Smuggling on Selected Agricultural Commodities in the Philippines Project

Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), Philippines
December 2010 to May 2013
Completed

Women Entrepreneurship in the Philippines: A Data Collection

International Finance Corporation
May 2010 to May 2011
Completed
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