Consortium for Agricultural Development, Research and Extension (CADRE)
Envisioning itself as becoming a leading enabler and champion of excellence in agricultural and rural development in Southeast Asia, SEARCA will establish the Consortium for Agricultural Development, Research, and Extension in Southeast Asia or CADRE. CADRE, as the word implies, will be a network of high-caliber, like-minded institutions with a unified goal of driving agricultural transformation toward sustainable and inclusive development in Southeast Asia.
DAAD-SEARCA Scholarship
The DAAD-SEARCA In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme Southeast Asia for AY 2025-2026 is now accepting applications.
The submission deadline for applications is 20 November 2024 (via DAAD portal).
Happy Independence Day, Cambodia!
SEARCA joins the celebration of Cambodia's Declaration of Independence on 9 November!
Cambodia is one of the founding member countries of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), SEARCA's mother organization.
Featured photo by: Eng Panhavuthy from Cambodia
AJAD Volume 21 Number 1 (June 2024)
Future-proofing SEA agrifood systems, building resilient communities showcased in new studies
New research articles published in the June 2024 issue of AJAD take a peek at initiatives and the grassroots in Southeast Asia as they respond to previous food and economic shocks and their aftermath. The common themes of the seven papers in the AJAD volume 21.1 release hover around ensuring food security, future-proofing farming, creating resilient food value chains, good agricultural practices adoption, agrifood digitalization, withstanding food disruptions, building food-resilient households and communities, and sustainability of rural development.
Learn more about SEARCA's 11th Five-Year Plan
In July 2020, SEARCA embarked on its five-year (2020-2025) mission, which focuses on Accelerating Transformation Through Agricultural INnovation (ATTAIN) and aims to deliver BETTER, BIGGER, and SMARTER impacts and outcomes to agricultural and rural development stakeholders across Southeast Asia.
Latest News
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UGM and MJU spearhead workshop to finalize quality assurance guidelines for micro-credentials in Southeast Asia
Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) and Maejo University (MJU) jointly organized the Workshop on Quality Assurance Guidelines for Micro-credentials on 28–29 October 2024 in Bali, Indonesia. The event marked a significant step in advancing educational innovation in the region through the ERASMUS+-funded program on Postgraduate Micro-credentials in Food Security and Climate Change (PMC FSCC). Participants in the workshop collaborated to develop and finalize guidelines ensuring robust quality assurance... Read more. -
Letran Calamba student inventors showcase their winning agri-inventions at SEARCA Sowing Seeds
Grade school and high school student-inventors from Colegio de San Juan de Letran Calamba showcased their agri-inventions at the Sowing Seeds: Cultivating Youth's Future in Agriculture session on agri-robotics organized by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) through its Partnerships Unit (PU) as part of the Center's Young Forces for Agricultural Innovation (#Y4AGRI) program on 21 October 2024. In his opening message, Dr. Glenn Gregorio... Read more. -
17 new SEARCA scholars attend the hybrid orientation meeting for AY 2024-2025
Seventeen new SEARCA scholars pursuing master's and doctoral degrees attended the hybrid orientation meeting held face to face at the SEARCA headquarters and online via Zoom on 21 October 2024. The new scholars were from Cambodia (2), Indonesia (6), Malaysia (1), Myanmar (1), the Philippines (6), and Liberia (1). Organized by the Center through its Graduate Scholarship and Institutional Development Unit under the Education and Collective Learning Department (ECLD-GSIDU), the orientation featured... Read more.
Accelerating Transformation Through Agricultural Innovation (ATTAIN)
SEARCA's 11th Five-Year Plan (2020–2025)
SEARCA works to elevate the quality of life of agricultural families through sustainable and resilient livelihoods and access to modern networks and innovative markets.
Scholarships
Grants
Learning Events
CE SAIN–SEARCA Joint International Conference 2024: SAIN4 and SHGBEE3
19-22 November 2024-
January–February 2025
2025 SEARCA Agri-Innovator Program (AIP)
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27 January–18 May 2025
Responding to Climate Risks in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (RCRANRM)
SEARCA Agriculture and Development Seminar Series (ADSS)
SEARCA Online Learning and Virtual Engagement (SOLVE)
Projects
SEARCA 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.
Publications
SEARCA puts forward the relevance of disseminating agricultural research findings to its stakeholders.