SEARCA News

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Eleven education Ministers who constitute the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Council and the SEAMEO Secretariat have affirmed their support for the proposal of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) to establish the Southeast Asian AgriMuseum and Learning Center… Read more

Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr., Director of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), is one of the recipients of this year's Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Service Award. … Read more

The first two weeks of the Sustainability Transitions Summer School 2017 have come to a successful completion as 20 students graduated from the program at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta, Indonesia. … Read more

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines - The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), in partnership with the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), is currently conducting the third training course on Financial Viability and Profitability Analysis of New Technologies and Enterprises under the High Value Crops Development Program from 24-27 July 2017 at the SEARCA headquarters. This activity is the third and last in a series of training courses under the DA-BAR-funded project "Financial Viability and Profitability Analysis of New Technologies and Enterprises under the High Value Crops Development Program." … Read more

Thirty (30) new SEARCA Scholars are currently enhancing their English skills through the Basic English Training Course provided by Prof. Emy Cervantes and her team of English experts. The training course commenced on 18 July and will run until the 28th. … Read more

YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA- A few days after the commencement of the Sustainability Transitions Summer School 2017, the participants coming from different countries in Asia and Europe have already created a good bond while learning. … Read more

Dr. Sathit Puttachaiyong (fifth from right), President of Rajamangala University of Technology (RMUT) Krungthep and concurrent Country Representative of Thailand to the SEARCA Governing Board (GB), visited SEARCA on 10 July 2017 to be briefed on the Center and discuss possible areas for collaboration between SEARCA and RMUT. … Read more

SINGAPORE – SEARCA Director Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr. (seated, right) and Mr. Yu-Book Lim (seated, left), Managing Director, The HEAD Foundation (THF) based here, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between their institutions on 5 July 2017. The signing was witnessed by Dr. Maria Celeste H. Cadiz (standing, right), SEARCA Program Head for Knowledge Management, and Prof. S. Gopinathan (standing, left), THF Academic Director. … Read more

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines - The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), in partnership with the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), conducted the second training course on Financial Viability and Profitability Analysis of New Technologies and Enterprises under the High Value Crops Development Program held on 27-30 June 2017 at the SEARCA headquarters. This activity is the second in a series of training courses under the DA-BAR-funded project "Financial Viability and Profitability Analysis of New Technologies and Enterprises under the High Value Crops Development Program." … Read more

VIENTIANE, Lao PDR. The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) of Lao PDR, successfully conducted the fourth National Inception Workshop under the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded project, "Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns (ATMI-ASEAN)", in Vientiane last 22-23 June 2017. … Read more