SEARCA in the News

Legislators apprised on PHL biosafety regulations

24 March 2019

More than 100 Legislative officials from the House of Representatives and selected members of the Philippine Judicial Academy (Philja) were apprised on the Philippine regulatory system for genetically modified crops in a briefing held at the House of Representatives on February 27. In the latest briefing, the legislative officials were given thorough information on the Philippine Regulatory System for Genetically Modified Crops: DOST-DA-DENR-DOH-DILG Joint Department Circular (JDC) No. 1, series of 2016. Representatives from the Departments of Agriculture (DA), Health (DOH), Science and Technology (DOST), the Interior and Local Government (DILG), and Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) explained to the… Read more

SEARCA in meeting for climate change

23 March 2019

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), which manages the ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry (AWG-SF) Strategic Response Fund (ASRF), will participate in the 8th Meeting of the Ad-Hoc Steering Committee on Climate Change and Food Security to be held in Bali, Indonesia on March 28 to 29. ASEAN is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. "SEARCA will present its key initiatives on food security in addressing climate change in the ASEAN member-states (AMS). Likewise, it will share initial gains in the implementation of the ASRF. This includes the implementation of nine projects… Read more