SEARCA in the News

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) said Grow Asia, through its Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Development (PPSD), is helping Filipino farmers improve their skills and hike their output. Searca said PPSD is a farm partnership model that’s benefiting 117,000 smallholders in coconut, coffee corn, fisheries and vegetables. In a report published by the Los Baños-based institute, titled “Competency Certification for Agricultural Workers in Southeast Asia,” authors Bernie S. Justimbaste and Edwin P. Bacani said Grow Asia has demonstrated farming models that integrate small farm owners into the big Asean value chain. Grow Asia… Read more

The newly appointed Director of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) advocates the Center’s continuous support in strengthening the academe-industry-government partnership for agricultural development and fulfilment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Dr. Glenn B. Gregorio formally announced his commitment as the 11th SEARCA Director during the investiture rites presided by DepEd Secretary Leonor M. Briones last October 28 at SEARCA’s headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna. Upon taking up his post as SEARCA Director in May 2019, he has since led the Center in constructing a strategic five-year plan. The new director has a… Read more

Los Baños, Laguna—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity have agreed to continue cooperating on programs that will mainstream biodiversity in agriculture. In a memorandum of understanding signed on November 4, 2019, the two international organizations agree to carry on their collaboration to pursue their common objective of building capacities of the ASEAN Member States in biodiversity conservation as it relates to agriculture and food. Signatories to the MOU were Dr. Glenn B. Gregorio, SEARCA Director, and Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim, ACB Executive Director. SEARCA and ACB will… Read more

The following link will take you to INQUIRER.net: Survival of Palawan's 'kilit' rests on new view of farm 'pest'https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1191038/survival-of-palawans-kilit-rests-on-new-view-of-farm-pest… Read more

Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research and Agriculture (SEARCA) recently hosted a session on the regional implications of the Philippines' Rice Tariffication Law. The Research Symposium was part of the 11th World Rice Conference organized by The Rice Trader (TRT). Republic Act 11203, also known as the Rice Tariffication Law, has recently been passed in the Philippines with the purpose of lifting existing quantitative import restrictions on rice. With the current influx of imported rice and the consequent plunge in domestic farmgate prices, the Rice Tariffication Law has amassed mixed reactions from various stakeholders of the local… Read more

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) have agreed to continue cooperating on programs that will mainstream biodiversity in agriculture. Asean is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on Nov. 4, 2019, the two international organizations agreed to carry on their collaboration to pursue their common objective of building capacities of Asean member-states in biodiversity conservation as it relates to agriculture and food. Signatories to the MOU were Searca Director Glenn Gregorio and ACB Executive Director Theresa Mundita Lim. Searca… Read more

Senator Cynthia A. Villar (right) delivers a speech during the 1st National Scientific Conference on Water at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture for the Integrated Water Resource Management Harmonizing Research Technology and Policy Toward Water Security for All at the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, Laguna last Nov. 8… Read more

Horticulture experts from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) discussed the status and prospects of the calamansi industry in Oriental Mindoro, the largest producer of calamansi in the country at a seminar convened by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) last February 12. Dr. Calixto Protacio presented an "Analysis of Calamansi Production Practices in Oriental Mindoro," while Dr. Domingo Angeles talked about the "Calamansi Sub-sector Industry Situationer, Challenges, Programs, and RDE Needs." Both are full professors at the Institute of Crop Science of the UPLB College of Agriculture and Food Science… Read more

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna - The Philippine government-hosted Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research and Agriculture (SEARCA) will hold a session on the regional implications of the Philippine Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) during the Inaugural Rice Research Symposium on Wednesday (Nov. 13) at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel. The research symposium is part of the 11th World Rice Conference organized by The Rice Trader (TRT). Republic Act 11203 or the RTL has recently been passed in the Philippines with the purpose of lifting existing quantitative import restrictions on rice. With the current influx of imported rice and the consequent plunge… Read more

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna—The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) renewed their partnership in integrating and mainstreaming biodiversity into agriculture. ACB Executive Director Theresa Mundita Lim and SEARCA Director Glenn Gregorio signed the second memorandum of understanding (MOU) for institutional cooperation in a ceremony held at the SEARCA hotel at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) last week. The MOU is a continuation of the collaboration between the two organizations in pursuing their shared objectives of promoting sustainable agriculture and biodiversity conservation. "We are continuing this… Read more