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Published on 28 May 2018
The ASRF under the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC) is designed to provide ASEAN Member States (AMS) Leaders and Focal Points on Social Forestry with seed fund to respond to immediate needs or catalyze strategic action to address emerging issues, opportunities, or other situations that may not have been anticipated, but to which the AMS and AWG-SF's response is critical. This…
Published on 4 May 2018
SEARCA Director Gil C. Saguiguit Jr. said SEARCA is conceptualizing a project that will help Boracay farmers and indigenous people make the best use of the land they will receive from the government. He said the idea is to help farmers in three ways: teach farmers best agricultural practices, involve them in the value chain, and teach them agri-tourism. "With the world watching the rehabilitation…
Published on 25 April 2018
Serving as a platform for exchanging knowledge, experiences, and success stories that shall strengthen the implementation of School-plus-home Garden Projects (S+HGP) in SEAMEO member-states, the four-day training gathered 26 school heads, principals, and teachers; representatives from provincial or district education ministries; participants from IIRR; and SEAMEO center representatives who also served as resource persons. They shall be the primary driving force in replicating viable school…
Published on 25 April 2018
With the theme "Leveraging the Multi-functionality of School Gardens", the international conference was organized by SEARCA in partnership with the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), the Department of Education (DepEd)-Division of Laguna, Philippines, and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR). It aimed to serve as a venue for sharing the different models and approaches of school gardens within and outside the Southeast…
Published on 16 April 2018
The international conference has the theme "Leveraging the Multi-functionality of School Gardens." It aims to provide a venue for sharing the different models of school gardens within and outside the Southeast Asian (SEA) region, with emphasis on lessons, impacts, commonalities, strengths, diversity in methodologies, and issues and challenges. It seeks to foster a better understanding of how school gardens in different settings can help improve…
Published on 6 April 2018
The first of its partnerships in this endeavor is with Cavite State University (CvSU), a national leader on coffee research and development for almost 15 years and with which SEARCA is set to renew formal ties. While all four coffee varieties—Arabica, Excelsa, Liberica, and Robusta—are grown in the country, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) says in its policy brief that the country's dismal…
Published on 6 April 2018
These efforts are still part of the Enterprise Development Component of the PCC-funded project titled Building Capacity and Strengthening Partnership for Carabao Development Program (CDP). The component provides relevant interventions identified in the recommendations of the Value Chain Analysis Study conducted by SEARCA for PCC covering carabao-based enterprises across the country. The interventions range from knowledge sharing to provision of support services and resources to…
Published on 27 March 2018
Thirty-four participants from overseas partner institutions joined 19 local participants in two back-to-back events hosted by SEARCA and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) for the Master of Science in Food Security and Climate Change (MS FSCC) project on 19 – 24 March 2018.  The MS FSCC is a project initiated by the SEARCA-established Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources…
Published on 26 March 2018
ASRF under the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC) aims to enable the AMS Leaders and Focal Points to quickly respond to emerging issues and challenges and articulate policy recommendations and directions on social forestry as it relates to climate change, food security, and poverty alleviation. It is designed to provide AMS Leaders and Focal Points seed fund to respond to immediate…
Published on 22 March 2018
In his Welcome Remarks, Dr. Ngo Bunthan, Rector of RUA, thankedSEARCAfor its "significant contribution in capacitatingRUA staff through the granting of scholarships and conduct of trainings and short courses." Prof. Fumio Isoda, Director of NU Asian Satellite Campuses Institute (ASCI), also acknowledged the support of SEARCA to its students under the satellite campus in Cambodia and the Philippines. In response, Dr. Cuaresma reiterated that"SEARCA's mandate…
Published on 5 March 2018
The forum participants included middle managers and senior leaders in 12 national agriculture, fisheries, and rural development agencies, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), and key faculty members and officials of higher education institutions (HEIs) in agriculture and related fields. The forum, which runs until 2 March 2018, is organized by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), with the Universidade Nacional…
Published on 5 March 2018
The knowledge event was the third and final leg in the series of workshops held in Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The Philippine workshop was attended by 39 participants from Elena International, Microenergy Systems (MES), SEARCA, TUB, and UPLB. The workshop aimed to establish a platform for knowledge exchange and find potential collaborations between Germany and the Southeast Asian region. Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr.…
Published on 28 February 2018
SEARCA Director Gil C. Saguiguit Jr. presents to Dr. Chung-hsiu Hung, Director General for international Affairs of Taiwan’s COA Executive Yuan, a copy of 'SEARCA's Fifty Years: Pushing the Frontiers of Agricultural and Rural Development' at their meeting in Taipei. Philippine government-hosted SEARCA is mandated to promote inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (ISARD) in the ASEAN countries plus Timor-Leste through its core programs…
Published on 26 February 2018
The Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) launched by SEARCA in 1989 counts among its members nine leading agricultural universities in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines Thailand, Japan, Canada, and Germany. On the other hand, 68 universities in ASEAN, Japan, Korea are participating in the ASEAN International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Programme led by the Bangkok-based Southeast Asian Regional…
Published on 22 February 2018
The TTF is organized by the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network and hosted by the Government of the Republic of Fiji. Mr. Mark Mineo, Regional Environmental Officer to the U.S. Embassy in Fiji, and Mrs. Makereta Konrote, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Economy to the Government of Fiji, officially opened the forum. The Philippine delegation was composed of CCC staff members, including Mr…
Published on 2 February 2018
Titled as Developing a Community-Based Development Framework for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Ilar discussed the governance of a rice-based community intervention (RBCI) in the Philippines as part of the government's initiatives for agriculture and rural development (ARD) and how this adheres to the community-based development (CBD) concept. Through his analysis, he came up with a proposed CBD framework for ARD which addresses the…
Published on 26 January 2018
It is within this context that the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) are collaborating on an event titled Regional Workshop on Competency Certification for Agricultural Workers in Southeast Asia to be held at the SEARCA Headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines on 6-7 March 2018. The Workshop aims to…
Published on 22 January 2018
Modular Discussion The four-day session focused on strengthening the skills of the learner-participants in terms of disseminating and communicating agricultural research results through photography and videography. Dr. Lope B. Santos III, SEARCA Unit Head for Project Development and Technical Services, gave the opening remarks on behalf of Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr., SEARCA Director, while Ms. Julia A. Lapitan, DA-BAR Head for Applied Communication, read…
Published on 19 January 2018
Under the MS FSCC, students enroll under a particular program track involving two UC universities, are co-supervised by lecturers from these universities and receive two degrees. They also have the opportunity to study in a partner European university for a semester, starting July 2018. The student mobilities are funded by the ERAMUS+ Capacity Building for Higher Education and are managed by SEARCA for Southeast Asia…
Published on 18 January 2018
SEARCA received 1,455 photo entries in the three-month submission period that started in1 September 2017. Open to Southeast Asian nationals, the 2017 photo contest centered on the theme Agriculture for All, by All: moving forward on agricultural and rural development in Southeast Asia, which coincided with the new chapter in SEARCA's existence, a year after it celebrated its 50th founding anniversary. The selection process for…
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