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Published on 16 March 2017
Dr. Aris discussed the impact of land use and climate change on the quality of groundwater in Northern Kelantan, Malaysia. He analyzed 25 years (1989-2014) of ground water data, as well as long-term hydrogeochemical, meteorological, and land use data to understand the role of human activities on ground water quality, and how land use changes and climate change stress influence coastal aquifers. Known to…
Published on 14 March 2017
A total of 46 R&D practitioners from the academe, DA Regional Field Offices (RFOs) and research institutions in the Philippines, as well as six delegates from other ASEAN Member States (i.e., Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam) attended the forum. The forum is part of the capacity-building and staff development component of the project titled "Strengthening Agricultural Research and Development (ARD) Towards ASEAN…
Published on 14 March 2017
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the University of the Philippines Los Baños Foundation, Inc. were partners of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) in its Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA) project that produced the NACCAG Map, which analyzes agricultural efficiency and land use. AMIA embodies the DA's national framework of action to address climate…
Published on 22 February 2017
The project is an initiative of the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (http://uc.searca.org), and is being led by KU and SEARCA. Dr. Poonpipope Kasemsap of KU serves as the MS FSCC project leader. Aside from the five (5) consortium member universities, six (6) other universities in Southeast Asia, and three (3) universities from Europe are partners in this…
Published on 21 February 2017
Created through Municipal Ordinance 2016-1560 on October 24, 2016, the LBCCC shall be the policy-making body of Los Baños tasked to coordinate, monitor and evaluate the programs and action plans relating to climate change. The council consists of various agencies, such as the University of the Philippines Los Baños, departments of Education and of Interior and Local Government in Los Baños, Ecosystem Research and Development…
Published on 17 February 2017
The MS FSCC project is an initiative of the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC), and is partially funded by the ERASMUS + Capacity Building for Higher Education Program of the European Union. It is co-managed by Kasetsart University (KU) and SEARCA. The MS FSCC has 14 partner universities, namely: Kasetsart University, Chiang Mai University and Prince of…
Published on 10 February 2017
Participants from Naga City, San Fernando, and Milaor with the project consultants and SEARCA staff who provided support to the workshop.The events were held as part of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded project titled "TA-8493 PHI: Climate Resilience and Green Growth in Critical Watersheds." The training-workshop for Davao Oriental was held on 7-9 February 2017at the Grand Regal Hotel in Davao City; the Camarines leg…
Published on 23 January 2017
ICLEI SEAS, EVI team up to develop PH Climate Change Mitigation Framework Strategy Selected national government agencies and development partners convened for a one-day kick-off meeting and workshop regarding the development of the Philippines’ National Climate Change Mitigation Framework Strategy (NCCMFS). ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability-Southeast Asia Secretariat (ICLEI SEAS) and the Emergent Ventures International Pte. Ltd. (EVI) facilitated the conduct…
Published on 19 January 2017
ASAE is a recognized association of agricultural economists and other professionals in Asia, and its biennial international conferences effectively promote scientific and technical interactions among agricultural economists, development practitioners, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students from all over the world. Dr. Ravago is Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE) and is currently the Program Director of the USAID grant –…
Published on 19 December 2016
This project will allow LGUs to adapt to climate change through proper agricultural and environmental management practices. “Even if you don’t have data, you know climate change has influence in agricultural production. Here we’re mainstreaming how we should plan for climate change so that benefits go down to the grassroots,” said SEARCA Director Gil Saguiguit Jr. “Now you can (schedule planting), and you know where…
Published on 19 December 2016
The instructional materials integrate concepts of sustainable ecological and organic agriculture, nutrition, and climate change in subjects such as science, mathematics, English, and Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (for Grade 4) and Technology and Livelihood Education (for Grade 7). Near the end of its first year, the ongoing activity is named “Participatory Action Research on School – and Community-based Food and Nutrition Program for Literacy, Poverty…
Published on 19 December 2016
The meeting charted the next three years of operation of the AWG-SF, specifically to support the AMS achieve their targets based on the AWG-SF's Strategic Plan of Action in line with the Vision and Strategic Plan for ASEAN Cooperation in Food, Agriculture and Forestry (ASEAN-FAF) (2016-2025), the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Blueprint 2025, and the ASEAN Community Vision 2025. In the current set-up where the…
Published on 19 December 2016
The forum highlighted contemporary issues in inclusive and sustainable agricultural and rural development (ARD) in Southeast Asia that affect food security and poverty alleviation efforts, converging on the themes of social inclusion, sustainability, institutions and governance, and regional and sub-regional integration. It served as a venue to discuss and analyze recommendations that may guide further actions, policies, and initiatives of various stakeholders of the agriculture…
Published on 5 December 2016
The MS FSCC is a project initiated by the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) and is jointly led by Kasetsart University (KU) and SEARCA. It is a 3-year project, which was awarded funding under the ERASMUS + Capacity Building for Higher Education Program. The first year of the project is meant to establish the curriculum; the pilot…
Published on 29 November 2016
The participants from eight ASEAN countries that included the Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Lao PDR were representatives of projects that received funding from the ASRF through SEARCA. The grants facility, now nearing its third year of operation, was established as a flexible funding mechanism of the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC) in April 2014, through funding from…
Published on 25 October 2016
Ecosystems provide services that are key to human survival and broadly classified into four categories, namely: provisioning, such as food, clean water, and safe atmospheric conditions; regulating, such as control of climate and spread of diseases; supporting, such as nutrient cycles and crop pollination; and cultural, such as spiritual and recreational benefits. (The United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment). Various ecosystems across the region are increasingly…
Published on 8 September 2016
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Published on 5 September 2016
This summarizes an overriding insight that 55 early-career scientists from eight Southeast Asian countries drew from a workshop on collaborative research to jointly improve on their respective team proposals on climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture for submission to a research grants program. Jointly organized by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the International Foundation for…
Published on 31 August 2016
Signatories to the LOA were SEARCA director Gil Saguiguit Jr. and IRRI director for external affairs Carinta Quijano-Guerta. The project is titled “National Action Plans for Mitigation in Rice: Comparative Assessment of Institutional Field Testing and Possible Entry Points for Intervention in the Philippines and Vietnam.” IRRI climate change specialist Bjoern Ole Sander represents his institute in the project while SEARCA R&D head Bessie Burgos…
Published on 23 August 2016
“As Thailand’s leading university in agriculture and natural resources, we understand how important climate change and food security is, and everyone in this University need to take that into consideration, especially in support of the sufficiency economy, which is now the priority of His Majesty.” This was underscored by Dr. Chongrak Wachrinrat, Acting President of Kasetsart University, as he opened the 2016 Summer School on…
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