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MUNTINLUPA CITY, Philippines—The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) co-organized the 2nd Science and Technology IMPACT Assessment Conference (IACon 2026) held on 25–26 May 2026 at the Acacia Hotel in Alabang. The event was led by the University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Public Affairs and D…
15 July 2021

Young Filipino researchers hone expertise to compete for $20K grants

15 July 2021
Competing for $20,000 grants, young Filipino researchers joined their contemporaries from Indonesia and Vietnam in a recent mentorship workshop that helped them improve their proficiency in crafting research proposals. According to Dr. Glenn Gregorio, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate S…
The Manila Times
Competing for $20,000 grants, young Filipino researchers joined their contemporaries from Indonesia and Vietnam in a recent mentorship workshop that helped them improve their proficiency in crafting research proposals. According to Dr. Glenn Gregorio, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate S…

15 July 2021

Technology can change food systems

15 July 2021
LEADING up to the landmark United Nations Food Systems Summit in September this year, the Southeast Asian Regional Center on Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and Singapore-based CropLife Asia (CLA) convened a virtual dialogue on "Transforming Pathways: Working with Farmers in the…
The Manila Times
LEADING up to the landmark United Nations Food Systems Summit in September this year, the Southeast Asian Regional Center on Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and Singapore-based CropLife Asia (CLA) convened a virtual dialogue on "Transforming Pathways: Working with Farmers in the…

14 July 2021

Community-based participatory action research success stories bared

14 July 2021
THE Community-based Participatory Action Research (CPAR), which is funded by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), bared recently some of its success stories highlighting stakeholder engagement in Lamut, Ifugao; San Fernando, Camarines Sur; and San Luis, Batangas…
Frontpage PH
Journal Online
THE Community-based Participatory Action Research (CPAR), which is funded by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), bared recently some of its success stories highlighting stakeholder engagement in Lamut, Ifugao; San Fernando, Camarines Sur; and San Luis, Batangas…

13 July 2021

Breast milk as first human food seen important in food system

13 July 2021
A ROUNDTABLE discussion shone a spotlight on breastfeeding as the first food system and the importance of the mother’s milk as the first food of newborn humans. Jointly organized by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and LATCH Los Baños (LAT…
Daily Guardian
Sun Metro
A ROUNDTABLE discussion shone a spotlight on breastfeeding as the first food system and the importance of the mother’s milk as the first food of newborn humans. Jointly organized by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and LATCH Los Baños (LAT…

13 July 2021

“Transfarm” to be more resilient to climate change

13 July 2021
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna --Transforming rice farms to be more resilient to climate change needs more science and technology enabling “transfarm” to produce climate change-ready crop varieties as well as quality seeds, mechanization and digitalized farming, nutritional revolution in farming through smart f…
Philippine Information Agency
Frontpage PH
Journal Online
BusinessMirror
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna --Transforming rice farms to be more resilient to climate change needs more science and technology enabling “transfarm” to produce climate change-ready crop varieties as well as quality seeds, mechanization and digitalized farming, nutritional revolution in farming through smart f…