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SEARCA pushes rigorous impact assessment in S&T at IA Con 2026

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…

Farm output likely shrank in 2nd quarter

4 August 2020

LOCAL agricultural production likely contracted, albeit at a slower pace, in the second quarter, as the strict lockdown affected the employment of farm workers and prevented them from transporting their harvest, economists said. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is set to release…

BusinessWorld

LOCAL agricultural production likely contracted, albeit at a slower pace, in the second quarter, as the strict lockdown affected the employment of farm workers and prevented them from transporting their harvest, economists said. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is set to release…

27 July 2020

Agricultural innovation plans for Southeast Asia launched

27 July 2020

Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) governance will bring about greater participation among Southeast Asian countries, including Brunei, said its director Dr Glen B Gregorio. “It will pursue gender balance and inclusion of the younger generations…

Borneo Bulletin

Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) governance will bring about greater participation among Southeast Asian countries, including Brunei, said its director Dr Glen B Gregorio. “It will pursue gender balance and inclusion of the younger generations…

27 July 2020

SEARCA launches agricultural innovation plan

27 July 2020

A regional centre of an inter-government treaty organisation focusing on agricultural research and education kicked off the implementation of its 11th five-year plan to push agricultural innovation in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia. According to Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Stu…

Ministry of Information, Cambodia

Khmer Times

A regional centre of an inter-government treaty organisation focusing on agricultural research and education kicked off the implementation of its 11th five-year plan to push agricultural innovation in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia. According to Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Stu…

24 July 2020

SEARCA, Shell arm ink agri training, research pact

24 July 2020

Los Baños—To institutionalize their mutual desire to partner on areas of common interest such as education, training and research, an agreement was forged between Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture and Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc,. in a virtual cerem…

Manila Standard

Los Baños—To institutionalize their mutual desire to partner on areas of common interest such as education, training and research, an agreement was forged between Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture and Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc,. in a virtual cerem…

23 July 2020

SEARCA: Knowledge economy to boost food security

23 July 2020

THE Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) is urging the government to tap the “intellectual capital” of higher education institutions (HEIs) to boost food security and economic recovery by fostering a “knowledge economy (KE)” amid the coronavirus di…

The Manila Times

THE Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) is urging the government to tap the “intellectual capital” of higher education institutions (HEIs) to boost food security and economic recovery by fostering a “knowledge economy (KE)” amid the coronavirus di…