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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…
19 September 2024

SEARCA, SciDev.Net to advance science comms

19 September 2024
THE Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and SciDev.Net have forged a five-year agreement to advance science communication for agriculture development. SciDev.Net is the world's leading source of reliable and authoritative news, views and analysis…
The Manila Times
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THE Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and SciDev.Net have forged a five-year agreement to advance science communication for agriculture development. SciDev.Net is the world's leading source of reliable and authoritative news, views and analysis…

15 September 2024

USC, SEARCA bioplastics from shrimp shells, mango waste win global accolade

15 September 2024
Their bioplastics project made from shrimp shells and mango waste landed the University of San Carlos (USC) and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) in the global spotlight. A video featuring the SEARCA Grants for Research toward Agricultural…
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Their bioplastics project made from shrimp shells and mango waste landed the University of San Carlos (USC) and the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) in the global spotlight. A video featuring the SEARCA Grants for Research toward Agricultural…

14 September 2024

A circular economy's essentials

14 September 2024
AGRICULTURE, animal production and forestry are vital to the creation of a circular economy, and new methods and approaches to these industries must be explored to promote sustainability. This was the consensus reached in the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agricult…
The Manila Times
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AGRICULTURE, animal production and forestry are vital to the creation of a circular economy, and new methods and approaches to these industries must be explored to promote sustainability. This was the consensus reached in the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agricult…

13 September 2024

Dr. Dioscoro Umali: the father of plant breeding in the Philippines

13 September 2024
As a country whose roots run deep within the agricultural sector, the Philippines highly values the staple crops that sustain the tables of the Filipinos. For instance, based on 2023 projections from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s "Grain: World Markets and Trade" report, each…
FlipScience
As a country whose roots run deep within the agricultural sector, the Philippines highly values the staple crops that sustain the tables of the Filipinos. For instance, based on 2023 projections from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s "Grain: World Markets and Trade" report, each…

12 September 2024

SEARCA taps RAIN for youth farming

12 September 2024
THE Laguna-based Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) has enlisted Thai expertise to get more young Filipinos into farming. An expert from the Thailand Regional Agriculture Innovation Network (RAIN) was tapped for SEARCA's career orientation progr…
The Manila Times
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THE Laguna-based Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) has enlisted Thai expertise to get more young Filipinos into farming. An expert from the Thailand Regional Agriculture Innovation Network (RAIN) was tapped for SEARCA's career orientation progr…