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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…
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10 February 2026

Regional experts gather in Bangkok to launch SEARCA's SEA Agricultural Outlook Series

10 February 2026
BANGKOK, Thailand — The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) organized the Inception Workshop of the Southeast Asia Agricultural Outlook Series (SEA Agri Outlook Series) on 26–27 January 2026. The workshop aimed to provide a venue for SEARCA and c…
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BANGKOK, Thailand — The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) organized the Inception Workshop of the Southeast Asia Agricultural Outlook Series (SEA Agri Outlook Series) on 26–27 January 2026. The workshop aimed to provide a venue for SEARCA and c…
10 February 2026

Harnessing economies of scale in agriculture (Part 1)

10 February 2026
A bright spot in an otherwise lackluster 2025 for the Philippine economy is the news that the entire agricultural sector grew at 3.1 percent—the highest in eight years—for the whole year, having surprised everyone by growing at seven percent in the second quarter, led by poultry and crops. This is…
Manila Bulletin
A bright spot in an otherwise lackluster 2025 for the Philippine economy is the news that the entire agricultural sector grew at 3.1 percent—the highest in eight years—for the whole year, having surprised everyone by growing at seven percent in the second quarter, led by poultry and crops. This is…
5 February 2026

AgriTrends | Ending hunger: The possibilities of biotechnology versus food crisis

5 February 2026
(Last of Three Parts) In 1974, Henry Kissinger, who was then the Secretary of State of the United States, famously asserted that by 1984, no child, woman, or man would ever have to go to bed hungry. Regrettably, that commitment remains significantly unfulfilled. During the 1996 World Food Summit…
Edge Davao
(Last of Three Parts) In 1974, Henry Kissinger, who was then the Secretary of State of the United States, famously asserted that by 1984, no child, woman, or man would ever have to go to bed hungry. Regrettably, that commitment remains significantly unfulfilled. During the 1996 World Food Summit…
3 February 2026

AgriTrends | Ending Hunger: The seas are running out of fish

3 February 2026
(Second of Three Parts) Fish, like rice, is the staple food of Filipinos. As a matter of fact, fish provides more than half of the protein requirement of almost all Filipinos. Give man a fish, so goes a very popular Chinese saying, and he will eat fish for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he wil…
Edge Davao
(Second of Three Parts) Fish, like rice, is the staple food of Filipinos. As a matter of fact, fish provides more than half of the protein requirement of almost all Filipinos. Give man a fish, so goes a very popular Chinese saying, and he will eat fish for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he wil…
31 January 2026

AgriTrends | Ending Hunger: Controlling soil erosion by really trying

31 January 2026
(First of Three Parts) Famine, characterized by a widespread lack of food resulting in severe and prolonged hunger among a large segment of the population, has occurred in the past, even during biblical times. The Holy Bible, in Genesis 55-57, recorded it: "So when all the land of Egypt was famis…
Edge Davao
(First of Three Parts) Famine, characterized by a widespread lack of food resulting in severe and prolonged hunger among a large segment of the population, has occurred in the past, even during biblical times. The Holy Bible, in Genesis 55-57, recorded it: "So when all the land of Egypt was famis…

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