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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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12 January 2026

Digital Bridges for Smallholder farmers: The Mekong Farm App Story

12 January 2026
Smallholder farmers in the Mekong region have long relied on middlemen, faced volatile prices, and lacked timely technical advice. The Mekong Farm app is changing this by connecting farmers with buyers, value chain actors, peers, and agroecology experts, turning smartphones into tools for market ac…
Journal Online
Philippine Information Agency
Daily Guardian
Smallholder farmers in the Mekong region have long relied on middlemen, faced volatile prices, and lacked timely technical advice. The Mekong Farm app is changing this by connecting farmers with buyers, value chain actors, peers, and agroecology experts, turning smartphones into tools for market ac…
10 January 2026

Linking climate change and biodiversity: a call for integrated solutions

10 January 2026
CONTRARY to conventional thinking, climate and biodiversity are not separate worlds but are two sides of the same coin. Events in one affect the other. For example, similar harmful activities like overfishing and pollution drive both biodiversity loss and climate change. To come up with integrated…
The Manila Times
CONTRARY to conventional thinking, climate and biodiversity are not separate worlds but are two sides of the same coin. Events in one affect the other. For example, similar harmful activities like overfishing and pollution drive both biodiversity loss and climate change. To come up with integrated…
9 January 2026

Seeds of Service: PNVSCA and SEARCA Roll Out plans for School-Home Garden Volunteering

9 January 2026
The Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA), led by Executive Director Donald James D. Gawe, CESO III, and officials of the University of the Philippines Los Baños–Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (UPLB-SEARCA) recently met on…
Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA)
The Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA), led by Executive Director Donald James D. Gawe, CESO III, and officials of the University of the Philippines Los Baños–Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (UPLB-SEARCA) recently met on…
3 January 2026

SEARCA, UPLB train educators in sustainable urban farming

3 January 2026
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) started to train educators in sustainable urban farming in a program aimed at empowering the educators to implement hands-on and env…
The Manila Times
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) started to train educators in sustainable urban farming in a program aimed at empowering the educators to implement hands-on and env…
27 December 2025

PIDS names SEARCA among 2025 top research contributors

27 December 2025
The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has recognized the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) as one of the top contributors to its Socioeconomic Research Portal for the Philippines (SERP-P) database in 2025. PIDS is the governme…
Business Mirror
The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has recognized the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) as one of the top contributors to its Socioeconomic Research Portal for the Philippines (SERP-P) database in 2025. PIDS is the governme…

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