FANSSEA News

TAIPEI, Taiwan – The Taiwan Council of Agriculture (COA) Executive Yuan, National Taiwan University (NTU), and the Taiwan-based Food and Fertilizer Technology Center discussed with a visiting high-level delegation from the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) led by Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr. areas of common interest and priority concerns that… Read more

TOKYO, Japan – At a recent symposium held here, the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) proposed to link two university consortia that share interests in agriculture and related sciences.  The Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) launched by SEARCA in 1989 counts among… Read more

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), as commissioned by the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), is implementing the Enterprise Development component of the project titled Building Capacity and Strengthening Partnership through Carabao Development Program. The component aims to provide relevant interventions identified in the… Read more

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Philippines. Officials and staff of the Postharvest Horticulture Training and Research Center of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB-PHTRC), the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), and Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology (MinSCAT) met with scientists from the Department of… Read more

SUVA, Fiji – Dr. Lope B. Santos III of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) visited the Land Resources Division of the Secretariat of Pacific Community (SPC) and the Crops Extension Division of the Ministry of Agriculture here on 9 February 2018. Both the SPC and the Ministry of Agriculture are partners of SEARCA in the implementation of… Read more

PASIG CITY, Philippines. Representatives of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), and the Department of Education – Division of Laguna (DepEd-Laguna) provided updates on the recently concluded Participatory Action Research on School- and Community-based Food and Nutrition Program… Read more

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – The SEARCA delegation, led by Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit, Jr., SEARCA Director, (front, third from right) participated in a Workshop on Developing the Framework of Institutional Cooperation between SEARCA and the National Taiwan University (NTU) – College of Bioresources and Agriculture (CBA). The Workshop was held on 8 February 2018 following the renewal of the two institutions'… Read more

MANOLO FORTICH, Philippines – The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) attended the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)'s 10th Annual Country Programme Review (ACPoR) for the Philippines on 30 January to 1 February 2018 at the Dahilayan Forest Park Resort, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. During the event, SEARCA presented its… Read more

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Cambodia's focal agency for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded project Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns or ATMI-ASEAN, spearheaded the conduct of the first National Project… Read more

HANOI, VIETNAM. The Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), the focal agency of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded project Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns or ATMI-ASEAN in Vietnam, led the conduct of the first National… Read more