THE Philippine government-hosted 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.

SEARCA Director Gil Saguiguit presented during a recent Tokyo symposium the merits of opening the prestigious Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) Forum to the Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Program universities to enable students to attend as well as present their research results.