Los Baños, Laguna: The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) through its School and Home Gardens Project (SHGP) has successfully changed the perception that school gardens could do little to help secure the food needs of a locality.

Having observed the success of its SHGP in the Philippines and the School-plus-home Garden Projects (S+HGP) in parts of Southeast Asia, Searca is intensifying the implementation of the project by training more trainers from April 18 to 21 at its headquarters at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) in Laguna.