THE Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) and the East-West Seed Philippines (EWPH) have signed an agreement to train young farmers in vegetable farming and agri-entrepreneurship.

Glenn Gregorio, Searca director, signed the memorandum of agreement (MoA) with East-West Seed for the project titled 'Yabong,' or Young Agripreneurs Building Opportunities, Nurturing Growth Bootcamp, that also intends to showcase stories of young agri-entrepreneurs to inspire more of the youth to engage in vegetable farming.