THE Philippine government-hosted Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) recently held a forum on Breeding Innovations for Increasing Productivity and Climate Resilience in Crops and Livestock as part of Searca's efforts to expand the knowledge of the youth on agricultural biotechnology (agribiotech).

Held on August 15 at Searca's headquarters on the campus of the University of the Philippines Los Baños, the public seminar was conducted together with the United States Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) Manila and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (Isaaa) Inc.