The trail blazer AgriMuseum will rise in the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) region, Initiated by Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) now open for private and public agency partnership.
The P90 million AgriMuseum project of ASEAN is aimed to rise in 2019 to inspire and educate about agriculture especially the youth and other stakeholders like policy- makers, researchers etc. and to be a solution on food security threats. It will be located beside SEARCA headquarters at University of the Philippines-Los Banos, Laguna.
Meanwhile, It has received 5 million pesos grant from the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) Department of Agriculture.
"SEARCA is actively inviting partners in the project, including the public and private sector, particularly food or agri-related companies that could contribute to it as part of their corporate social responsibility efforts," says Dr. Gil C. Saguiguit Jr, SEARCA Director.
SEARCA is one of the oldest core of SEAMEO. The SEAMEO Council is the highest policymaking body of SEAMEO, an inter governmental treaty organization founded in 1965 to build up cooperation among Southeast Asian nations in the fields of Education, Science, and Culture. Education Secretary Leonor Briones represented the Philippines in the council, which is composed of the Education Ministers of the SEAMEO member countries.
SEARCA will be presenting the proposal AgriMuseum and Learning Center at the Biennial Meeting of Education Ministers of 11 Countries in Jakarta, Indonesia this week.
It is also included in the agenda of this high-level meeting on the recommended of Thai Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin who is concurrently President of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Council.
Thai Education Minister Teerakiat Jareonsettasin, led the groundbreaking of the Southeast Asian AgriMuseum and Learning Center on Agricultural and Rural Development last April 19, this year.
The AgriMuseum will occurs broaden understanding on Southeast Asia's challenges in terms of food supplies and generate regain interest in agriculture as field of studies, specializations, and source of livelihood. Detail from Melody Aguiba of Growth Publishing (Mj Olvina- Balaguer, 09053611058, )