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Under the Umbrella Capacity DevelopmentProgram on Strategic Management and Policy for Agriculture Professionals and Executives of the Department of Agriculture, Philippines

The DA-SEARCA Scholarship Program is one of the components of the “Umbrella Capacity Development Program on Strategic Management and Policy for Agriculture Professionals and Executives of the Department of Agriculture” funded by the Philippine Department of Agriculture and implemented through SEARCA.


Objectives

The program generally aims to produce a cadre of homegrown, world-class career bureaucrats who can competently and proactively steer the government's agriculture program in synergy with local governments, the private sector, external markets, civil society, small producers and their communities, and other national and international partners.


About the Scholarship

The program provides support to fulltime and part-time graduate studies of selected junior and mid-level DA professional staff towards master's (48) and doctoral (3) degrees in fields under any of the following general priority areas in support of food security and rural poverty alleviation:

  • Strategic leadership and public management,
  • Development economics and agricultural policy, and
  • Agricultural business and trade and investment.

Scholars may study at any of the following collaborating higher education institutions:

  • Ateneo de Manila School of Government (AsoG)
    • Master in Public Management (MPM) specialized in Strategic Leadership for Agricultural Development
  • University of Asia and the Pacific School of Management (UAP)
    • Master in Food Systems Management
    • Executive Master in Business Management (Strategic Business Economics Program)
  • University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPEcon)
    • Master in Development Economics
    • PhD in Economics

Click here for the announcement and requirement of DA-SEARCA Scholarships for MS-PHD SY 2011-12
Click here for DA-SEARCA Scholarship Application Form