SEARCA GRAINS offers short-term starter funds to collaborative actions aimed at transformative innovations for more sustainable agriculture and rural development across Southeast Asia.
GRAINS will support the translational research and community knowledge transfer of technologies and products that will lead to diffusion or adoption through partnership with the players and actors in the agro-innovation ecosystem, such as scientists, inventors, technology business incubators and accelerators, funders and backers, universities, research institutions, as well as startups, small and medium enterprises, corporations, and non-government organizations that share the goal of SEARCA.
Institutional grantees | Individual grantees |
USD 10,000 – USD 15,000 (PHP 500,000 – PHP 750,000) | USD 5,000 – USD 10,000 (PHP 250,000 – PHP 500,000) |
SEARCA GRAINS helps inventors, change makers, and agripreneurs turn their ideas into reality, bridging the gap between an idea and a prototype. GRAINS supports scaling up of a technology or innovation model, establishment of agri-technology startups, and community knowledge transfer projects.
Specifically, GRAINS champions transformational innovation related to agriculture, forestry, fishery, and public health through:
SEARCA GRAINS is open to the following applicants interested in implementing on-the-ground innovation projects in Southeast Asia:
Criteria for proposal evaluation:
GOEden stimulates the digital market for local producers and suppliers and connects Filipino farmers to th eright suppliers.
A social enterprise encourages agri-investing to uplift lives of Filipino farming families.
An initiative that mobilizes communities and helps farming families improve their pili production.
A team of student-agrirpreneurs develops an automated irrigation and nutrient management system to cater to the Filipino farming community
Scientists use discarded shrimp shells to create bioplastic, a biodegradable and low-carbon alternative to combat plastic pollution. Agro-industrial waste is redirected from landfills towards a circular economy.
SEARCA and the University of San Carlos (USC) made the Top 10 in Science in Shorts Nature Awards out of 250 global entries. Watch their 2024 video that premiered in Mainz, Germany, showcasing an innovative solution to plastic pollution.
The Dakota digital platform, powered by blockchain technology, provides transparent records of quality control and good agricultural practice, turning okra growers in Indonesia into major players in the export market.
An agricultural robot revolutionizes pesticide application with AI-based, real-time monitoring technology, and remote deployment mechanism.
Discover how visionary entrepreneurs are empowered to turn their groundbreaking ideas into reality, shaping the future of agriculture.