Founded in 1999 by professors and students of the University of the Philippines Diliman, the group focuses its campaigns and community service in the areas of food security, public utilities, environment, national industrialization, science education, and the welfare of scientists in the country.

[3] Agham regularly conducts fact finding missions of environmental disasters in cooperation with sectoral organizations, particularly peasants’ and workers’ groups.

[7] Dr. Baes greatly influenced the formulation of the five concerns that the organization would focus on: environment, public utilities, food security and self-sufficiency, scientific and mass culture and national industrialization.

Leonard Co, a Filipino botanist was shot to death in November 2010, along with two others by soldiers of the Philippine Army whilst doing a study on the flora of Kananga, Leyte.

Agham together with 14 other organizations conducted a fact-finding mission, which resulted in the formation of a coalition consisting of Co's family, friends, and supporters as well as concerned civil-society groups.

[18] In May 2015, Agham was elected as the Focal Point of the Science and Technology Constituency of the Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM).