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Brain science offers halal meat industry a humane edge
SERDANG, Malaysia—How can science help ensure that meat production is both halal and humane? Can it measure the pain that animals experience during slaughter? That's exactly what a team of Malaysian researchers set out to explore in an initiative that brought brain-wave technology to the world of halal slaughter. Led by Prof. Dr. Awis Qurni Sazili, Direct…
15 May 2016
Southeast Asian TVET institutions ink cooperation agreements in the Philippines
15 May 2016
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Sixty-one institutions signed three frameworks of cooperation (FOCs) during the “Country-Level Workshop in the Philippines on Southeast Asia – Technical and Vocational Education and Training (SEA-TVET) Harmonization and Mobility” held at the SEAMEO…
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Sixty-one institutions signed three frameworks of cooperation (FOCs) during the “Country-Level Workshop in the Philippines on Southeast Asia – Technical and Vocational Education and Training (SEA-TVET) Harmonization and Mobility” held at the SEAMEO…
13 May 2016
PDA in Cambodia proposes looking at gaps between policy and practice in community forestry
13 May 2016
SIEM REAP, Cambodia – The ASEAN Social Forestry Network Strategic Response Fund (ASRF) conducted another Project Development Assistance (PDA) workshop in Siem Reap, Cambodia on 25-27 April 2016. This is the second PDA workshop conducted for the extension phase of the ASRF, which allocate…
SIEM REAP, Cambodia – The ASEAN Social Forestry Network Strategic Response Fund (ASRF) conducted another Project Development Assistance (PDA) workshop in Siem Reap, Cambodia on 25-27 April 2016. This is the second PDA workshop conducted for the extension phase of the ASRF, which allocate…
9 May 2016
SFRT-funded projects turn spotlight on sustainable beekeeping technology and agroforestry systems
9 May 2016
SORSOGON and QUEZON, PHILIPPINES – Two projects supported by a small grants program are demonstrating and refining sustainable livelihood options for rural communities in the Philippines. The two projects include a community-based approach to sustainable beekeeping in Sorsogon and an approach…
SORSOGON and QUEZON, PHILIPPINES – Two projects supported by a small grants program are demonstrating and refining sustainable livelihood options for rural communities in the Philippines. The two projects include a community-based approach to sustainable beekeeping in Sorsogon and an approach…
6 May 2016
PCC gears up to boost production of knowledge materials for its clients
6 May 2016
BASCO, BATANES, Philippines – In its effort to level up its knowledge management initiatives, the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) recently supported a Training of Trainers in Writing Effective Knowledge Products under the project titled Building Capacity and Strengthening Partnership for Cara…
BASCO, BATANES, Philippines – In its effort to level up its knowledge management initiatives, the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) recently supported a Training of Trainers in Writing Effective Knowledge Products under the project titled Building Capacity and Strengthening Partnership for Cara…
4 May 2016
DA Usec. Serrano: Long term plan needed to adapt to climate change
4 May 2016
LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, Philippines – ‘We cannot deal with climate change, even with rural development or any form of development with a six year medium term plan.’ This was the warning of Dr. Segfredo R. Serrano, undersecretary for policy and planning of the Philippines Departm…
LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, Philippines – ‘We cannot deal with climate change, even with rural development or any form of development with a six year medium term plan.’ This was the warning of Dr. Segfredo R. Serrano, undersecretary for policy and planning of the Philippines Departm…
21 April 2016
Stakeholders in Oriental Mindoro prioritize interventions to rehabilitate calamansi industry
21 April 2016
NAUJAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines – About 30 participants composed of farmer-beneficiaries and institutional stakeholders of the SEARCA Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development (ISARD) project on revitalizing the calamansi industry in Victoria, Oriental Mindoro joined…
NAUJAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines – About 30 participants composed of farmer-beneficiaries and institutional stakeholders of the SEARCA Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development (ISARD) project on revitalizing the calamansi industry in Victoria, Oriental Mindoro joined…
21 April 2016
SEARCA-ASRF and partners review Community Forestry implementation in Vietnam
21 April 2016
HOA BINH, Vietnam – The Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) developed a proposal to review the implementation of community forestry in Vietnam during the Project Development Assistance (PDA) workshop facilitated by SEARCA through the Project Management Unit of the ASEAN Social Fores…
HOA BINH, Vietnam – The Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) developed a proposal to review the implementation of community forestry in Vietnam during the Project Development Assistance (PDA) workshop facilitated by SEARCA through the Project Management Unit of the ASEAN Social Fores…
21 April 2016
School gardens as source of food and learning areas for local students
21 April 2016
LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, Philippines – As part of SEARCA’s contribution to improving the nutritional condition and dietary habits of school-aged children and eventually the community’s food and nutrition security in Laguna, 30 teachers and officers of the six (6) pilot schools we…
LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, Philippines – As part of SEARCA’s contribution to improving the nutritional condition and dietary habits of school-aged children and eventually the community’s food and nutrition security in Laguna, 30 teachers and officers of the six (6) pilot schools we…
19 April 2016
Phil aggie officials and focal persons look at how Indonesian farmers tackle the challenges of a changing climate
19 April 2016
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Twelve officials and staff of the Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA), one local government official, and two representatives from the private sector gained new perspectives and insights on how the Indonesian government, particularly its farmers, tackle the challen…
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Twelve officials and staff of the Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA), one local government official, and two representatives from the private sector gained new perspectives and insights on how the Indonesian government, particularly its farmers, tackle the challen…
7 April 2016
MOA for the development of flagship commodities in Leyte signed by SEARCA and partners
7 April 2016
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines – Around 70 farmers and representatives from partners of the Piloting and Up-scaling Effective Models of Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development (ISARD) project in Inopacan, Leyte witnessed the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) a…
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines – Around 70 farmers and representatives from partners of the Piloting and Up-scaling Effective Models of Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development (ISARD) project in Inopacan, Leyte witnessed the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) a…
