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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…
9 March 2015
Timor Leste SEARCA graduate alumni association officers inducted
9 March 2015
DILI, Timor Leste – The first set of SEARCA Alumni Association of Timor-Leste (SAAT) officers were installed in office on 15 January 2015 at the Early Sun Restaurant in Dili, Timor Leste. Eighteen SEARCA alumni, headed by their President, Mr. Agustinho da Costa Ximenes, were present…
DILI, Timor Leste – The first set of SEARCA Alumni Association of Timor-Leste (SAAT) officers were installed in office on 15 January 2015 at the Early Sun Restaurant in Dili, Timor Leste. Eighteen SEARCA alumni, headed by their President, Mr. Agustinho da Costa Ximenes, were present…
5 March 2015
SEARCA and PhilRice present results of the Agricultural Insurance Project to the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation BOD
5 March 2015
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Results of the SEARCA-PhilRice project titled Improving the Agricultural Insurance Program to Enhance Resilience to Climate Change: Evidence from Rice and Corn Production in the Philippines were presented by the project team to the Board of Directors (BOD) of the Phi…
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Results of the SEARCA-PhilRice project titled Improving the Agricultural Insurance Program to Enhance Resilience to Climate Change: Evidence from Rice and Corn Production in the Philippines were presented by the project team to the Board of Directors (BOD) of the Phi…
3 March 2015
SEARCA donates books to public schools in Los Baños
3 March 2015
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – As part of SEARCA’s Community Involvement Program (CIP), the Center donated science, mathematics, and language textbooks and reference materials to 10 public elementary schools and four high schools in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines on 27 February 2015. The activity aimed t…
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – As part of SEARCA’s Community Involvement Program (CIP), the Center donated science, mathematics, and language textbooks and reference materials to 10 public elementary schools and four high schools in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines on 27 February 2015. The activity aimed t…
24 February 2015
Cambodian Education Minister lauds SEARCA scholarship Program
24 February 2015
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The Southeast Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) drew compliments from Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, Cambodia’s Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, particularly in the Center’s efforts to build the capacities of the country’s manpower in agri…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The Southeast Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) drew compliments from Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, Cambodia’s Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, particularly in the Center’s efforts to build the capacities of the country’s manpower in agri…
21 February 2015
SEARCA welcomes 9 more new scholars for AY 2014-2015
21 February 2015
As second semester of Academic Year 2014-2015 commences, SEARCA awarded nine more graduate scholarships to students from Lao PDR (2), Myanmar (4), Vietnam (1), Timor Leste (1), and the Philippines (1). All new scholars are posted at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). Six of t…
As second semester of Academic Year 2014-2015 commences, SEARCA awarded nine more graduate scholarships to students from Lao PDR (2), Myanmar (4), Vietnam (1), Timor Leste (1), and the Philippines (1). All new scholars are posted at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). Six of t…
19 February 2015
SEARCA spearheads Value Chain Analysis of Carabao and Carabao-based Products in the Philippines
19 February 2015
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) have recently collaborated on a research project titled, “Value Chain Analysis of Carabao and Carabao-ba…
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) have recently collaborated on a research project titled, “Value Chain Analysis of Carabao and Carabao-ba…
12 February 2015
SEARCA conducts scoping mission for piloting ISARD models project
12 February 2015
DAVAO, ORIENTAL, Philippines – The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) conducted a scoping mission in the southern Philippines province of Davao Oriental as part of the initial activities for Phase 1 of the Piloting and Upscaling Effective Mo…
DAVAO, ORIENTAL, Philippines – The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) conducted a scoping mission in the southern Philippines province of Davao Oriental as part of the initial activities for Phase 1 of the Piloting and Upscaling Effective Mo…
3 February 2015
Indonesian and Vietnamese photographers win 2014 SEARCA Photo Contest
3 February 2015
SEARCA has announced the winners of the 2014 photo contest with the theme Climate Change and Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Faces of Vulnerability and Resilience. The contest, which ran from 15 September to 30 November 2014, received 1225 entries submitted by 341 photographers from all 11 countries…
SEARCA has announced the winners of the 2014 photo contest with the theme Climate Change and Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Faces of Vulnerability and Resilience. The contest, which ran from 15 September to 30 November 2014, received 1225 entries submitted by 341 photographers from all 11 countries…
29 January 2015
SEAMEO Council President lauds SEARCA
29 January 2015
His Excellency Prof. Dr. Pham Vu Luan, Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam and President of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Council, lauded Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) for its contributions to SEA…
His Excellency Prof. Dr. Pham Vu Luan, Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam and President of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Council, lauded Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) for its contributions to SEA…
28 January 2015
IFAD explores collaboration with SEARCA
28 January 2015
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Mr. Benoit Thierry, Country Programme Manager, and Mr. Yolando Arban, Country Programme Officer, both from the Asia and the Pacific Division of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) visited SEARCA on 27 January 2015 to explore potential areas of renewed…
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Mr. Benoit Thierry, Country Programme Manager, and Mr. Yolando Arban, Country Programme Officer, both from the Asia and the Pacific Division of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) visited SEARCA on 27 January 2015 to explore potential areas of renewed…
