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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…
27 January 2015
LEAP SEA 6 Kicks Off at UBB in Battambang, Cambodia
27 January 2015
BATTAMBANG CITY, CAMBODIA – The sixth offering of the “Executive Forum on Leadership Excellence in Academe Program for Southeast Asia (LEAP SEA)” kicked off on 26 January 2015 in the campus of the University of Battambang (UBB) in Battambang City, Cambodia. The forum is co-organized by SEARCA and U…
BATTAMBANG CITY, CAMBODIA – The sixth offering of the “Executive Forum on Leadership Excellence in Academe Program for Southeast Asia (LEAP SEA)” kicked off on 26 January 2015 in the campus of the University of Battambang (UBB) in Battambang City, Cambodia. The forum is co-organized by SEARCA and U…
23 January 2015
ASEAN Social Forestry Network Strategic Response Fund (ASRF) Steering Committee evaluates ASRF Proposals
23 January 2015
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – The ASRF Program Steering Committee (ASRF PSC) evaluated the shortlisted proposals under the ASRF Second Call for Proposals and discussed other activities for the remaining 11 months of the program’s pilot phase on 22 January 2015 at SEARCA. The ASRF aims to enable the ASE…
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – The ASRF Program Steering Committee (ASRF PSC) evaluated the shortlisted proposals under the ASRF Second Call for Proposals and discussed other activities for the remaining 11 months of the program’s pilot phase on 22 January 2015 at SEARCA. The ASRF aims to enable the ASE…
20 January 2015
IDRC-SEARCA scholar garners 3rd best poster award in international confab
20 January 2015
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Mr. Var Sophal bested nine others, when he bagged the 3rd best poster award at the 1st International Conference on Asian Highland Natural Resources Management (AsiaHiLand) and 2nd IDRC-SEARCA Upland Fellowship Plus Conference held on 7-9 January 2015 at The Empress Conve…
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Mr. Var Sophal bested nine others, when he bagged the 3rd best poster award at the 1st International Conference on Asian Highland Natural Resources Management (AsiaHiLand) and 2nd IDRC-SEARCA Upland Fellowship Plus Conference held on 7-9 January 2015 at The Empress Conve…
20 January 2015
IDRC-SEARCA holds its second annual fellowship conference
20 January 2015
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Southeast Asian Upland Agriculture Fellowship, a collaborative project of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada and the Southeast Asian Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), recently concluded its 2nd IDRC-SEARCA Ann…
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Southeast Asian Upland Agriculture Fellowship, a collaborative project of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada and the Southeast Asian Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), recently concluded its 2nd IDRC-SEARCA Ann…
12 January 2015
IDRC-SEARCA scholars undergo English training with RELC
12 January 2015
BANGKOK, Thailand – Eleven graduate scholars of the Upland Agriculture Fellowships Project of SEARCA and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada became the second batch of recipients of the English Language Course being organized by SEAMEO centers, SEARCA…
BANGKOK, Thailand – Eleven graduate scholars of the Upland Agriculture Fellowships Project of SEARCA and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada became the second batch of recipients of the English Language Course being organized by SEAMEO centers, SEARCA…
6 January 2015
SEARCA, Nagoya University renew accord
6 January 2015
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and Nagoya University (NU), Japan signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Academic Cooperation in Education and Research on 18 December 2014. Under the agreement, SEARCA and NU commit to collaborate on a num…
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and Nagoya University (NU), Japan signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Academic Cooperation in Education and Research on 18 December 2014. Under the agreement, SEARCA and NU commit to collaborate on a num…
17 December 2014
Australian National University discusses possible collaboration with SEARCA on food security and resilience of social ecological systems
17 December 2014
A group from the Fenner School of Environment and Society of the College of Medicine, Biology and Environment of the Australian National University (ANU) visited SEARCA on 2 December 2014. Led by Dr. Robert Dyball, Lecturer at the Human Ecology Program and President of the Society for Human…
A group from the Fenner School of Environment and Society of the College of Medicine, Biology and Environment of the Australian National University (ANU) visited SEARCA on 2 December 2014. Led by Dr. Robert Dyball, Lecturer at the Human Ecology Program and President of the Society for Human…
12 December 2014
Senator Villar underscores need for agro-ecology
12 December 2014
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Senator Cynthia A. Villar highlighted the timeliness of shifting to agro-ecology “ as an alternative to conventional farming, taking into consideration that the country now experiences extreme weather disturbances such as stronger typhoons, draughts, El Niño/La Niña and oth…
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Senator Cynthia A. Villar highlighted the timeliness of shifting to agro-ecology “ as an alternative to conventional farming, taking into consideration that the country now experiences extreme weather disturbances such as stronger typhoons, draughts, El Niño/La Niña and oth…
9 December 2014
Senator Cynthia Villar meets with SEARCA Directorate, Program Heads
9 December 2014
Philippine Senator Cynthia A. Villar, Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, and the Senate Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises, met with the Directorate and Program Heads of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (…
Philippine Senator Cynthia A. Villar, Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, and the Senate Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises, met with the Directorate and Program Heads of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (…
9 December 2014
DAAD continues partnership with SEARCA; awards 13 scholarships for UPLB graduate students
9 December 2014
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has again proven to be one of SEARCA’s strongest partner in its scholarship program, when it awarded 13 graduate scholarships to new and ongoing graduate students from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. For the Academic Year 2014-2015, th…
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has again proven to be one of SEARCA’s strongest partner in its scholarship program, when it awarded 13 graduate scholarships to new and ongoing graduate students from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. For the Academic Year 2014-2015, th…
