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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…
2 December 2014
SEARCA Scholars stand out in UPLB English Program
2 December 2014
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Two new SEARCA scholars studying at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) stood out for their excellent English communication skills during the closing program of the University’s Intensive English Course for International Graduate Students held on 1 December 2…
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Two new SEARCA scholars studying at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) stood out for their excellent English communication skills during the closing program of the University’s Intensive English Course for International Graduate Students held on 1 December 2…
28 November 2014
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Representative meets with SEARCA Officials and Unit Heads
28 November 2014
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Mr. Sreeram Koottala, Coordinator International Accounting of Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, and representative of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) visited SEARCA on 06 November 2014 to clarify the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Financial Review of…
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Mr. Sreeram Koottala, Coordinator International Accounting of Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, and representative of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) visited SEARCA on 06 November 2014 to clarify the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the Financial Review of…
28 November 2014
SEARCA participates in the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC) Phase II Planning Mission for 2015
28 November 2014
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC) is a programme funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to support the ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN) in addressing three interrelated issues confronting the region---food in…
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC) is a programme funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to support the ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN) in addressing three interrelated issues confronting the region---food in…
26 November 2014
UPLB to implement first offering of University Consortium Summer School in 2015
26 November 2014
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), under the leadership of its new Chancellor, Dr. Fernando C. Sanchez, Jr., has committed to launch the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) Summer School on Food and Nutrition Securi…
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), under the leadership of its new Chancellor, Dr. Fernando C. Sanchez, Jr., has committed to launch the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) Summer School on Food and Nutrition Securi…
26 November 2014
University Consortium pushes for collaborative projects on food and nutrition security
26 November 2014
Recognizing the importance of attaining food and nutrition security in Southeast Asia, the six member-universities of the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) have agreed to implement a number of collaborative projects to address thi…
Recognizing the importance of attaining food and nutrition security in Southeast Asia, the six member-universities of the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) have agreed to implement a number of collaborative projects to address thi…
23 November 2014
62nd SEARCA Governing Board Meeting convened
23 November 2014
MANILA, Philippines – The 62nd meeting of the Governing Board (GB) of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) was held at the Holiday Inn and Suites Makati on 17-18 November 2014. As the highest policymaking body of SEARCA, the GB discussed the Ce…
MANILA, Philippines – The 62nd meeting of the Governing Board (GB) of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) was held at the Holiday Inn and Suites Makati on 17-18 November 2014. As the highest policymaking body of SEARCA, the GB discussed the Ce…
19 November 2014
ATWGARD and Project Team Leaders visit SEARCA
19 November 2014
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – The representatives of the ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agriculture and Research Development (ATWGARD) from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Vietnam,and the national project team leaders visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate S…
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – The representatives of the ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agriculture and Research Development (ATWGARD) from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Vietnam,and the national project team leaders visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate S…
19 November 2014
GIZ, Thai DOA, and SEARCA hold the final workshop of the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (CRN) on the Promotion of Rice and Other Crops
19 November 2014
MAKATI, Philippines – The ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agriculture and Research Development (ATWGARD) formalized the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (CRN) that tackled the Promotion of Resilience in Rice, Corn and Other Crops in its 3rd and final special workshop held on 10 November 2014…
MAKATI, Philippines – The ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agriculture and Research Development (ATWGARD) formalized the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (CRN) that tackled the Promotion of Resilience in Rice, Corn and Other Crops in its 3rd and final special workshop held on 10 November 2014…
18 November 2014
SEARCA holds 2nd international conference on ARD
18 November 2014
MAKATI, Philippines – Over 400 participants from 20 countries joined in the Second International Conference on Agricultural and Rural Development (ARD2014) in Southeast Asia held on 12-13 November at the Makati Shangri-La Manila, Philippines. Themed “Strengthening Resilience, Equity, and Integratio…
MAKATI, Philippines – Over 400 participants from 20 countries joined in the Second International Conference on Agricultural and Rural Development (ARD2014) in Southeast Asia held on 12-13 November at the Makati Shangri-La Manila, Philippines. Themed “Strengthening Resilience, Equity, and Integratio…
6 November 2014
DA officers and executives urged to integrate social accountability in programs
6 November 2014
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Nineteen officers and executives of the Philippines Department of Agriculture participated in a three-day course on “Social Accountability in the Agricultural Sector” held here at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study in Research and Agriculture (SEARCA). T…
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines – Nineteen officers and executives of the Philippines Department of Agriculture participated in a three-day course on “Social Accountability in the Agricultural Sector” held here at the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study in Research and Agriculture (SEARCA). T…
