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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…
17 January 2023
SEARCA and GoEden digitize supply stores for farmers
17 January 2023
In a bid to provide farmers better access to supplies for agricultural production, SEARCA supported a project to digitize agri-supply stores through the GoEden online platform. GoEden consolidates products from various agri-supply stores into a one-stop online shop. This helps farmers cut travel ti…
In a bid to provide farmers better access to supplies for agricultural production, SEARCA supported a project to digitize agri-supply stores through the GoEden online platform. GoEden consolidates products from various agri-supply stores into a one-stop online shop. This helps farmers cut travel ti…
12 January 2023
Israeli Embassy officials broach areas of linkages on farming technologies
12 January 2023
Mr. Nir Balzam, Deputy Chief of Mission, who headed the Embassy of Israel delegation that visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on 14 November 2022, broached areas of possible collaboration. Mr. Balzam, Mr. Moshe Broner, Israeli Expert…
Mr. Nir Balzam, Deputy Chief of Mission, who headed the Embassy of Israel delegation that visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on 14 November 2022, broached areas of possible collaboration. Mr. Balzam, Mr. Moshe Broner, Israeli Expert…
12 January 2023
SEARCA strengthens scholars’ capacity for research dissemination
12 January 2023
SEARCA, through the Education and Collective Learning Department – Graduate Scholarship and Institutional Development Unit (ECLD-GSIDU), will conduct an Online Training on Presenting Research for SEARCA Scholars on January 16, 19, 23, 26, and February 2 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM (GMT +8). The learnin…
SEARCA, through the Education and Collective Learning Department – Graduate Scholarship and Institutional Development Unit (ECLD-GSIDU), will conduct an Online Training on Presenting Research for SEARCA Scholars on January 16, 19, 23, 26, and February 2 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM (GMT +8). The learnin…
12 January 2023
New SEARCA Deputy Director for Programs assumes post
12 January 2023
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) welcomes Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Nur Azura Binti Adam, a distinguished educator and administrator at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), as its new Deputy Director for Programs effective 1 January 2023. Her appoin…
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) welcomes Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Nur Azura Binti Adam, a distinguished educator and administrator at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), as its new Deputy Director for Programs effective 1 January 2023. Her appoin…
12 January 2023
NTU introduces new programs and college to SEARCA
12 January 2023
The National Taiwan University (NTU), a member of the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC), visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on 6 January 2023. The NTU-College of Bio…
The National Taiwan University (NTU), a member of the Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC), visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on 6 January 2023. The NTU-College of Bio…
11 January 2023
DAAD officials visit SEARCA, recognize scholars in a handover ceremony
11 January 2023
Ms. Anna Katharina Rusche, Head of Section, Scholarship Programmes Asia and the Pacific, and Ms. Natalie Bursinski, Section Officer for Asia ST34-Asia Pacific, both of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agricul…
Ms. Anna Katharina Rusche, Head of Section, Scholarship Programmes Asia and the Pacific, and Ms. Natalie Bursinski, Section Officer for Asia ST34-Asia Pacific, both of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agricul…
27 December 2022
Experts weigh in on food crisis threats and other agri hurdles, propose responses
27 December 2022
The latest papers published in the Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development (AJAD) discuss grim possibilities of a world food crisis—brought about by the war in Ukraine, climate shocks experienced by major food granaries, and of course, COVID—and a variety of country-specific hurdles in agricul…
The latest papers published in the Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development (AJAD) discuss grim possibilities of a world food crisis—brought about by the war in Ukraine, climate shocks experienced by major food granaries, and of course, COVID—and a variety of country-specific hurdles in agricul…
22 December 2022
CLSU organizes the 4th UC Faculty Forum
22 December 2022
The 4th University Consortium (UC) Faculty Forum successfully concluded and gathered more than 40 UC officials, faculty members, and guests at the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Held on 5-6 December 2022 with the theme Future Proofing Agriculture, the Forum aimed to gather scholar…
The 4th University Consortium (UC) Faculty Forum successfully concluded and gathered more than 40 UC officials, faculty members, and guests at the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Held on 5-6 December 2022 with the theme Future Proofing Agriculture, the Forum aimed to gather scholar…
21 December 2022
SEARCA conducts cross-visit to Thailand for Philippine HEIs
21 December 2022
BANGKOK, Thailand – Twenty-one administrators, and senior and junior faculty members representing 14 Philippine State Universities and Colleges joined a cross-visit to Kasetsart University (KU) in Thailand on 5-9 December 2022. They drew insights, learned from, and gathered some of the best practic…
BANGKOK, Thailand – Twenty-one administrators, and senior and junior faculty members representing 14 Philippine State Universities and Colleges joined a cross-visit to Kasetsart University (KU) in Thailand on 5-9 December 2022. They drew insights, learned from, and gathered some of the best practic…
20 December 2022
Clinical psychology expert talks about mental health with SEARCA scholars
20 December 2022
The Education and Collective Learning Department (ECLD) of SEARCA organized the 4th GSID Conversations on 16 December 2022 (Friday), 10:00 AM (GMT +8:00), for scholars to talk about mental health problems and its prevention. The webinar was exclusively offered for scholars as part of SEARCA’s non-m…
The Education and Collective Learning Department (ECLD) of SEARCA organized the 4th GSID Conversations on 16 December 2022 (Friday), 10:00 AM (GMT +8:00), for scholars to talk about mental health problems and its prevention. The webinar was exclusively offered for scholars as part of SEARCA’s non-m…