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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…
30 August 2021

GIZ – CSLU project and SEARCA to hold webinar on low emission livestock systems

30 August 2021
A virtual webinar on low emission and resilient pathways in livestock systems: towards sustainable climate-smart animal agriculture, eco-health, and food security will be held on 31 August 2021, 9:00 to 10:30 am (GMT + 7). It is organized by the GIZ-Climate Smart Land Use (CSLU) in ASEAN project an…
A virtual webinar on low emission and resilient pathways in livestock systems: towards sustainable climate-smart animal agriculture, eco-health, and food security will be held on 31 August 2021, 9:00 to 10:30 am (GMT + 7). It is organized by the GIZ-Climate Smart Land Use (CSLU) in ASEAN project an…

30 August 2021

SEARCA signs MOU with Can Tho University

30 August 2021
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Can Tho University (CTU) institutionalized their mutual understanding to cooperate in a number of areas of common interest such as training, education, and research in a virtual signing ceremony held…
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Can Tho University (CTU) institutionalized their mutual understanding to cooperate in a number of areas of common interest such as training, education, and research in a virtual signing ceremony held…

30 August 2021

SEARCA, Pilipinas Shell Foundation promote school gardening in Niogan Elementary School

30 August 2021
Pililla, Rizal – Adding its reach to continue in forwarding sustainable and inclusive gardening to help uplift the lives of the different sectors in the Philippines during COVID-19, the Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc. (PSFI) with support from the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study…
Pililla, Rizal – Adding its reach to continue in forwarding sustainable and inclusive gardening to help uplift the lives of the different sectors in the Philippines during COVID-19, the Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc. (PSFI) with support from the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study…

20 August 2021

Learn and impart science-based information on biotech’ says former PH Supreme Court Justice

20 August 2021
SEARCA teamed up with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, United States Embassy Manila, and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) for a virtual webinar for law practitioners entitled Genome-edited Crops: Progress, Potential, and Policies hel…
SEARCA teamed up with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, United States Embassy Manila, and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) for a virtual webinar for law practitioners entitled Genome-edited Crops: Progress, Potential, and Policies hel…

19 August 2021

SEARCA continues to support scholars virtually through the Basic English Training

19 August 2021
Nineteen SEARCA scholars completed their Basic English Training on August 9, 2021. The three-week program, which started on July 19, was offered to scholars virtually due to pandemic restrictions. The training aims to enhance the scholars’ language proficiency in preparation for their studies and e…
Nineteen SEARCA scholars completed their Basic English Training on August 9, 2021. The three-week program, which started on July 19, was offered to scholars virtually due to pandemic restrictions. The training aims to enhance the scholars’ language proficiency in preparation for their studies and e…

18 August 2021

Thirty-eight SEARCA Scholars join the ranks of SEARCA Graduate Alumni

18 August 2021
SEARCA celebrated the accomplishments and academic achievements of the 38 SEARCA scholars who completed their studies this academic year 2020-2021 during the Testimonial Program held on 12 August 2021 via Zoom. Of the 38 graduates, eight (8) obtained their degrees from IPB University, Indonesia; th…
SEARCA celebrated the accomplishments and academic achievements of the 38 SEARCA scholars who completed their studies this academic year 2020-2021 during the Testimonial Program held on 12 August 2021 via Zoom. Of the 38 graduates, eight (8) obtained their degrees from IPB University, Indonesia; th…

17 August 2021

SEARCA, the University Consortium, and SUC-ACAP plan for the capacity building of Philippine HEIs in Agriculture, Fisheries, and Natural Resources

17 August 2021
The Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) and the State Universities and Colleges - Association of Colleges of Agriculture in the Philippines (SUC-ACAP) entered into an agreement for the project “Leveling Up Philippine Higher Educatio…
The Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) and the State Universities and Colleges - Association of Colleges of Agriculture in the Philippines (SUC-ACAP) entered into an agreement for the project “Leveling Up Philippine Higher Educatio…

12 August 2021

Philippine Legislators Bat for the Advancement of Genome Editing in the Country

12 August 2021
SEARCA teamed up with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, United States Embassy Manila, and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) for a virtual webinar entitled Better Crops with Genome Editing: Applications, Potential, and Policies held on 5 Aug…
SEARCA teamed up with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, United States Embassy Manila, and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) for a virtual webinar entitled Better Crops with Genome Editing: Applications, Potential, and Policies held on 5 Aug…

4 August 2021

SEARCA young staff is UPLB Outstanding Leadership Awardee

4 August 2021
Mr. Nathan P. Felix, Senior Public Relations Associate of SEARCA, was conferred 2020 University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Outstanding Leadership Award during the Recognition of Graduating Scholars and Donor Partners by the UPLB Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA), 30…
Mr. Nathan P. Felix, Senior Public Relations Associate of SEARCA, was conferred 2020 University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Outstanding Leadership Award during the Recognition of Graduating Scholars and Donor Partners by the UPLB Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA), 30…

4 August 2021

Filipinos can now reap the benefits of biotech crops

4 August 2021
The Philippine agriculture sector achieved two much-awaited milestones with the approval of Golden Rice for commercial production and the approval of BT eggplant for food, feed, or for processing (FFP) in July 2021. This makes Filipinos closer to harvesting the projected benefits of these biotech c…
The Philippine agriculture sector achieved two much-awaited milestones with the approval of Golden Rice for commercial production and the approval of BT eggplant for food, feed, or for processing (FFP) in July 2021. This makes Filipinos closer to harvesting the projected benefits of these biotech c…


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