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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…
26 July 2023
SEARCA engages members of the Judiciary in USDA-FAS annual biotech outreach program
26 July 2023
Continuing its commitment to empowering members of the judiciary to create sound, unbiased, and evidence-based decisions and policy recommendations, the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) teamed up with the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA), t…
Continuing its commitment to empowering members of the judiciary to create sound, unbiased, and evidence-based decisions and policy recommendations, the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) teamed up with the Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA), t…
24 July 2023
SEARCA organizes USDA-FAS annual biotech outreach program
24 July 2023
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) continues its longstanding collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service-Manila (USDA-FAS Manila) in contributing to the development of an enabling environment f…
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) continues its longstanding collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service-Manila (USDA-FAS Manila) in contributing to the development of an enabling environment f…
24 July 2023
SEARCA and PPSA convene AIG stakeholders for the Learning Alliance Working Group
24 July 2023
Sharing the commitment to harness knowledge sharing and learning in advancing the agriculture sector in the Philippines and the region, SEARCA and the Philippine Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (PPSA) launched the Learning Alliance Working Group (WG) on 27 June 2023 at the Ascott Hotel, Tag…
Sharing the commitment to harness knowledge sharing and learning in advancing the agriculture sector in the Philippines and the region, SEARCA and the Philippine Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (PPSA) launched the Learning Alliance Working Group (WG) on 27 June 2023 at the Ascott Hotel, Tag…
22 July 2023
SEARCA Director meets 3 ambassadors in diplomatic engagements
22 July 2023
MANILA, Philippines—In a series of diplomatic engagements last week, Dr. Glenn Gregorio, director of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), had interacted with three ambassadors to the Philippines, the Center's host country. Two were envoys of a…
MANILA, Philippines—In a series of diplomatic engagements last week, Dr. Glenn Gregorio, director of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), had interacted with three ambassadors to the Philippines, the Center's host country. Two were envoys of a…
21 July 2023
Start-up taps insects to make feed and fertilizer from waste
21 July 2023
The start-up venture Insiklo is turning market and household wastes into feed and fertilizer with the help of the insect black soldier fly (BSF). Every week, about 500 kg of market waste from Los Baños municipality are sent to Insiklo facility. The larvae of BSF devour food scrap, agricultural debr…
The start-up venture Insiklo is turning market and household wastes into feed and fertilizer with the help of the insect black soldier fly (BSF). Every week, about 500 kg of market waste from Los Baños municipality are sent to Insiklo facility. The larvae of BSF devour food scrap, agricultural debr…
20 July 2023
Filipino agriculturists convene to confront issues hampering PH agrofood systems
20 July 2023
The Philippine Association of Agriculturists (PAA), Inc., the only Accredited Integrated Professional Organization (AIPO) for agriculture in the Philippines, will be holding its 10th National Congress and the 2023 Philippine Agriculturists' Summit on 25–27 July 2023 at SMX Convention Center in Dava…
The Philippine Association of Agriculturists (PAA), Inc., the only Accredited Integrated Professional Organization (AIPO) for agriculture in the Philippines, will be holding its 10th National Congress and the 2023 Philippine Agriculturists' Summit on 25–27 July 2023 at SMX Convention Center in Dava…
14 July 2023
SEARCA initiates new fiscal year with customized training for incoming scholars
14 July 2023
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) has commenced its new fiscal year by offering customized training to incoming scholars for the academic year 2023–24. A group of 11 scholars hailing from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippin…
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) has commenced its new fiscal year by offering customized training to incoming scholars for the academic year 2023–24. A group of 11 scholars hailing from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippin…
11 July 2023
Philippine HEI faculty members gain insights on cage-free egg production in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
11 July 2023
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)'s Faculty of Animal Science have joined forces to offer the International Training on Cage-Free Innovation and Welfare Hub to a group of thirty-one participants represen…
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)'s Faculty of Animal Science have joined forces to offer the International Training on Cage-Free Innovation and Welfare Hub to a group of thirty-one participants represen…
11 July 2023
SEARCA showcases innovation, research initiatives to visiting TW-PH youth delegation
11 July 2023
In an enriching cultural and academic exchange, 40 Taiwanese and Filipino students from the Youth Cultural and Learning Immersion Camp, along with two Taiwanese professors, visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on 10 July 2023. The visit…
In an enriching cultural and academic exchange, 40 Taiwanese and Filipino students from the Youth Cultural and Learning Immersion Camp, along with two Taiwanese professors, visited the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on 10 July 2023. The visit…
11 July 2023
SEARCA joins workshop on integrating One Health concepts in SE Asian basic education
11 July 2023
BANGKOK, Thailand—One Health experts and officials of the specialist institutions of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) have convened recently for a two-day regional workshop on the inclusion of One Health concepts in basic education curriculum across Southeast Asian c…
BANGKOK, Thailand—One Health experts and officials of the specialist institutions of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) have convened recently for a two-day regional workshop on the inclusion of One Health concepts in basic education curriculum across Southeast Asian c…