Stronger disaster response for the Philippines
Mitigation of the effects of natural disasters and major accidents will be supported by a collaboration with the European Union Earth observation program, Copernicus.
DOST-ASTI | PREGINET (Philippines)
The Philippines rolls out academic roaming
eduroam is now available at university campuses in The Phillipines, allowing students, researchers, and staff of the participating institutions to connect to the internet at their own campus and when they visit other partner universities and institutions worldwide.
Empowering Asia-Pacific researchers through global partnerships
The recent REN Leaders Forum served as a platform to facilitate greater united coordination to help increase the impact of the technologies and capabilities NRENs provide for enabling of research in APAC countries.
Hook up to NOAH to know your hazards
While you can’t do anything to change the course of a typhoon moving towards you, you can take the necessary precautions before it reaches your shores – the earlier the better. So, you need to know your hazards, and that is why, in the wake of the catastrophic tropical storm Sendong in 2011, the Philippines started developing a complex early warning system.
Sharing knowledge to strengthen emerging networks
Helina Emeru is chief technology officer of Ethiopian research and education network EthERnet. In October 2016, she joined 9 colleagues from around the world at the NORDUnet conference as part of a new Knowledge Exchange Fellowship program.
Africa | Asia Pacific | AUB (Lebanon) | BdREN (Bangladesh) | Central Asia | DOST-ASTI | PREGINET (Philippines) | DrukREN (Bhutan) | EthERnet (Ethiopia) | Europe | KRENA (Kyrgyzstan) | Middle East | MYREN (Malaysia) | NORDUNet (European Nordic) | Nren (Nepal) | WACREN (West + Central Africa) | ZAMREN (Zambia) |
Decoding the diversity of rice to improve yields
To meet world population demands for food it has been estimated that the production of rice, the world’s most important staple food, must increase by 24% by 2050. As well as the challenges involved in growing more rice on less land and water, farmers need new rice varieties adapted to changing climatic conditions.