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ber last year. The said workshop is also known as International
tackled an integrated approach of Center for Agricultural Internship
effective water reservoir manage- in Israel, which is one of the pro-
ment with combination of mitiga- grams of MASHAV, Israel’s agency
tion-adaptation responses, espe- for international development
cially in the Magat Dam Reservoir. cooperation under the Ministry of
The University has fully in- Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the said
stitutionalized research centers country.
dedicated for climate change and This was participated by the
water resources studies. ISU’s University along with other 30
commitment on this undertaking State Universities and Colleges in
has also resulted to the advance the country to train and immerse
studies offering on Master of Sci- Filipino agriculture students with
ence in Disaster Risk Management the latest agricultural technologies
and Climate Change Adaptation at and techniques in Israeli farms.
ISU Cabagan Campus, having had On October, the students were
received Certificate of Program officially repatriated from their in-
Compliance from CHED on August ternship areas. With the CoViD-19
last year. pandemic and lockdown measures
in Israel, initial flight schedules
Fostering Global Presence thru were delayed which had them
Linkages and Student Mobility stranded in Israel for weeks. How-
ISU has not only staunchly ever, they all came home healthy
worked with prestigious univer- and secured.
sities abroad, but also entered They were among the 260
collaborative linkages to put into Filipino students who arrived in
perspective the array of areas and Manila on the 14th of October, on
disciplines to work on. As such, board a direct flight from Tel Aviv.
these partnerships provided ex- This is one of the two chartered
tensive R&D ventures, exchange of flights to bring home 600 Filipino
students and faculty, joint publi- students whose internship pro-
cations, and conduct of interna- gram had just ended in September.
tional conferences. At present, the Adding to these, the Uni-
University has active partnership versity also supported other
with universities and R&D insti- international programs and en-
tutions in South-East Asia (SEA), gagements for students to have
other Asian countries, and Europe. them professionally groomed and
Among these were the following: seed insights from cross-culture
In the course of 2020, ISU was and multi-faceted experience in
able to send 25 Agriculture stu- support of local industry advance-
dents to learn from the renowned ment.
Granot Agrostudies Program. It
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