For the first time, Faculty of Agriculture UGM and Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) conducted collaborative study focusing on nematodes. This was stated by Prof. Dr. Ir. Siwi Indarti, M.P., Professor in Agricultural Nematology, as the leader of the research team.

“After years of partnership between Faculty of Agriculture UGM and ACIAR in various fields, the study on nematodes is carried out for the first time. We believe that nematodes have a significant impact on decreasing agricultural crop production, so focusing of our research project which related to accurate and precise identification can make disease management becomes more effective to prevent transmission by nematodes to other areas,” explained Prof. Siwi. read more

Faculty of Agriculture UGM collaborate with Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in conducting an in-depth research project on the control of fruit flies in mangoes through area-wide management (AWM) system approach. The project, which has been conducted since 2017, was completed by an International Training Workshop on Tuesday-Thursday, 28-30 May  2024 at AGLC Building, Faculty of Agriculture UGM. The event was attended by participants from 12 different countries involved in the project. read more

For more than 10 years, Faculty of Agriculture UGM has been conducting partnerships with Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in various fields of research involving their students, especially postgraduate students, both Master and Doctoral degrees. One of the involved students was Yenny Sariasih, a doctoral student in Agricultural Sciences focusing on Phytopathology. She was involved in a research project on Huanglongbing disease control in citrus plants  with Prof. Dr. Ir. Siti Subandiyah, M.Agr.Sc., as the UGM Project Leader and main Promotor for Yenny.  read more