Faculty of Agriculture UGM strives to support students during the mid-term exam period by serving free breakfast through “Pondasi UTS” program. During this mid-term exam period, the Faculty provides 200 portions of free breakfast every morning. The provision of free breakfast aims to support students to focus more on preparing for exams, without rushing to find or prepare breakfast in advance.

This was conveyed by Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Faculty of Agriculture UGM, Dr. Dyah Weny Respatie, S.P., M.Si., when met at the campus. Dr. Weny added that the “Pondasi UTS” program also aims to foster empathy between students. read more

Faculty of Agriculture UGM conducted water resources conservation program in agricultural land located at Nawungan, Imogiri, Bantul to overcome drought in agricultural land from August 2022 until December 2022. Chaired by Dr. Jamhari, S.P., M.P., the program had another goal to make Nawungan as a prototype of productive conservation agriculture. The following are the team members:

1. Nur Ainun H.J. Pulungan, S.Si., M.Sc., Ph.D.
2. Chandra Setyawan, S.TP., M.Eng., Ph.D.
3. Edy Trihatmoko, S.Si., M.Sc.
4. Pramasti Dyah Nhindyasari, S.P., M.Sc.
5. Ahmad Priyo Sambodo, S.Si., M.Sc.

This water resources conservation program collaborated with the Lestari Mulyo Farmer Group, an association of Nawungan farmers, to be directly involved in a series of programs. Nawungan was chosen as the location of the water resources conservation program because the agricultural area had lithological drought due to the material and structure of the constituent rocks. Therefore, it was urgent to make a reservoir to collect rainwater using geomembranes. read more

Food security is a common focus that needs to be improved by realizing food sovereignty and food independence. To date, Indonesia has a fairly good score for food affordability, but needs to improve aspects of availability, food quality, and resilience and sustainability of natural resources. For this reason, the government encourages agricultural transformation efforts with inclusive and efficient agricultural development by implementing various policies, such as the development of Closed Loop Horticulture, the development of export-oriented horticultural areas with the CSV (Creating Shared Value) partnership model, control of rice field land conversion, and People’s Business Credit (Kredit Usaha Rakyat/KUR) as a facility for access to financing. read more