The Faculty of Agriculture at Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM), in collaboration with Kasetsart University, Thailand, held an open guest lecture for the UGM academic community and the general public on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. The lecture was delivered online via Zoom Meeting by Dr. Chanita Boonmak from the Duckweed Holobiont Resource and Research Center (DHBC), Kasetsart University, Thailand.

The lecture, titled “Duckweed Microbiome: Unlocking Bacterial Potential for Environmental and Food Applications”, presented research findings from a collaborative project funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) program. read more

The Faculty of Agriculture at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) officially launched the 2025 Summer Course on Sustainable Tropical Agriculture with an online pre-course session held via Zoom on Friday, July 4, 2025. This session marked the beginning of the program, introducing participants to coffee cultivation and field experiences under the theme “The Journey of Coffee from Seed to Cup.”

The pre-course was attended by participants from diverse academic backgrounds, both domestic and international. It began with an overview of the program, which will run for over a month, from July 4 to August 8, 2025. The session also introduced the instructors and guest experts who will lead both the online classes and offline field trips. The teaching team includes Instructors, Teaching Assistants (TAs), and Experts with extensive experience in sustainable tropical agriculture. read more

Saturday, 5 July 2025 marked an important moment for the Gunung Gambar area, one of the assisted sites of Universitas Gadjah Mada’s Faculty of Agriculture (Faperta UGM). On that day, a robusta coffee harvest festival was held, attended by local farmers, the Ngawen Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis), UGM’s Community Service Program (KKN-PPM) students, the academic community of the Faculty of Agriculture, village officials, and the Regent of Gunungkidul, Endah Subekti Kuntariningsih. This harvest produced a total of 30 kilograms of robusta coffee.
In her remarks, the Regent of Gunungkidul, Endah Subekti Kuntariningsih, emphasized the importance of diversifying tourism potential in the region, one of which is through the development of coffee tourism in Gunung Gambar. read more