The Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM), served as one of the hosts for the ACIAR 2025 Annual Review, a part of the collaborative project HORT/2019/164: “Preparedness and Management of Huanglongbing (citrus greening disease) to safeguard the future of the citrus industry in Australia, China, and Indonesia.” The annual review was held on Monday, 5 May 2025, at the Venture Room, 6th Floor, AGLC Building, Faculty of Agriculture UGM.

The event gathered research teams from Faperta UGM, the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), and the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI, Australia) to present their research progress on preparation and management practices in the citrus industry. The presentations were attended by ACIAR Manager of Horticulture, Dr. Sandra McDougall, and project reviewers Dr. Bronwyn Walsh and Ir. Agus Muharam, M.S. Students involved in the project were also present as part of the audience.

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The Faculty of Agriculture at Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM), through the Department of Agricultural Microbiology, once again held a Guest Lecture titled “Microbial Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity” on Tuesday, 12 November 2024 via Zoom Meeting. The session featured Prof. Phil Hugenholtz, Director of the Australian Centre for Ecogenomics (ACE) and Professor at The University of Queensland, Australia.

The guest lecture was opened with welcoming remarks by Prof. Ir. Irfan Dwidya Prijambada, M.Eng., Ph.D., a lecturer in the Agricultural Microbiology Study Program at the Faculty of Agriculture UGM.

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A team of academics and researchers led by Nur Ainun H.J. Pulungan, S.Si., M.Sc., Ph.D., together with other expert lecturers and students from Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM), conducted a training program titled “Rapid Assessment of Dryland Soil Fertility Using the Dryland Soil Testing Kit (PUTK)” in Loano, Purworejo. The training program spans eight months, from 29 February to 9 December 2024, and aims to enhance farmers’ capacity to assess soil fertility quickly and efficiently.

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