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

The partnerships between Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) and Japanese universities over the years have escalated favorable opportunities for UGM’s academic community to explore advanced learning environment through student and staff mobilities.

To expand international collaboration across a range of sectors, Dean of Faculty of Agriculture, Jaka Widada, Ph.D; Deputy Dean for Academic and Student Affairs (Dr. Dyah Weny Respatie) and Faculty member (Prof. Aziz Purwantoro) along with Rector of UGM, Prof. Ova Emilia, and other  faculty management leaders (Faculty of Animal Science, Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing) visited three universities in Japan, Ibaraki University, Waseda University and The University of Tokyo on 20-23 April 2024. The visitation was started by a meeting with Indonesian education and culture attaché in Tokyo, Prof. Amzul Rifin. read more

One-health is a collaborative approach that aims to build sustainable health resilience from connection between humans, animals, and environment. Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) received a visit from Dr. Harro Maat, a Lecturer at Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation, WUR, Netherlands, on Monday (27/11) to Friday (1/12), discussing health issues with the One-health approach.

Discussions were carried out with the One-health UGM members from Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Also, there were discussions with the Experts from Faculty of Agriculture, resulting in an overview of health issues and their causes in society. Apart from that, information about One-health in Indonesia was also collected from scientists. This was conveyed by Dr. Dyah Woro Untari, S.P., M.P., Head of Agricultural Extension and Communication Study Program, Faculty of Agriculture UGM. In addition to the discussions with the Experts, information gathering was also carried out through Forum Group Discussion (FGD) with farmer communities, Pusat Kesehatan Hewan (Puskeswan) officers, and Family Assistance Team officers in villages assisted by Agricultural Extension and Communication study program in Jamblangan, Margomulyo, Seyegan, Sleman. read more