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.

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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.

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Professor of the Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM), Prof. Dr. Jamhari, S.P., M.P., emphasized the importance of strengthening Lumbung Mataraman as a key strategy to achieve sustainable food security in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY). He delivered this message while serving as the keynote speaker at the Regional Development Control Coordination Meeting for the second quarter of 2025, which carried the theme “Strengthening Food Security in DIY through the Transformation and Optimization of Lumbung Mataraman,” on Tuesday, 29 July 2025, at Gedhong Pracimasana, Kepatihan Complex, Yogyakarta.

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