The Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM) has successfully concluded the Summer Course on Sustainable Tropical Agriculture 2024 (SC-STA 2024), which commenced on 15 July 2024. The program’s closing event featured a final presentation by 20 international students from the Philippines, Malaysia, China, Japan, and Yemen. The participants presented their insights gained through pre-course activities and field trips in a 10-minute video presentation, addressing the challenges they observed and proposing potential solutions.
SDG 1: No Poverty
The Student Creativity Program (PKM) is a prestigious competition organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology to enhance the quality of students, enabling them to become academically capable individuals who can apply, develop, and disseminate knowledge, technology, arts, and national culture.
One of the outstanding projects funded under the Entrepreneurship category (PKM-K) is “EcoPrime Feed: Innovation in Utilizing Invasive Species as High-Quality, Affordable, and Eco-Friendly Fish Feed.” This project is led by Gerson Lewis (Aquaculture 2023), along with team members Aimmatul Husna (Aquaculture 2023), Sevina Surya Wibianti (Aquaculture 2023), Muhammad Jibril Syahid (Aquatic Resource Management 2023), and Jihan Tsabitha (Regional Economic Development 2022), under the supervision of Dr. Senny Helmiati, S.Pi., M.Sc., a lecturer from the Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture UGM (Faperta UGM).
The Master’s Program in Agronomy at the Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM), has proudly earned an “Excellent” accreditation rating from the National Accreditation Board for Higher Education (BAN-PT), effective from 19 August 2024 to 30 May 2027. This recognition reflects the program’s exceptional quality in education and research.
The “Excellent” accreditation was granted following a rigorous evaluation process, encompassing curriculum standards, facilities, and the performance of both faculty and students. Dr. Dyah Weny Respatie, S.P., M.Si., Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at the Faculty of Agriculture, expressed her pride in this achievement, attributing it to the collective efforts of the academic community in consistently improving educational standards.