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

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. read more