The Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM) team implemented a Community Service Program (PKM) titled “Empowerment of Farmers in Southwest Sumba in Anticipating the Locust Outbreak Through the Utilization of Locusts.” This program is a response to the locust outbreak incident (Locusta migratoria manilensis) that affected Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara Province in 2023. This PKM aims to provide solution-based extension services to farmers to anticipate and manage locust pests. The activity, which will run for 10 months, started on 29 February 2024, and will end on 9 December 2024. The program is led by Prof. Dr. Ir. Fransiscus Xaverius Wagiman, S.U. from the Department of Plant Pest and Disease, with team members Dr. Dyah Woro Untari, S.P., M.P. from the Department of Agricultural Social Economics, and Ines Citra Risqika, a student from the PKP program. read more

Dr. Mohammad Abdul Ghani, President Director of Holding Perkebunan Nusantara PTPN III, shared essential tips on how to become a professional with strong character. He delivered these insights to 286 prospective graduates of the Undergraduate Program at the Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM), for the 2023/2024 Academic Year Period IV.The tips included eight key capacities that prospective graduates should develop,including Risk-taking, Curiosity, Managing diversity, Driving innovation, Networking, Digital leadership, Driving execution, and Self-differentiation. read more

On 9 August 2024, eight lecturers from the Agricultural Extension and Communication Study Program (PKP) at Faculty Agriculture of Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM) took part in field studies, focus group discussions, and community service activities at Lumbung Mataraman in Banjaran, Guwosari, Pajangan, Bantul. This event was part of the 2024 National Seminar on Agricultural Extension and Development Communication, as well as the National Gathering of the Indonesian Association of Agricultural Extension, Development Communication, and Community Empowerment Study Programs (APP-KPPMI). The event carried the theme “Strategies for Managing Lumbung Mataraman as a Community-Based Food Security Platform.” read more