As many as 26 students from 8 countries attended the 4th Summer Course Program: Integrated Food Security in ASEAN at Faculty of Animal Science UGM from 22-31 July 2019.

Students from Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, Timor Leste, and Ethiopia will learn along with Indonesian students about food security in ASEAN.

Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., said the summer course was expected to be a forum for these students to exchange views and experience particularly in farming. This was important to do remembering the current world condition related to food security. read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM inaugurated 67 animal industry engineers on Tuesday (9/7) at the Grha Sabha Pramana UGM. This is the first inauguration in 2019.

“Congratulations to all the inauguration participants. The animal industry engineers handle living things called bio-engineering, and this is needed for the advancement of livestock development. In working, animal industry engineers need a synergy with engineers in other fields,” said the Dean of FAS UGM who is also the head of FAS UGM Technical Vocational Board, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU when giving a remark at the inauguration ceremony at the Drh. R. Soepardjo Auditorium of FAS UGM. read more

Mountaineering Club of Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM, Caravan Mountaineering Club, held Seminar on Orang Utan Conservation entitled Where’s My Home: My home destroyed, your world destroyed, on Saturday (5/25) at the Auditorium of drh. R. Soepardjo FAS UGM.

“This event is held to find out the role of the community in conserving orangutans and to equalize perceptions of knowledge about orangutan conservation. In addition, this event is also expected to increase the spirit of caring for biodiversity conservation, especially orangutans,” said Ranny Rahayu as the head of the committee. read more

The interest of the young people in building startups in Yogyakarta continues to increase. Unfortunately, not many startups can sustainably maintain their business.

“Technology plays an important role in this era of industrial revolution, for which its utilization needs to be optimized especially in the business world. Regarding capital, now there are many funding sources that can be found, access to capital is also getting easier. Not a few institutions, private or governmental, offer capital through various funding schemes,” said Satyaguna Rakhmatulloh, lecturer at Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM who is also the assistant for Young Agriculture Entrepreneur Program of Agriculture Ministry when he became a guest speaker at PPTI # 2 Incubation Training on Wednesday (15/5). read more

A total of 44 graduates of the Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM are graduated in the May 2019 period. The graduation ceremony was held on Wednesday (22/5) at the Drh. R. Soepardjo Auditorium.

“Congratulations to all graduates who have completed their studies. After this, you can study further, work in institutions, or become entrepreneurs,” said the Dean of FAS UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU when giving a remark at the graduation ceremony.

The Dean added, FAS UGM students were not only taught about animal science knowledge but also soft skills. read more