Capacity of duck breeders needs to be enhanced to meet the increasing need of duck meat consumption.

This emerged in the Focus Group Discussion themed Prospect and Challenge of National Duck Industry, held by Faculty of Animal Sciences UGM on Friday (11/5).

The event was joined by industry practitioners, academics, government, and stakeholders from around Indonesia. The event also aimed at building and enhancing the network between the stakeholders.

Professor from the Faculty, Prof. Dr. Ir Jafendi H.P Sidadolog, in the occasion explained that breeding of duck would succeed if doing disciplined recording and evaluation which is also appropriate and accurate. read more

Feed has a great influence on productivity and rentability of dairy farm business. To feed the dairy cattle, farmers must check on the breeding period. The first trimester (the first up to the third month after pregnancy) is a period with high milk production, meanwhile, the second and the third trimester is a preparation period for the next pregnancy.

It was said by Dean of Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU when delivered a lecture on “Kuliah Peternakan Bagimu Petani Kami Mengabdi” program, Friday (6/4) at the Auditorium Drh. R. Soepardjo FAS UGM. “Feed has a significant role in the cow’s milk production. We have created complete feed that consists of forage, concentrate, and vitamin and mineral premix. The concentrate that we use is the high quality one that is proven promoting farmers’ additional income. Some products that we have produced are supplement and additive, concentrate feed, and complete feed,” he said. read more

Faculty of Animal Sciences UGM has conducted a community service project in Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, from 24-25 April 2018. This is in line with the government’s Nawacita program to build the nation from the rural areas by enhancing villages.

Vice-Dean for Research, Community Service, and Cooperation of the Faculty, Bambang Suwignyo, Ph.D., said they did community capacity enhancement of farmer groups in the areas.

The event invited resource persons such as Prof. Dr. Ali Agus who gave a description about cattle culling management that is integrated with oil palm plantation. Another resource person, Yuni Erwanto, Ph.D., explained about integrated chicken breeding while Bambang Suwignyo discussed feed and herding. read more

Who does not love duck meat? Many people love duck meat that can be transformed into various appetizing cuisine, including fried, grilled, roasted and betutu-styled duck. But, did you know that you can turn duck meat into jerky?

“Duck meat can be processed into various cooking, one of them is honey duck jerky,” said UGM Researcher, Dr. Endy Triyannanto, S.Pt., M.Eng. during an interview in Laboratory for Meat Science and Technology, Faculty of Animal Science UGM, a few days ago.

Endy revealed that, in Korea, duck meat has often been processed into jerky. He then began to innovate by making honey duck jerky from the tenderloin of duck meat that was not widely used and usually thrown away. read more

UGM has once again shown its academic quality in global standard as seen in the accreditation given to 5 undergraduate study programmes by international accrediting agency, ASIIN. Previously, 11 study programmes have been accredited. The five study programmes are Mathematics, Statistics, Computer science, Biology and Animal Sciences.

ASIIN (Akkreditierungsagentur für Studiengänge der Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik) is an international accreditation agency from Germany for engineering, mathematics and science, agriculture, and biology disciplines. Its accreditation is Outcome Based Accreditation. read more