Dean of Faculty of Animal Sciences UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., signed an agreement on the development of Belgian Blue cattle with Director General of Animal Husbandry and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Drh. I Ketut Diarmita, MP., on Monday (5/2). This cooperation was purposely built to create a massive development of Belgian Blue cattle, which is called as Gama Cattle, at Faculty of Animal Sciences UGM.

Ali Agus said self-dependency on beef becomes one of the contributors in self-dependency on animal protein. Beef provides a contribution of 20-22% from the total animal consumption. Beef becomes an irreplaceable demand not only related to the consumers’ preference but also the traditional and religious rituals. read more

Nine students of Universitas Andalas (Unand) join credit earning program at Faculty of Animal Science during even semester academic year 2017/2018. They are the fifth student group of credit earning program collaboration between Faculty of Animal Science UGM and Unand.

It was said by Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Faculty of Animal Science UGM, Prof. Budi Guntoro, S.Pt., M.Sc., Ph.D., IPM when welcomed the students on Wednesday (31/1) at Faculty of Animal Science. “Welcome to Faculty of Animal Science. You will be supervised by the head of the undergraduate study program. Please take the academic guidance book as your lectures guidance,” Budi said. read more

Faculty of Animal Sciences Universitas Gadjah Mada have conducted a public lecture for farmers that has run since 16 September 2017. As many as 630 participants have registered to join the programme. Due to the enthusiasm, the lecture is held in several batches. The first was joined by some 200 participants who are breeders from across Indonesia. After completing 32 materials in 16 lectures, the first batch lecture was closed on Saturday (27/1) in the Auditorium of Faculty of Animal Sciences UGM. read more

UGM Rector, Prof. Ir. Panut Mulyono, M.Eng., D.Eng., believes Indonesia is able to become a self-dependence nation in animal husbandry and agricultural sectors which will lead to the food sovereignty.

“Our nation is rich of natural and human resources,” said Panut on Monday (29/1) in front of hundreds of farmers and breeders during the Gathering and Discussion on Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Plantation: Together We Realize Indonesian Food Sovereignty event which was held at Faculty of Animal Sciences UGM. read more

Caption: Dean of Faculty of Animal Science Took A Picture With Representatives from NTCA, ISPI, and The Interviewees

Four students of Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) attended an interview session for an internship program in Australia, Monday (8/1) in FAS UGM. NTCA Indonesia-Australia Pastoral Program (NIAPP) is an internship program held by Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association (NTCA), the Indonesian Society for Animal Science (ISPI), and associated Indonesian universities. read more