Alumni of Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM must be able to take the job opportunity on livestock field. Job opportunity on livestock is highly wide, this is because the total population of Indonesia meanwhile the consumption of livestock product is still very low.

It was said by the Dean of FAS UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU, when giving a remark on graduation ceremony, Wednesday (23/5) at the Auditorium of FAS UGM. “We are in the primordial area since we produce irreplaceable products, such as milk, meat, and eggs. Even now, there are ready-to-eat food with good packaging,” Dean said. The Dean added, the business cycle in livestock sector is no less than 500 trillion rupiah. read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM Canteen certified by Halal LPPOM MUI DIY. This certification is done as a commitment to provide halal food with reasonable price to students as the next generation. The certificate handover was conducted on Monday, (14/5) at the canteen of FAS UGM.

“Thank you to Dharma Wanita of FAS UGM as the manager of the canteen and LPPOM MUI DIY which already made an effort for this certification. This is our role to help people serve halal dan healthy food. We hope that FAS Canteen has more progress and blessings,” said Dean of FAS UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU on the certificate handover event. read more

Student of Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM, Zhavira Artensia, attended 17 Global Goals MUN “Young Generation for Realization of 17 Global Goals”on April 13—16, 2018 in Malaysia. This conference trained students to debate using the Model United Nations (MUN) with the selected themes.

“I got a role as a delegation from Guatemala. Each delegation was given an opportunity to describe the food conditions in his/her country,” Vira said. She explained that Guatemala has malnutrition problem for many years, the country is even on the fifth position in the world as a country in which the population suffer from malnutrition. People in Guatemala focus on farming but don’t have sufficient knowledge on nutrition. read more

YOGYAKARTA, MAY 24, 2017 – Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) estimates that the economic potential of cow and buffalo manure throughout Indonesia as an alternative energy reaches fantastic value, up to Rp. 64.3 trillion / year. The figure is obtained from the calculation assumption (if assumed as a substitute) for the energy needs of BBM (if all kerosene or mitan) is 1.23 million barrels per day (bpd). If cow and buffalo manure produced (assuming 20 kg / head / day) amounts to 345.7 thousand tons / day (data on cattle and buffalo according to the Director General of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine as many as 17.285 million in 2016). read more

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