In a Refresher Course for Netherland Fellowship Program (NFP) alumni,
3 Faculty members of Fac. of Agriculture, UGM, delivered some lectures
on Oct 4, 2017 in Rachmiwaty Building, Fac. of Agriculture UGM. Those
are Prof. Y. Andi Trisyono (Dept. of Crop Protection) with a lecture
topic was GAP in Indonesia, from Policy into Practise; Prof. Irfan D.
Prijambada (Dept. of Microbiplogy) who arrived as Director of
Community Service UGM, with a lecture topic was Role of UGM Community
Service in facilitating society transition in Indonesia, and Dr. Jaka
Widada (Dept. of Microbilogy) with a lecture topic was Role of
University Research in Horticulture Value Chain in Indonesia.
The refresher course was completely conducted in Yogyakarta, 2 – 13
Oct, 2017, in collaboration between Fac. of Agriculture UGM and Center
for Development Innovation, Wageningen University and Research, The
Netherlands. Topic of the course was Designing Sustainable
Horticulture Value Chains towards a Food Secure Future. Participants
were 20 people of mid-carrier Agricultural Proffesionals from various
expertises, coming from 14 countries in Asia – Africa continents. This
course was facilitated by two coordinators from CDI WUR and one UGM
coordinator, Ani Widiastuti, Ph.D (Fac. of Agriculture Dept. of Crop
Protection).
Participants were impressed and actively involved in discussions with
the experts, moreover stated that they would like to contact the
experts for further collaboration. They got deep impression on how UGM
mobilized large number of students to be engaged in community service
in all over Indonesia, and hope they can share this knowledge and
apply it in their home country.
They also were strongly impressed on socio-enterpreneurship developed
by farmer association in Indonesia and learned very much from how the
socio-enterpreneurship contributes in Indonesian horticulture value
chain. They learned from many cases faced by actors involved in
Indonesian horticulture value chain, to analyse and gave actual
suggestion to develop a sustainable one for food secure future.
Aniwidia, 23 Oct 2017