Master of Agribusiness Management (MMA UGM) students actively participated in The 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Socioeconomics, Agribusiness, and Rural Development (ICSASARD 2024) organized by the Department of Agricultural Socioeconomics, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada. The MMA students acted as committee members and presenters. Participation in the committee is for partimer students in the MMA Study Program whose task is to help prepare and also launch activities, while participation as participants and presenters is for active MMA students who have conducted research and then the results are published and disseminated in the ICSASARD. There are two students who became presenters, namely Adinda Rahmi Maulida with the research title Farmers’ Perception For Customized Sugarcane Fertilizer in Yogyakarta Special Region and also Angela Normauli Siregar with the research title Determinants of farm households’ organic rice consumption in Magelang. Both are fastrack students in the academic year 2023.
22 October
On October 17, 2024, the Department of Agricultural Socioeconomics of Gadjah Mada University held an international seminar “The 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Socioeconomics, Agribusiness, and Rural Development” with the theme: Transformation towards Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems and Rural Development. The activity is located at The Alana Hotel & Convention center Yogyakarta is the second ICSASARD international seminar that has been held and managed to get 73 teams registered as participants and presenters from several countries namely Indonesia, Mozambique, Philippines, Australia, Ecuador, Hungary, and Japan. The activity took place from 07.00 to 16.00 with several events consisting of opening and welcoming remarks, keynote speech by Prof. Tsuyoshi Sumita, invited speakers namely Dr. Gomathy Palaniappan, Prof. Madya Dr. Juwaidah Binti Sharifuddin, and Mr. Anthony (Harm) Spoor which were conducted in a hybrid (offline and online), and parallel presentation section with 7 classes and 6 subthemes, namely: