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:
- Climate Change and Natural Resources Resilience for Food Systems and Low Emission Development (LED) for Sustainable Agriculture
- Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) for Sustainable Agriculture
- Sustainable Food Value Chain
- Food and Nutrition Security
- Social Transformation Towards Sustainable Food Systems
- Inclusive Rural Development
After the presentation activities in each parallel class, there was then an award for the “best presenter” nominee from each class. The purpose of the nomination is as a form of appreciation for presenters who have maximized in presenting their presentations based on the assessment of each class moderator. The best presenter nominees are as follows (written name, sub-class, title)
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