Food estate which is a megaproject of the central government is a project to increase the area of agricultural commodity planting which is later expected to increase the quantity of national food. The plan is that the megaproject will be implemented in Central Kalimantan Province by clearing an area of 1.4 million hectares. This projectRead more
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Center for Tropical Biofarmaka Studies (Trop BRC) Research and Community Service (LPPM) IPB University again held a discussion by presenting two srikandi IPB University who have paid great attention to Biofarmaka research. They are Prof Dr C Hanny Wijaya and Dr Katrin Rosita. The two met online in a discussion titled “Functional and Nutrasetikal FoodRead more
Semirdaun is a leaf shiny product of beautiful/wide leafy ornamental plants. In addition to beautifying the leaves, Semirdaun can also remove dirt and dust. Semirdaun also contains a Growing Regulatory Substance (ZPT) that serves as a hormone or liquid fertilizer to stimulate plant growth so that ornamental plants are well maintained. Read More>>Read more
The death rate of mothers and children in Indonesia is quite high. Moreover, Indonesia is considered as one of 10 countries with the highest death rate of mothers and newborn babies in the world. Based on Badan Pusat Statistik in 2017, at least there are two and eight newborn babies dead every hour in Indonesia.Read more
A series of studies have been carried out, which include bioprospection of medicinal plants that have anti-obesity or slimming efficacy, test the efficacy of the single extract, and their combined extract formulas. Some Indonesian medicinal plants such as Dutch teak leaves, Bangle, Orange Jasmine, Tamarind leaves, Gelugur acid, Kencur rhizome, Galangal, and Kunci Pepet canRead more
Fungi or mushrooms are organisms that play a role in decomposition of organic materials, nutrition recycling, mobilization and nutrition allocation in an ecosystem. Other than that fungi can also be pathogenic though they can also be symbiotic like mycorrhizae that undergo symbioses with plants. Read More>>Read more
Makanan tanpa garam akan terasa hambar, namun pangan dengan banyak garam pun akan membahayakan kesehatan. Dosen IPB University dari Departemen Teknologi Hasil Perairan, Fakultas Perikanan dan Ilmu Kelautan (FPIK), Prof Nurjanah miliki solusi bagaimana mengonsumsi garam namun menyehatkan. Read More>>Read more
Referring to the Long Term Plan (RJP) IPB University 2019-2045, BPRS Botani IPB University is projected to turn into National Agribusiness Bank in 2045. In the RJP, during the 2019-2024 period, it’s entering the BPRS business empowerment and have not yet focus on the agriculture field. BPRS Botani’s management are slowly paving the path intoRead more
The Regional Institute of Science and Technology (LKST) in the Field of Innovation and Technology Transfer of IPB University initiated a collaboration with Best Agro International, (7/9). The activity was held in the context of commercializing one of IPB University’s innovations, namely Precipalm. Read More>>Read more
Hampir 90 persen aktivitas penangkapan ikan di Indonesia dilakukan oleh nelayan tradisional menggunakan kapal kecil berukuran kurang dari 30 GT. Jangkauan operasinya sangat terbatas dan hanya terkonsentrasi di kawasan pantai, sehingga sumber daya perikanannya menjadi rentan. Kompetisi antar nelayan juga menjurus pada timbulnya konflik sosial. Read More>>Read more