Bekasam is an Indonesian fermented fish product that tastes sour and mostly contains lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Bekasam is a popular food in Central Java, South Sumatra and South Kalimantan, and other places of Indonesia. Generally the production of bekasam involves a spontaneous, fermentation process of freshwater fish, supplemented by salt, and rice or fermentedRead more
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Although it has existed since the Dutch colonial period, the fate of the Indonesian sugar industry is not as sweet as its product. Many issues continue to plague the national sugar industry, ranging from aging factories, reduced sugarcane fields, farm inefficiency and low productivity to a flood of cheap imported sugar due to poor marketRead more
Bekasam is one of the fish fermentation products processed using traditional way. The current treatment is still spontaneous, by utilizing lactic acid bacteria (BAL) that grow during the fermentation process. Read more>>Read more
Prof. Dr. Mohd Marsin Sanagi of Universitas Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) gave a Public Lecture on “Biopolymer-Based Adsorbents for Removal and Analysis of Environmental Pollutants from Water Sample”, for Bogor Agricultural Communities, at IPB Campus, Dramaga, on Wednesday, 5 April 2018. Read more>>Read more
The Department of Aquatic Resources Management (MSP), of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, of Bogor Agricultural University (FPIK IPB), organized the Work Safety Training in the Waters. The training was participated by 195 students of IPB. Read more>>Read more
Competition to enter the world of lectures is not easy. Various obstacles are faced by prospective students who want to continue study at university level. Moreover, state universities have their own priorities. Constraints become a real challenge, but they are not a reason to give up. A story of Nadia Nur Ramadhani, a student ofRead more
The high rate of worms found in 27 brands of canned fish (imports and national production) released by BPOM should be anticipated by considering many factors with a concrete, balanced and systemic understanding. The handling of this case should not ignore the development of the fisheries sector as one of the centres of national economicRead more
Dr. Arief Daryanto as guest speaker at the International Conference on Cold Chain and Logistics Management for Agrifood Products in Indonesia held at the Gran Melia Hotel Jakarta Read more>>Read more
Students of the Department of Food Science and Technology (ITP) of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Fadhilah Nur ‘Azizah and Niswana Wafi Alfarda, won the third place at Winslow Scientific Paper Competition 2018. The competition was held by the Student Executive Board (BEM) of Faculty of Public Health, Hasanudin University, Makasar (18/03). The top ten participantsRead more
The cookie named Cookie-Sukak, won the 2nd winner for Imatekta Creative Agricultural Engineering Competition 2018, at Jember University. The competition took place on 3-4 March 2018, and was participated by various universities in Indonesia, such as Gajah Mada University, Bandung Institute of Technology, Diponegoro University, Brawijaya University, Ten November Institute of Technology, Yogyakarta State University,Read more