The Executive Director Business Innovation Center (BIC), Kristanto Santosa mentions that IPB University has the chance ‘to go beyond new normal’. It’s time for IPB University turn from being the best into the best real entrepreneur university. Their innovations are useful for the people and managed well downstream.
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The name sorghum is familiar to some circles, but in general this plant is still not widely used as a commodity for the Indonesian feed industry. In food security, feed is an important component that cannot be avoided. One of the inefficiencies of the domestic livestock production system is the inability to control feed costs.
Tiara Alfina, the head of the 2020 Entomology Group mentions that insects have important roles in human lives. Aside from consumption commodities (honey and silk), insects also have a role in the ecosystem as pollinators, decomposers, predators, parasites and also environment bioindicators.
Forest disturbance is a whole actions and natural factors that disturb the forest ecosystem, oftentimes, this was caused by humans hand. For instance, human-caused forest disturbance are forest encroachment, theft of forest products, illegal logging, deforestation and land degradation, land use change, illegal livestock grazing and forest burning.
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IPB University Arboriculture Research Cluster through IPB University’s Research and Community Service Institute (LPPM) held online training on tree inspection techniques in urban landscapes recently. The training activity also received support from Indonesian Arboricultural Society (MArI) and was attended by 36 participants who were tree lovers, green open space managers, property and industrial area managers, and tree researchers.
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Dalam upaya meningkatkan kinerja inovasi Perguruan Tinggi, IPB University telah menetapkan Lembaga Kawasan Sains Teknologi (LKST) sebagai pengelola kawasan dan menyediakan lingkungan yang kondusif bagi berlangsungnya kegiatan penelitian, pengembangan, dan inkubasi bisnis teknologi yang berkelanjutan. Salah satu fungsi LKST adalah sebagai fasilitator dalam menumbuhkembangkan perusahaan berbasis inovasi melalui program pengembangan inovasi dan inkubasi bisnis. Dengan demikian, IPB University dapat berkontribusi secara nyata dalam meningkatkan perekonomian bangsa secara berkelanjutan terutama dalam bidang pertanian, bisosains dan kelautan.
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IPB University, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and the Association of Indonesian Fisheries Scholars held a socialization of fishing gear for fishing communities in Cirebon, (14-15 / 9). The implementation of this activity was carried out in Cirebon with two different locations, namely at the fish auction place Ambulu and 2 Gebangudik Elementary School.
Spirulina is a micro-sized algae or marine algae (microalgae). Spirulina is already known as a superfood from the sea because of its nutritional content. There are many spirulina-based supplement products that we can find on the market. Generally, this supplement is consumed by certain people as a health supplement.
Alzheimer’s may be familiar to our ears. Alzheimer’s is a brain disease that results in decline in memory, the ability to think, speak and change of behavior gradually. Experts have not been able to determine the exact cause of Alzheimer’s.
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 project raises various perceptions among the community, especially the potential impact on ecology in Kapuas Regency and Pulang Pisau Regency of Central Kalimantan which is the affected area.
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 Food for Health” (14/9).
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.
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.
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 can be used as anti-obesity by determining their inhibitory power to the pancreatic lipase enzyme in vitro.
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.
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.
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.