Venue and Date

27 – 28 September 2011
Campus of Padjadjaran University,Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

Contact

Dr. Anne Nurbaity
Office of Cooperation,
Padjadjaran University
Jl. Dipatiukur 35 Bandung,
Indonesia, 40132
Phone / Fax
+62-22-2508122,2512780

Dr. Nono Carsono
Faculty of Agriculture,
Padjadjaran University
Jl. Raya Jatinangor km: 21
Bandung, Indonesia, 40600,
Phone/Fax:
+62-22-7796316

Email:
agroconference@unpad.ac.id
cc:
agroconference@gmail.com
Website :
www.agroconference.unpad.ac.id

Background

Agriculture, as one of leading economic sectors in some countries, is currently facing many problems that related to this sector, such as declining its growth and productivity, increasing food insecurity and small-farmers’ poverty, degradation of soil and land conversion. These situations could be overcomed by policy and institutional environment which is conducive to increase agricultural productivity while maintaining a sustainable agriculture development and food security. According to this situation, it is required to develop strategies, a new paradigm, and holistic approach to support the agricultural growth continuum.

This seminar aims to share experiences and views regarding agricultural production in a changing environment towards sustainable agriculture development to maintain food security, to explore and discuss options to deal with future challenges and to stimulate related cooperative research among institutions.

 

Session Topics

The Conference will cover areas, but not limited to :

  • Biodiversity and variety improvement
  • Future cultivation technology
  • Sustainability of water and land resource
  • Biological control for pest and disease
  • Socio-Economic of agriculture
  • Bioremediation of agricultural environment
  • Post-Harvest and food technology

Topics by resource speakers

  • Sustainable agriculture to meet food security needs and address climate change challenge
  • Policies toward sustainable agriculture and food security
  • Agriculture technologies to improve food security
  • Animal Health to improve food security
  • Managing aquaculture for poverty alleviation and food security
  • Biotechnology to ensure food security

Invited Speakers

Dr. Bayu Krisna Murti, Ir., M.S. Vice Minister of Agriculture Republic of Indonesia
Dr. Jack Bobo,
Senior Advisor for Biotechnology U.S. Department of State.

Prof. Dr. Paul S. Teng, Dean of Graduate Studies and Professional Learning Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Prof. Dr. Carmencita Tjahyadi, Faculty of Agro-industrial Technology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

Prof. Dr. Sayed Mohd Zain, Dean of Faculty of Food Technology , Universiti Malaysia Treangganu

Prof. Florin Stanica, Universitatea Stiintifice Agronomice si Medicina Veterinara Bucharest, Romania

Prof. Youcai Xiong, MOE Key Laboratory of Arid and Grassland Ecology, Lanzhou University, P.R. China

Dr. Rochadi Tawaf, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

Dr. Stevica Aleksic, Institute for Animal Husbandry Belgrade Zemun, Republic of Serbia

Prof. Dr. Klaus Wimmers, Forschungsinstitut fur die Biologie wirtschaftlicher
Nutztiere, Germany

Prof. Dr. Pasi Lehmousloto, Expedition Indodanau, University of Helsinki, Finlandia

Prof. Dr. Yayat Dhahiyat, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

Prof. Dr.Tualar Simarmata, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

Dr. P.V. Vara Prasad, Associate Professor-Crop Ecophysiology 2004 Throckmorton Plant Science Center Department of Agronomy Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506

 








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Important Dates

Early registration
June 1, 2011

Standard registration
September 20, 2011

Abstract submission
July 31, 2011

Abstract notification
August 7, 2011

Full paper submission
August 31, 2011

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