On Friday, March 2sd 2018, students of Bakti Indonesia University visited UGM. It held at Ruang Pertemuan Pusat Inovasi Agroteknologi (PIAT’s meeting room) in Tirtomartani, Berbah, Sleman, which was attended by 100 students’ representative from different faculties. They were welcomed by Dr. Taryono (Head of PIAT) and Sri Mulyani, S.Sos (Head of the Monitoring and Evaluation Section of the Research Program).
The aim of this visiting is to introduce students about research and innovation in Agriculture that has been done by UGM, and also giving an understanding about the benefit of scientific development to support agriculture industry.
In that occasion, they got a chance to visit Rumah Inovasi Daur Ulang (Home Innovation Recycling) which led by Sulistiono, S.Pd., M.M (Rector of Bakti Indonesia University). The students were very interested in waste management system in UGM which based on fermentation, thermal, and mechanic.
Besides visiting waste management installation, the students also get extra knowledge in agriculture field by visiting Teaching Farm, Laboratorium Pasca Panen Peternakan (RPA), Instalasi Digester Biogas (Biogas Digester Installation), and Deer cage.