IPIMA : The Forum for Scientific Meeting of Professors from the Two Countries
Next week, on 6-9 November 2017, professors from two countries, Indonesia and Malaysia will meet in the Round Table Conference and Discussion in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was stated by Chairman of the Association Professor Indonesia (API) Prof. Sofyan Effendi in a press conference at the Auditorium of Board of Trustees (MWA), IPB Campus, Baranangsiang, Bogor, on 2 November 2017.
Prof. Sofyan said the professors from Indonesian and Malaysian have established Forum of Indonesian and Malaysian Professor Association (IPIMA). This association consists of API and Majelis Profesor Negara Malaysia (MPN Assembly Malaysian Professor). The Council of Professors (DGB) of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), which is part of the API agriculture cluster as well as MPN who are the agricultural clusters and food of MPN agreed to confer the action plan resulted from the IPIMA Forum resolution of 2013 to be discussed in the Round Table Conference and Discussion of IPIMA 2017 Forum.
The theme of IPMAA 2017 Forum will be "The Sustainable Agriculture Transformation for the Welfare of the Indonesian and Malaysian." This activity will be participated by 16 Indonesian universities with a total of 119 Indonesian participants, of which 86 are professors. The IPB will despatch 48 professors and 23 lecturers and students.
Chairman of DGB IPB, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yusram Massijaya, said that this meeting will discuss various issues of higher education and agricultural development, maritime and biosciences in Indonesia and Malaysia. One the important discussion in the meeting will be mastering the Indonesian halal product market.
"Indonesia and Malaysia are the two the largest producer of palm oil, rubber and cocoa in the world. Both countries account for nearly 90 percent of world oil palm production and 32 percent of world oil and fat production. This similarity is important to establish cooperation in agricultural sector development and enhancement of global competitiveness for sustainable development towards the welfare of both countries, "said Prof Yusram.
Prof. Yusram added that the important issues raised in this cooperation will be the Regional Cooperation among others the exchange of scientists (lecturers, researchers and students); joint conferences; research cooperation mainly related to climate change; as well as technological, social, economic and the ecology of human development. "The forum is expected to produce a sustainable agriculture development agenda to achieve the prosperity of both nations," he explained.
In this 2017 IPIMA Forum, Rector of IPB, Prof. Dr. Herry Suhardiyanto will be one of the Keynote Speakers. On this occasion, Prof. Herry will explain that high-tech agriculture will be very productive, high-quality products, safe, nutritional content and nutritious substances that exist in it can be utilized as needed. This pattern of agriculture relies more on technology and inputs from cultivation. Environmental sustainability in agriculture means good stewardship of the natural systems and resources that farms rely on. Agriculture does not have to harm the environment. By protecting the land, water, and air, and by sharing knowledge and resources, people may yet find solutions for the problem of world hunger. (Wied)
