Internationalization of higher education is defined as a process in tertiary institutions that integrates international components into the objectives, functions or delivery of education (including curriculum development and innovation; exchange of lecturers and students, development and expansion of study programs; and joint research/publication).
In accordance with this goal, Agribusiness Study Program, Universitas Diponegoro seeks to accelerate its achievement through the development of cooperation with foreign institutions. Agribusiness Study Program consists of Bachelor Program in Agribusiness and Master Program in Agribusiness and is under the Faculty of Animal and Agricultural Sciences, Universitas Diponegoro.
One of the activities carried out by the Agribusiness Study Program was holding ISA 2023 (International Seminar on Agribusiness) on Wednesday, 26 July 2023. The theme for this seminar was: “Resilience of the Agricultural Sector in The Global Food Crisis”. According to the head of the committee, Siwi Gayatri, PhD., this activity invited 4 speakers from the world’s leading universities, such as: Prof. Alan Renwick (Lincoln University), Prof. Datuk Dr. Mad Nasir Shamsudin (Malaysia Men’s University), Prof. Kwansoo Kim (Seoul National University), Prof. Quentin Grafton (Australian national University) and internal speaker Prof. Agus Setiadi, from Diponegoro University.
The highlight of this international activity was the effort to raise issues around the resilience of the agricultural sector in the global food crisis. The results of this seminar can be used as a basis for policy makers and other stakeholders to increase food sovereignty in the global world system. The 2023 International Agribusiness Seminar also facilitates quality articles to be published in Scopus indexed seminar proceedings.
