SCHEDULE
Course schedule (subject to adjustment)
Pre-course section
| Date | Activities | Venue |
| July 17 | ● Online introduction of students and instructors
● Course description● Q&A |
Zoom |
| July 17-27 | – Course materials and learning videos are available to watch by the students on the LMS.
– Assignment 1: in pairs, students are to create a poster that describes a case study related to the issues of climate change, whether from the perspective of (may choose one or more) agronomy, soil/water science, microbiology, plant protection, socio-economy, fisheries, or best practices and potential mitigation and adaptation strategies. The poster may be digitally made or hand-drawn/written. |
LMS |
| July 27 | Deadline for poster submission | LMS |
| July 27-31 | Instructors create working groups for students based on their submitted posters. | |
| July 31 | Announcement of the student’s working groups (students may start to get to know each other of their group mates) | LMS |
Online Course meetings
| Date | Activities | Resource persons |
| Friday, August 11th
Time: 09:00 AM GMT+7 |
– Formal opening ceremony
– Class meeting 1: Innovative and Emerging Agricultural Technology and Management – Group work |
· Instructors & Teaching Assistants (TAs)
· Prof. Kazuhiro Itami · Bayu Dwi Apri Nugroho, Ph.D. · Harm (Anthony) Spoor |
| Monday,
August 14th Time: 09:00 AM GMT+7 |
– Class meeting 2: Sustainable Tropical Agriculture
– Group work – Assignment: Individual Quiz 1 |
· Instructors & TAs
· Prof. Rudi Hari Murti · Dr. Sheryl Yap · Dr. Lin Xiaolan |
| Tuesday,
August 15th Time: 09:00 AM GMT+7 |
– Class meeting 3: Sustainable Tropical Animal Production and Health
– Group work |
· Instructors & TAs
· Ahmad Romadhoni Surya Putra, Ph.D. · Dr. Manuel D. Gacutan, Jr. |
| Wednesday,
August 16th Time: 09:00 AM GMT+7 |
– Class meeting 4: Building Resilience in Tropical Agro-Ecosystems
– Group work – Assignment: Individual Quiz 2 |
· Instructors & TAs
· Dr. Simone Sandholz · Prof. Irfan D. Prijambada · Prof. Tsuyoshi OKAYAMA · Dr. Julissa Galarza Villamar |
| Friday, August 18th
Time: 09:00 AM GMT+7 |
– Class meeting 5: Socio-economic and cultural dimensions in Tropical Agriculture
– Group work |
· Instructors & TAs
· Dr. Shinya Ikeda · Dr. Subejo · Dr. Nicole Ward Gauthier · Dr. Ho Hong Lien |
Field trip (Onsite Program)
| Date | Time | Venue | Activities |
| Monday,
August 21st |
TBD | Pagilaran, Batang | • Departure
• Welcoming ceremony and Introduction |
| Tuesday,
August 22nd |
TBD | Pagilaran, Batang | • Tea Plantation Cacao Plantation and Fermentation• Cacao Factory• Closing ceremony/ Back to Yogyakarta |
| Wednesday,
August 23rd |
TBD | Gunung Gambar, Gunung Kidul | Coffee Plantation |
| Thursday,
August 24th |
TBD | PIAT UGM | Various tropical crop |
| Friday,
August 25th |
TBD | Faperta UGM | Presentation |
Final Presentation
| Date | Activities | Venue |
| Friday,
August 25th |
Final presentation | Zoom |