RUBIS International Workshop on the Resilience of Rubber-based Agroforestry Systems in the Context of Global Change is organized by a consortium of CIRAD, IRRI, and UGM; under the umbrella of the RUBIS (RUbber agroforestry Breeding Initiative for Smallholders) project. This international workshop was held on April 5th – 9th 2021 and aims to bring together key scientific actors to deliver a complete inventory of all studies on rubber-based agroforestry systems and to define a comprehensive typology of this system to provide new directions in the development of rubber-based agroforestry systems that are more efficient and resilient to global changes. read more

The Research Center for Biotechnology Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada in collaboration with QAAFI- University of Queensland and CrawFord Fund Australia held a Capacity Building workshop for Young Scientists on Plant Disease Management by inviting Professor Andre Drenth from Queensland University as a resource person. Prof. Andre Drenth is a World Class Professor who was invited by the Center for Biotechnology Studies. The workshop, which was held at the Center for Biotechnology Studies, was held for 5 days from February 10-14, 2020. A total of 12 selected Universitas Gadjah Mada students actively participated in this event. Participants were taught to improve their presentation skills in English and manuscript writing for internationally reputable journals. In addition, participants also gained provisions to become successful researchers. read more