ROUTINE
AGRITALK Agritalk is activity was presented by IAAS Indonesia that raises issues or other interesting matters for discussion. This discussion is online-based, conducted through Line Square (bit.ly/Agritalk) which is attended by IAAS members. This activity is carried out every month and was hosted by Local Committees from IAAS Indonesia with different themes. The discussion was conducted in English. Before the discussion, each local committee that was the host made an article, so the participants already had an idea of what to discuss. Agritalk was held from April – Desember 2020.
Agritalk in April The first Agritalk was hosted by Rudi Irvanto (IAAS LC Undip) with theme ‚Agricultur[l [s An Altern[tive for Unrenew[ble Fuels‛ on Frid[y, 24th April 2020 at 19.30 WIB. We discussed how impactful biofuels are and this discussion was to broaden insight about biofuels.
Depletion
of
petroleum-derived
fuel
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environmental concern has promoted to look over the biofuel as an alternative fuel source. But a complete substitution of petroleum-derived fuels by biofuel is impossible from the production capacity and engine compatibility point of view. Yet, marginal replacement of diesel by biofuel can prolong the depletion of petroleum resources and abate the radical climate change caused by automotive pollutants. Access the video of Press Release Agritalk in April on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w_h_bLhh0U
Agritalk in May Agritalk in May was hosted by Sahru Setiawan (IAAS LC UB) with theme ‚Why Doesn Sust[in[ble Agriculture Rem[in [ Ch[llenge?‛ on Frid[y, 22th M[y 2020 at 22.00 WIB. We discussed how to overcome several challenges to apply sustainability principal in agriculture and knowledge about a current challenge in sustainable agriculture through this session. The ultimate I A A S I n d o n e s i a | 44
