[:id]Fakultas Teknologi Pertanian UGM dan PT. Nusa Tropical Indoneisa menjalin hubungan kerja sama pengembangan metode penyimpanan buah naga ekspor melalui penandatanganan MoU yang dilaksankan pada tanggal 1 Maret 2023. Penandatanganan MoU ini turut dihadiri oleh Dekan FTP UGM Prof. Dr. Eni Harmayani, M.Sc serta dosen-dosen Departemen Teknik Pertanian & Biosistem dan ketiga founder PT Nusa Tropical Indonesia, Moh. Andriza Syarifudin, S.T., Mohammad Iqbal, S.Si., dan Pekik Wernendya. Penandatanganan kerja sama ini membuka peluang kegiatan penelitian dan pengabdian masyarakat dosen dan mahasiswa DTPB. Diharapkan dengan adanya kerja sama ini dapat berkontribusi dalam merealisasikan ekspor buah naga Indonesia ke Eropa.
Inisiasi kerja sama antara FTP UGM dan PT Nusa Tropical Indonesia merupakan tindak lanjut dari kegiatan penelitian bersama uji penyimpanan buah naga yang telah dilaksanakan oleh 3 (tiga) dosen dari Departemen Teknik Pertanian dan Biosistem (DTPB), Bayu Nugraha, STP., M.Sc., PhD., Dr. Ir. Nursigit Bintoro, STP., M.Sc., dan Dr. Sri Rahayoe, STP., MP. dan 1 (satu) dosen dari Sekolah Vokasi (SV), UGM, Fahrizal Yusuf Affandi, STP., M.Sc., PhD. Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh peningkatan permintaan buah naga di Benua Eropa. Indonesia sebagai salah satu negara produsen buah naga memiliki peluang untuk mengekspor, akan tetapi dalam proses transportasi melalui jalur kapal dari Indonesia ke eropa memakan waktu 6 hingga 8 minggu sehingga berdampak pada penurunan kualitas buah naga.
Kegiatan uji penyimpanan ini diintegrasikan dengan program kerja praktik mahasiswa DTPB. Buah naga disimpan selama 6 minggu mulai dari 13 Januari hingga 25 Februari 2023, mengikuti lama waktu perjalanan distribusi ekspor via jalur laut ke Eropa. Hasil pengujian awal memberikan hasil positif dimana kualitas buah naga mampu dipertahankan selama 21 hari. Di akhir penyimpanan, diadakan pemaparan hasil pengujian kepada para petani buah naga yang produknya digunakan sebagai sampel oleh Bayu Nugraha, PhD, Dr. Nursigit Bintoro, dan Anisa Kistanti, STP (asisten kegiatan).
[:en]The Faculty of Agricultural Technology at UGM and PT. Nusa Tropical Indonesia have established a collaborative relationship for the development of dragon fruit export storage methods through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on March 1, 2023. The MoU signing ceremony was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Technology at UGM, Prof. Dr. Eni Harmayani, M.Sc., as well as faculty members from the Department of Agricultural and Biosystem Engineering, and the three founders of PT Nusa Tropical Indonesia: Moh. Andriza Syarifudin, S.T., Mohammad Iqbal, S.Si., and Pekik Wernendya. This collaboration opens up opportunities for research and community engagement activities for both faculty members and students at the Faculty of Agricultural Technology. It is hoped that this partnership will contribute to realizing the export of Indonesian dragon fruit to Europe.
The initiation of collaboration between FTP UGM and PT Nusa Tropical Indonesia is a follow-up to joint research activities on dragon fruit storage testing carried out by three faculty members from the Department of Agricultural and Biosystem Engineering (DTPB), namely Bayu Nugraha, STP., M.Sc., PhD., Dr. Ir. Nursigit Bintoro, STP., M.Sc., and Dr. Sri Rahayoe, STP., MP., and one faculty member from the School of Vocational Studies (SV), UGM, Fahrizal Yusuf Affandi, STP., M.Sc., PhD. This research was motivated by the increasing demand for dragon fruit in Europe. Indonesia, as one of the dragon fruit producers, has the opportunity to export, but the transportation process by sea from Indonesia to Europe takes 6 to 8 weeks, leading to a decline in the quality of dragon fruit.
This storage testing activity was integrated into the internship program for DTPB students. Dragon fruits were stored for 6 weeks, starting from January 13th to February 25th, 2023, mirroring the duration of export distribution via sea routes to Europe. The initial test results yielded positive outcomes, as the quality of dragon fruits could be maintained for up to 21 days. At the end of the storage period, a presentation of the test results was conducted for dragon fruit farmers, whose products were used as samples by Bayu Nugraha, PhD, Dr. Nursigit Bintoro, and Anisa Kistanti, STP (Research assistant).
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