Another brilliant achievement was made by agricultural students in the prestigious National Arrow Red Innovation Award 2020 and won second place held by PT. East West Seed Indonesia from July 2020 to December 3, 2020 with the theme ” Innovation on Your Limited Land “ . The assessment team are experts in their respective fields, including Prof. Dr. Hadi Susilo Arifin (IPB Professor in Landscape Ecology), Mrs. Ida Amal (Principal of the Academy of Gardening, Founder of Indonesia Gardening), Dr. Agung Karuniawan (UNPAD Faculty of Agriculture Lecturer), Dr. Ramadhani Eka Putra (SITH ITB lecturer) and Joko Sareh Utomo (BoD PT. East West Seed Indonesia).
The team is chaired by Agung Jabar Nur, Student of the 2016 Faculty of Agriculture with the assistance of Fachru Yuzairi US, Student of the Faculty of Agriculture, Class of 2016 as a member and guided by Mrs. Fastabiqul Khairad, SP, M.Sc., Lecturer of the Faculty of Agriculture. “Innovation in Utilization of Verticulture Hydroponics Technology in Unused House Rooms” was quoted as the title of the work at the event.
This competition was also enlivened by various well-known universities in Indonesia, including the Sepuluh November Institute of Technology, Gadjah Mada University, Bogor Agricultural University, Andalas University, North Sumatra University and other well-known State Universities. ITS came out as the first winner, followed by a team from the Faculty of Agriculture, Medan Area University as the second winner and Lampung State Polytechnic as the third winner.
This competition was held in order to encourage increased vegetable production in limited land by involving creative young people to become the driving force for change in agricultural development in Indonesia. The competition was held through 4 stages starting from the initial selection, namely administrative selection related to innovation ideas. Followed by stage 1 assessment by passing 20 participants from various campuses in Indonesia. Participants who pass the stage 1 assessment then carry out the realization of the activity idea which is reviewed directly or virtually by the committee. 5 Finalists are required to present their innovations before the panelists on December 3, 2020.
This achievement is expected to make the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Medan Area proud and be able to attract and increase student talent interest in increasing their potential to be able to compete in national and international scale events.