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IPB University rector proposes three partnership agendas at 2026 stakeholder forum
IPB University's rector put forward three strategic partnership agendas at a forum on food self-sufficiency, where a vice coordinating minister said he hopes its recommendations will reach ministries and agencies.
Why it matters: Relevant Indonesian ministries and agencies are the bodies the vice coordinating minister for food hopes will receive the forum's proposals and turn them into policies.
IPB University hosted its Stakeholder Forum 2026 at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition in BSD City, Tangerang, under the theme "Strengthening Self Reliance, Inspiring the Future", according to the university.
The university reported that a key message of the forum was that national food self-sufficiency needs collaboration between universities, business, industry and local governments, not government policy alone.
Vice Coordinating Minister for Food Hanif Faisol Nurofiq praised the initiative and said he hopes the forum's proposals and recommendations will be passed to relevant ministries and agencies to become concrete policies and programmes.
IPB University Rector Alim Setiawan Slamet proposed three strategic partnership agendas at the forum, the university said.
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Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
The vice coordinating minister said he hopes the forum's proposals and recommendations will be forwarded to relevant ministries and agencies, with the aim of translating them into concrete policies and programmes.
