Introduction of ICoFA 2019

Increasing global population is inevitable and this will bring a number of challenges including the need for more food. On the other hand, good ecosystem services are vital for human being. In the future, provision of high quality and sufficient amount of food have to be accompanied by healthy ecosystem. Hence, contribution of applied sciences and technology is expected to elucidate that situation. Following successful of the first conference, the second International Conference on Food and Agriculture (ICoFA) will be conducted to address the theme of "Contribution of Applied Sciences and Technology to Food and Agroecology". The conference will gather scientists, researchers, students and practitioners to discuss essential topic in food and agroecology. ICoFA is dedicated to present high quality researches delivered by reputable keynote speakers as well as invited speakers from Asia region. The 2nd International Conference on Food and Agriculture will be held on 2 - 3 November 2019 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Hosted by Politeknik Negeri Jember, the event is intended to provide technical forum and research discussion on food, agriculture, and how technology is effectively employed for sustainable development of food and agriculture. The conference will cover a series of presentations and discussions in plenary, concurrent and poster sessions. It is aimed to bring researchers, academicians, scientists, students, and practitioners together to participate and present the latest research findings, developments, and applications related to various aspects comprising agriculture engineering and biotechnology, organic agriculture, agroindustry and agribusiness, animal nutrition, animal production, and veterinary science, food science and technology, food safety, food security and sovereignty, IT for agriculture, renewable and novel energy sources and other topics related to food and agriculture. The conference was participated by 215 participants from whole part of Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke, from Korea, Malaysia, India, Pakistan and The Netherlands. There are 205 papers for oral presentations and the committee has selected 68 papers out of 205 papers to be published to IOP Conference series : Earth and Environmental Science.