The Agribusiness Study Program of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, is believed to hold several national and international scientific activities at The Rinra Hotel Makassar, 21 – 23 October 2019.

The activity was the International Conference on Political Ecology of Food Security, which held on October 21, 2019, by presenting the keynote speaker Prof. Yoshio Kawamura (Ryokoku University, Japan), Dr. Arief Satria, S.P., M.Sc. (IPB University), Dr. Peter Mc. Mahon (The University of Sydney, Australia), Prof. Dr. Mohd. Nizam AB. Rahman (The National University of Malaysia) and Prof. Dr. Ir. M. Saleh S. Ali, M.Sc. (Hasanuddin University).

On October 22, 2019, a National Seminar held with the theme of Agribusiness Development in Realizing Food Security in the Industrial Age 4.0 by presenting the speaker of the Minister of Agriculture, Ir Sunarso, M.Si (Chairperson of BPP PISPI), Dr. Ir. Suharno, M.A.Dev. (Chair of AAI)Prof. Dr. Ir. Hermanto Siregar, M.Ec. (Professor of IPB University)Dr. Ir. Bayu Krisnamurthi, M.Sc. (Supervisor of AAI) and Prof. Dr. Ir. Rahim Darma, M.S. (Professor of Hasanuddin University). This national seminar activity held in conjunction with the inauguration of the South Sulawesi Indonesian Agricultural Association Board of Management.

Both scientific activities with the theme of food security are a series of commemorations of the 50th Anniversary of the Indonesian Agricultural Economic Association (PERHEPI), the 9th Anniversary of the Indonesian Agricultural Association (PISPI) and the holding of the Indonesian Association of Agribusiness Associations (AAI).

Furthermore, on October 23, 2019, the Indonesian Agribusiness Association (AAI) National Deliberation was held, followed by representatives of AAI members consisting of academics, government, and agribusiness entrepreneurs from all over Indonesia.

Chairman of the organizing committee, Dr. Muh. Hatta Jamil, S.P., M.Sc. who is also the Deputy Dean I of the Unhas Faculty of Agriculture and Chairperson of the South Sulawesi PISPI BPW hopes that with this activity, Unhas as the largest tertiary institution in Eastern Indonesia can play a role in contributing ideas and concrete steps towards food security and agribusiness development in Indonesia.