The National Agriculture Competition (NAC) Week is an annual event featuring national-level competitions and seminars. During this competition, the UNS team developed a business plan called “AgriCal.”

“Our business plan is called AgriCal. It’s an application designed to help farmers determine the best planting times to avoid issues caused by dry or rainy seasons. The app also includes features such as educational videos, planting reports, and various other resources to increase farmers’ productivity,” Ghozi explained to uns.ac.id on Friday (27/9/2024).

Ghozi mentioned that the team, mentored by Amalia Nadifta Ulfa, S.P., M.Sc., a supervising lecturer, had prepared for a month before the competition. However, they faced challenges managing time due to their academic workload and practical assignments.

“The main challenge was time management because in the Faculty of Agriculture, besides regular assignments, we also have practical reports to complete. Coordinating time with team members, who all have different schedules, was tricky, and at times, sacrifices had to be made,” Ghozi added.

The UNS team expressed pride in their achievement, having secured first place in NAC Week 2024, proving that UNS can compete with other universities and stand out as a reputable institution.

“We are incredibly happy to have represented UNS and won first place in NAC Week 2024, competing against teams from other universities. The hard work we put in, from preparation to overcoming challenges, has paid off. Of course, this success wouldn’t have been possible without the support and prayers of those close to us,” Ghozi concluded.

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Tim Kembung as UNS representative consists of Naya Nulina Citawara from Food Technology Program, Nimas Suci Kusuma and Indah Khoirunnisa from Agribusiness program. To uns.ac.id, Naya, as the Team Leader, explained that their business paper titled “FishBar – Snack bar Ikan Kembung as Diversification of Local Fishery Product with Rich Benefits” was selected because of the rich fishery potential in Indonesia, including ikan kembung.

They observed that the potential of ikan kembung has not been developed fully, although the fish is relatively low priced. The literature review also showed that ikan kembung has a nutritional benefit that is almost equal to salmon. Ikan kembung also has authentic values for Indonesian people.

“This means that local fishery can be developed into a product, packaged practically, with low price, economical, and healthy nutritional value,” Naya said on Friday (31/12/2021).

Their product also offered various uniqueness and superior quality. The product is developed from local ingredients that minimize imported products such as wheat and oats. The ingredients of ikan kembung snack bar are, among others, ikan kembung, koro beans, honey, and cinnamon powder. In terms of taste, the prototype was prepared with a delicious taste. The product is practical and friendly for all ages, with low calories and high nutritional values that could meet the nutritional needs of adults.

Besides innovating with the method to maintain the taste and nutrition of the fish while eliminating its smell, the Team also analyzed the competition for their product in the market. Their product offered a locality value which makes them superior in terms of production cost and ingredient availability.

With this achievement, the Team admitted that they were grateful and delighted that their hard work paid off with 2nd place at the national level. The Team also hoped that their innovation could be developed further.

“We could enrich the research in preparing for its production process,” Naya concluded. Humas UNS

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“The pink color in the soap is the result of strawberry extract as the main ingredient,” Khairum explained on Thursday (11/11/2021).

Although competing with many teams from other universities, the team did not give up and tried their best and wanted to see the result of their hard works. The team is delighted with the result and appreciates team works that they kept to the end of the competition. It is possible that the team will participate in more competition better in the future with a more innovative business idea. The team also considers their business sustainability to benefit the community. To the uns.ac.id, Khairum explained that the organic soap idea was developed due to its practicality.

“This business plan has a great opportunity to be implemented. Our team is preparing the realistic sustainability of this business and expect supports from the surrounding community,” Khairum said.

Enotech 2021 competition was held by the Student Association in Agricultural Industry Engineering (Himatirta) Faculty of Agricultural Engineering (FTP) Universitas Jember (Unej) that has two sub-competition, business plan, and national poster competition. The work submitted to the business plan competition by UNS Student titled “Develop Competitive Agropreneur Generation in Facing National Economics Challenges during the Pandemic”. Humas UNS

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Untal is an adaptive business concept amid the Covid-19 pandemic proposed by Adila Arya Kusumastuti, Daffa Mudia Athifah, and Destya Vinka Wahyu Rosa Adinda in “Tim Angels”. Their business proposal titled “The Application of Website as Digital Invitation Production Process in the Millennials Era” was developed based on three backgrounds, including the number of firms that perform innovation through the use of information technology and the internet.

“We also see the number of benefits for firms that utilize information technology advancement and the internet. Particularly, due to the Covid-19 pandemic that brings limitations to people activities,” Daffa Mudia Athifah explained.

Under the supervision of Yudho Yudhanto S. Kom., M. Kom, Tim Angels saw the opportunity of digital invitation business and considered the benefits of such invitation. “Such as reducing outdoor activities. With the digital invitation, the distribution is easier because it can be done through email, link, or WhatsApp,” Daffa Mudia Athifah said.

The preparation for Untal took two weeks because the team started from finding references and shared the proposal works among team members. The preparation process was held fully online because each member lives in a different city. The team also conducted the preparation during their final semester exam, which according to Daffa Mudia Athifah, did not affect their seriousness in preparing the proposal.

“We need to manage our time to work on the proposal while doing assignments and preparation for final semester examination. We need to manage our focus,” she said.

With their achievement, Daffa Mudia Athifah stated that Tim Angels is preparing to put their proposal into real business to help community members preparing digital invitations through their website. “After winning this (competition), we hope to develop our digital invitation website design further so that other people could feel the benefits,” she concluded. Humas UNS

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