Preface

Abstract

International Conference on Ecosystem, Biotechnology agriculture and Environmental Science We are very happy to bring you the proceedings of the first International Conference on Ecosystem, Biotechnology agriculture and Environmental Science conjunction with International Conference on Agriculture and Environmental Science. This conference is intended to maintain knowledge exchange on policy support that allows for improving resource management for agricultural competitiveness towards progressive, self-reliance, and modern agriculture. The conference was held virtually, hosted by the Forum Kerjasama Pendidikan Tinggi and UPN “VETERAN” JAWA TIMUR.Agriculture and rural sector remain to be major economic drivers at which agricultural producers and rural economies need to be supported through appropriate policies. Policy support should allow a fair agricultural product competitiveness, both for local markets and for global trade. With all challenges faced by stakeholders in rural areas, the availability of resources needs to be inclusively managed to meet the right balance between economic growth, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. High recognition on this condition would lead to key elements as foundation to recreate appropriate policy, institutional role, and financial support to promote agricultural resource competitiveness for sustainable and inclusive development of rural sector.With expressing experiences and analyses from different angles, various sound policy recommendation in respect to the conference theme have been drawn for the interest of all concerned. The outbreak of coronavirus since 2020 has been vastly scattered and extremely influence almost all aspects of human life. Agricultural sector has also been affected with quite large of disadvantages. Concern on the current health situation and its impact in agricultural sector, the influence of pandemic COVID-19 has also been raised in any of the topics of this conference. Its impact on efforts to accelerate improvement of agricultural competitiveness would be valuable in addressing agricultural sustainability.Holding a conference during the COVID-19 pandemic requires a series of hard work to bring the most advanced technology at all stages of the conference. The International Conference on Ecosystem, Biotechnology agriculture and Environmental Science event is virtually implemented with a model that all invited speakers are given time to present their material for about 30-40 minutes each. It then followed by a question and answer by the participants with a direct questioning system, and through chat feature with Q&A forums provided by the zoom application. Moreover, the presentations were organized through recorded materials followed by live Q&A along with chat feature of the virtual meeting.We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all Science Committee members who come from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, as well as authors who contribute significant thoughts and ideas through the papers written in collaboration with respective counterparts not only from Indonesia but also from different countries, such as those from Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and USA.We also want to thank the publisher for publishing the proceedings. May the readers could enjoy the gain some valuable knowledge from it. We are expecting more and more experts and scholars from all over the world to join this international event in the future. Editors Robbi Rahim Host Organizer Forum Kerjasama Pendidikan TinggiUPN Veteran Jawa Timur