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The 6th International Conference on Food and Agriculture (ICoFA) Introduction of ICoFA 2023 Dear colleagues,We are glad to announce the release of the 6th International Conference of Food and Agriculture (ICOFA-2023). The ICOFA is an annual conference organized primarily by Politeknik Negeri Jember. This year the theme of our conference is “Enhancing a Sustainable Future For Food and Agriculture’s Technology In Saving The Planet”Surely, we plan to conduct this conference physically and virtually (hybrid). However, due to the new normal working methods based on “Work From Anywhere (WFA)”, the 6th ICOFA 2023 was carried out physically and virtually via the Zoom meeting platform. We took this option because this conference was already designated and funded. Keynote and invited speakers were also scheduled for this event. Many delegations and authors requested for this conference to be performed since they needed it to cover their publication and sharing knowledge requirements.The key directions of the conference covered the discussion of advanced achievements and touched upon the main aspects of agriculture engineering and biotechnology, organic agriculture, animal science related to food, food science and technology, food safety, food security, and sovereignty, IT for agriculture, renewable and novel energy sources, and socioeconomics related to food and agriculture.The conference was run as planned on 18th - 19th November 2023 and supported by a hybrid event organizer started from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. The conference model are Plenary session with keynotes (40 minutes for each keynote speech) and participants’ presentations (20 minutes for each presentation). A total of 164 participants from Universities, Research Institutes, and also Government Departments attended the conference in over seven countries Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Morocco, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States.Our honorable speakers were Prof. Dr. Ir. Nanang Dwi Wahyono, M.M from Politeknik Negeri Jember, Indonesia; Prof. Ir. Dyah Maharani, S.Pt., M.P., Ph.D. from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia; Prof. Dr. Said Ziani from ENSAM Mohammed V University, Morocco; Prof. Benny Tjahjono, B. Eng., M.Sc., Ph.D. from Coventry University, UK; Dr. Nishu Gupta from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway; and Dr. Md. Faisal Kabir from CARE Bangladesh.An amount of 153 full papers was submitted to the 6th ICOFA 2023. After a pre-review on originality and language, the peer review process was arranged by the Editorial Committee, and 74 manuscripts were selected for publication in the IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES).We also wish to thank to keynote speaker, invite speakers, presenters and participants, and all authors for their contributions to the 6th ICOFA 2023 and to colleague members of the organizing committee, please accept my deep appreciation for your hard work in ensuring the success of the conference. Editor-in-Chief, 6th ICOFA 2023 Dr. Ir. Hariadi Subagja, S.Pt., MSi., IPM List of Scientific Committee the 6th ICOFA 2023, Technical Committee the 6th and Conference Photograph the 6th ICOFA 2023 are available in this pdf.