Preface

Abstract

The 2nd International Conference on Animal Research for Eco-Friendly Livestock Industry (2nd ICARELI) 2023 was held on August 15th, 2023 in Surakarta, Indonesia. The scientific conference was performed by the Study Program of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia in virtual platform. This international conference aims to explore recent research on the eco-friendly livestock industry which is in line with sustainable development goals.The conference consisted of plenary and panel sessions. During the plenary session, all of the invited speakers from Japan, Malaysia, Australia, South Korea, and Indonesia were able to present live for discussions although there was a time difference between continents. Prof. Abdul Razaq Alimon from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) gave talk about livestock nutrition availability: scenarios for sustainability in climate change context. Dr. Naoto Shimizu from Hokkaido University, Japan discussed regarding food and agricultural waste valorization through the global food system. Prof. Abdul Jabbar from University of Melbourne, Australia talked about epidemiology and control of parasitic diseases of socio-economic significance of livestock and a one health perspective. Prof. Kim Hack Yeon from Kongju National University, South Korea gave a talk about future perspective of meat products development based on protein substitutes and biodegradable materials. Associate Prof. Lilik Retna Kartikasari, Ph.D., from Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta delivered a speech entitled “optimizing omega-3 enriched chicken products”.The Organizing Committee received 76 manuscripts. There 72 participants were able to give presentations during the conference. The participants presented their scientific results live by zoom platform provided during the conference. All talks and discussions during the conference were well recorded. There were five breakout rooms of zoom provided according to conference scopes i.e.: eco-friendly animal feed resources; nutrition, forage and pasture, sustainable animal production system; animal biodiversity, ecology, and conservation, organic farming; eco-friendly animal products processing and technology; food safety and security of animal resources; animal waste management and bioenergy; socio-economic studies on sustainable animal farming; and animal health and welfare. The 49 presented manuscripts out of 72 total received were screened for IOP: EES publication and went through a double-blind review in the Morressier platform.The 2nd ICARELI 2023 was successfully held by all support from the university president, dean, students volunteering in the event, and all third parties involved. We are very glad that the event was joined by all of the participants with enthusiasm. The editorial team, reviewers and participants were also able to use the Morressier platform during the reviewing process with the responsive work of the Morressier team. Therefore, the proceedings of the 2nd ICARELI 2023 can be published and hopefully be able to give values to the community.List of Editors, Advisory Boards, Scientific Committee of Conference, Organizing committee are available in this pdf.