Preface

Abstract

International Conference on Animal Research for Eco-Friendly Livestock Industry (ICARELI) 2021 was held in Surakarta 23 November 2021. The scientific conference was performed by Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia in virtual platform due to COVID-19 pandemic. This international conference aims to explore recent researches on eco-friendly livestock industry which is in line with sustainable development goals.The conference consisted of plenary and panel sessions. During plenary session, all of the invited speakers from Japan, USA, South Korea, Germany and Indonesia were able to present live for discussions although there was time difference between continents. Professor Siti Nur Hidayati from Middle Tennessee State University, USA gave talk about impact of climate change to tropical biodiversity. Professor Heekwon Ahn from Chungnam National University, South Korea discussed about mitigation of livestock emission. Prof. Masato Yayota from Gifu University, Japan talked about eco-friendly animal feed resources. Professor Carlos Hermosilla from Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany made a talk about environmental effect on host-parasite interaction. Prof. Sutrisno Hadi Purnomo from Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta delivered a speech about crops-livestock integration for zero-waste farming.The Organizing Committee received 123 manuscripts. There 107 participants were able to give presentation during conference. The participants presented their scientific results live by zoom platform provided during conference. All talks and discussions during conference were well recorded. There were 7 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 55 presented manuscripts out of 107 total received were screened for IOP: EES publication and went through a double-blind review in the Morressier platform.The ICARELI 2021 was successfully held by all support from the university president, dean, students volunteering in the event, and all of third parties involved. We are very glad that although this conference held as the first time and during Covid-19 pandemics, the event was joined by all of the participants with enthusiasms. The editorial team, reviewers and participants were also able to learn fast in the Morressier platform during reviewing process with the responsive work of Morressier team. Therefore, the proceedings of ICARELI 2021 can be published and hopefully able to give values to the community.List of Editors, Scientific reviewers of proceeding, Scientific committee of conference, Organizing committee are available in this pdf.