Lecturers together with the Chancellor of Jenderal Soedirman University (Unsoed) made an industrial visit to Great Giant Foods (GGF) Lampung, Friday (2/12). The industrial visit of Unsoed Chancellor Akhmad Sodiq and the lecturers aims to find out directly from practitioners and explore new knowledge from the industrial world.

The agenda for the first visit began with introductions to Unsoed alumni who have worked at GGF as well as presentations from GGF management representatives represented by GOFF Director Supriono Loekito who is also an Unsoed alumni.

In short, Supriono Loekito introduced GGF in the company’s journey, the product process until it is ready for export.

“Our arrival at GGF wanted to add to our knowledge, the real conditions in the field, especially for the industrial world, especially pineapple processing. And it is hoped that it will bring the Jenderal Soedirman University closer to the company,” said Ahkmad Sodiq.

Another goal is the desire to learn and see the integration of zero waste with the concept of Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture (LISA). Sustainable agriculture from an agriculture perspective also turns out to be promising until it can be exported, continued the Chancellor.

Knowledge like this is ideal for students to know. So the hope is that this will update students with conditions in the field. “Hopefully with this visit there will be collaboration such as students can do internships at GGF or the fastest is friends who already have experience and knowledge related to the pineapple industry can visit campus to impart knowledge to students,” explained Ahkmad.

In addition to material presentations, the lecturers were also invited to tour the garden area and business units at GGF, including the Banana Packing location, and the pineapple harvesting process.

We are aware that in the campus world the hope is that there are two mandates, namely the mandate to prepare superior human resources and the second is the development of science and technology.

“We came to learn more from this international company. Sometimes the instructors feel that they have enough knowledge, but in fact they learn a lot when they arrive at GGF. The campus also hopes that there will be teaching practitioners from GGF on the Unsoed campus,” said Akhmad.