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2026

Enhancing Protocol and Etiquette Competencies for Official Events Among ITAFoS Staff
Monday, 16 Feb 2026
Hydroponic Plant Knowledge Transfer Workshop
Monday, 16 Feb 2026
COMMUNITY GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP
Wednesday, 11 Feb 2026
ITAFoS TEAM BUILDING STRENGTHENING PROGRAM 2026 ENHANCES INSTITUTIONAL SYNERGY
Wednesday, 11 Feb 2026
ITAFoS Showcases BSFL and Putra Rice Innovations at the Vice-Chancellor’s Address and Mandate Carnival 2026
Saturday, 31 Jan 2026
UPM MICROBIAL CULTURE COLLECTION (UPM-MCC) ROADSHOW PROGRAMME
Monday, 26 Jan 2026
Yasin Recitation and Tahlil Ceremony
Tuesday, 20 Jan 2026
Discussion Session on Ruminant Animal Nutrition with Industry
Tuesday, 20 Jan 2026

2025

Performance Monitoring Site Visit for the Higher Education Centre of Excellence (HICoE) 2025
Wednesday, 31 Dec 2025
A Knowledge Transfer Program on Herbal Plant Cultivation
Wednesday, 10 Dec 2025
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PROGRAM AND CLOSING CEREMONY OF ITAFOS ADOPTION VILLAGE, UPM
Wednesday, 10 Dec 2025
ITAFoS Staff Appreciation Ceremony 2025
Monday, 08 Dec 2025
Knowledge Transfer Grant Scheme Safe Food, Sustainable Future Program Empowers Students of Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Serdang through Food Safety, Nutrition and Food Waste Management
Friday, 28 Nov 2025
Journal Writing Workshop No. 1/2025
Thursday, 27 Nov 2025
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RECIPIENTS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH GRANT SCHEME (FRGS)
Friday, 21 Nov 2025
Universitas Syiah Kuala Strengthens Research Collaboration with ITAFoS, UPM
Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025
ITAFoS Sports Day Promotes Active and Healthy Lifestyle
Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025
UPM Researchers Participate in the 10th International Conference of Sustainable Animal Agriculture for Developing Countries
Monday, 10 Nov 2025
UPMCS and Dutch Lady Milk Industries Sign Agreement with the Involvement of ITAFoS-UPM to Strengthen Dairy Research in Malaysia
Friday, 07 Nov 2025
UPM Delegation Visit to Visayas State University (VSU), Philippines Strengthens Regional Scientific Collaboration in Black Soldier Fly Larvae Technology for Animal Feed Production
Wednesday, 05 Nov 2025
Revision Training on Questionnaire and Data Collection For NISCOPS2 Programme
Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025
Discussion on Implementation of a Development Project Focused on Producing Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) with Industry
Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025
Knowledge Transfer Programme : High-Value Vegetable Production Technology and Alternative Livestock Feed
Monday, 27 Oct 2025
Visit of the National Veterinary Biodiversity Institute (IBVK) to ITAFoS: Technical Reference and Knowledge Sharing on Livestock Housing Layout Design
Thursday, 23 Oct 2025
UPM Expert Empowers Local Farming Community on Plant Disease Identification and Control
Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025
Pleco Fish Turned into Chicken Feed: An Innovative Livestock Nutrition Approach in Kampung Pasir Baru, Semenyih
Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025
Research Visit to Beijing, China
Tuesday, 30 Sep 2025
SMK MUTIARA RINI'S VISIT TO ITAFoS UPM PROVIDES EXPOSURE TO LIVESTOCK TECHNOLOGY
Tuesday, 23 Sep 2025
Climbing Program at Bukit Batu Putih, Tanjung Tuan Negeri Sembilan
Tuesday, 23 Sep 2025
FoSFI Journal Writing Workshop 2025
Friday, 29 Aug 2025
From Serdang to Portugal: International Staff Week and Research Attachment
Friday, 29 Aug 2025
Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) Programme Audit
Friday, 29 Aug 2025
WORKSHOP ON PERFORMANCE MONITORING FOR THE HIGHER INSTITUTION CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (HICoE) PROGRAMME PHASE II 2025 – INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY (ITAFoS)
Monday, 25 Aug 2025
Sharing Session on Operation and Maintenance of Basic Laboratory Equipment Series 4: Microscope
Thursday, 07 Aug 2025
URBAN FISH WORKSHOP: MORPHOLOGY, ECOSYSTEMS, AND HOW THEY THREAT THE NATURAL HEALTH OF RIVERS
Thursday, 07 Aug 2025
MONITORING THE USAGE OF RESEARCH UNIVERSITY FUNDS (RU FUNDS) AT ITAFoS FOR THE 2024/2025 SESSION
Friday, 01 Aug 2025
Basic Laboratory Equipment Operation and Maintenance Sharing Session Series 3: Autoclave
Friday, 01 Aug 2025
Training of Bomb Calorimeter Equipment Handling
Friday, 25 Jul 2025
SOILLESS TECHNOLOGY COURSE (FERTIGATION & HYDROPONICS) AND APPLICATION OF IOT SYSTEMS
Friday, 18 Jul 2025
Occupational Safety and Health Inspection (PKK) 2025 at ITAFoS
Wednesday, 16 Jul 2025
UPM Working Visit to PPK Rengit: Study on Challenges Faced by Fresh Palm Fruit Bunch Traders in Johor
Monday, 14 Jul 2025
UPM Researchers Address Challenges for Fresh Fruit Bunch Traders in Perak
Monday, 30 Jun 2025
Bentong Ginger To Boost Kota Tinggi Economy
Wednesday, 25 Jun 2025
UPM ORGANISES PKMK 2025, DISCUSSES THE DIRECTION OF NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SECURITY POLICIES
Tuesday, 24 Jun 2025
Sustainable Palm Oil Policy Research Strengthened Through Visit to Pertubuhan Peladang Kawasan (PPK) Sri Medan, Johor
Friday, 30 May 2025
ITAFoS Successfully Completes 2025 QMS Internal Audit
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
PROGRAM SCIENTIFIC WRITING COURSE FOR PUBLICATION IN FOOD SAFETY JOURNALS (SESSION 1/2025) “PREPARING AND PUBLISHING AN IMPACTFUL SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE: WHAT SHOULD YOU KNOW?”
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Session 2/2025: Programme Scientific Writing Course For Publication In Food Safety Journals “Perfecting Your Publication: From A Proofreader’s Perspective”
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
ITAFoS Conducts First Stage Assessment of Public Sector Conducive Ecosystem (EKSA) 2025/2026
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Postgraduate Meet & Greet 2nd Semester 2024/2025
Monday, 05 May 2025
Universiti Putra Malaysia Presents Innovative Solutions Through Black Soldier Fly Larvae
Friday, 02 May 2025
Workshop for Presentation of the Draft Final Report of the Study on the Assessment of Losses Due to Human-Wildlife Conflict
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2025
The “Scientific Writing Workshop for Postgraduate Students” Series 1/2025
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2025
A launch of the 2025 Public Sector Conducive Ecosystem (EKSA) 2025 First Spring Cleaning at the ITAFoS Level
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2025
MEGA RAYA AIDILFITRI 2025 CELEBRATION CEREMONY AT THE INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY (ITAFoS), UPM
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2025
Kenaf-Based Livestock Feed Formulation and Manufacturing Course Series 3
Tuesday, 04 Mar 2025
Visitor from the Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (FELCRA) Berhad
Tuesday, 04 Mar 2025

2024

"BICARA PADI" FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PROGRAM TO PARTICIPANTS OF THE ITAFOS 2024 UPGRADE VILLAGE COMMUNITY PROJECT
Thursday, 14 Nov 2024
PERFORMANCE OF THE RICE AND RICE SECTOR: A STRUCTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Thursday, 14 Nov 2024
IPT Food Security Nexus Round Table Conference
Monday, 11 Nov 2024
The Second Series of the Kenaf-Based Animal Feed Formulation and Manufacturing
Monday, 11 Nov 2024
Poultry Farming Management and Feed Formulation Course
Wednesday, 09 Oct 2024
Disease Management and Village Poultry Farm Biosecurity
Monday, 07 Oct 2024
FOSFI Journal Writing Workshop 1/2024
Monday, 30 Sep 2024
Kenaf-Based Animal Feed Formulation and Manufacturing course
Monday, 23 Sep 2024
Journal Manuscript Writing Workshop organized by the Laboratory of Climate-Smart Food Crops Production, ITAFoS
Thursday, 19 Sep 2024
Sorghum Crop Management Course With Cooperation Johor Biotechnology Sdn. Bhd.
Thursday, 12 Sep 2024
IPT Food Security Nexus Strategic Plan Workshop
Thursday, 12 Sep 2024
VILLAGE CHICKEN FEED PROCESSING WORKSHOP FOR EMPOWERMENT OF THE FARMERS IN KAMPUNG RINCHING SELANGOR
Friday, 30 Aug 2024
CHICKEN FARMING SKILLS PROGRAM TOWARDS CAREER TRANSITION FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Thursday, 29 Aug 2024
REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) WORKSHOP
Thursday, 29 Aug 2024
Second Evaluation Session of the Public Sector Conducive Ecosystem (EKSA) 2024
Tuesday, 30 Jul 2024
Second Series of Journal Manuscript Writing Workshop organized by the Laboratory of Sustainable Animal Production and Biodiversity, ITAFoS
Tuesday, 30 Jul 2024
Closing Ceremony of the Knowledge Transfer Program (KTGS @ITAFoS) for the Goat Farming Community of Bukit Changgang, Banting
Monday, 29 Jul 2024
Program Mobiliti Pelajar Pasca Siswazah Kumpulan Penyelidik Keselamatan dan Kualiti Makanan (5THFOSMOB2024)
Monday, 22 Jul 2024
Reception of Delegation from Shanghai Ocean University
Friday, 19 Jul 2024
Briefing Session On Procedure MoU and MoA
Friday, 19 Jul 2024
Postgraduate Student Mobility Program for Food Safety and Quality Researchers (5THFOSMOB2024)
Friday, 19 Jul 2024
ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY (AAT) PROGRAM AT SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN SERDANG INTEGRATED SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (PPKI)
Wednesday, 03 Jul 2024
Workshop on the Use and Processing of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Black Soldier Fly Larvae- BSFL) (Series 1)
Thursday, 20 Jun 2024
NAPIER TECHNOLOGY COURSE IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MALAYSIA
Friday, 14 Jun 2024
UPM Earth Day Celebration 2024
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Webinar Advanced Methods in Predictive Modeling for Food Safety by Dr. Lihan Huang (USDA)
Friday, 10 May 2024
Postgraduate Meet & Greet 2nd Semester 2023/2024
Tuesday, 30 Apr 2024
MEGA RAYA AIDILFITRI CELEBRATION 2024 INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY (ITAFoS), UPM
Tuesday, 30 Apr 2024
UPM Media Visibility Award 2023 Ceremony
Tuesday, 30 Apr 2024
VICE CHANCELLOR'S VISIT TO THE ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER
Friday, 26 Apr 2024
Journal Manuscript Writing Workshop organized by the Laboratory of Sustainable Animal Production and Biodiversity, ITAFoS
Tuesday, 12 Mar 2024
Knowledge Transfer Workshop for Settler Development Program (PPP) Participants at FELDA Bukit Goh, Pahang
Friday, 08 Mar 2024
VILLAGE ADOPTED PROGRAM INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECURITY (ITAFoS), UPM
Thursday, 07 Mar 2024

2023

The 'Meet & Greet' meeting with the first semester 2023/2024 ITAFoS postgraduates
Thursday, 07 Dec 2023
Seminar Series 1/2023: Understanding of the Codex Alimentarius Commission System and EU Regulation
Monday, 30 Oct 2023
UPM-MALAYSIAN PRISONS DEPARTMENT PROGRAM (JELEBU) COLLABORATE TO HELP PRISONERS
Friday, 21 Jul 2023
Basic Training Bomb Calorimeter
Thursday, 08 Jun 2023
MEGA RAYA AIDILFITRI CELEBRATION CEREMONY 2023 UPM
Thursday, 25 May 2023
Academic Visit from Prince of Songkla University, Surat Thani Campus
Sunday, 09 Apr 2023
Bengkel Hala Tuju Institut Pertanian Tropika dan Sekuriti Makanan 2023
Thursday, 30 Mar 2023
Study Tour From Vocational College of Teluk Intan, Perak
Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023
'SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE FOR VOCATIONAL COLLEGE TEACHERS IN QUALITY FOOD PLANT MANAGEMENT FOR RUMINANT LIVESTOCK
Tuesday, 21 Mar 2023
Animal House Facility Visit And Inspection 2023 (ITAFoS)
Thursday, 09 Feb 2023
Delegates visit from Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia to Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security
Wednesday, 01 Feb 2023

2022

Bogor Agriculture University (IPB) Indonesia visit to Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security
Friday, 02 Dec 2022
Handling Medicines and Vaccines for Poultry Livestock and Examination of Poultry Anatomy and Physiology
Tuesday, 08 Nov 2022
POULTRY FEED FORMULATION AND PRODUCTION SKILL IMPROVEMENT COURSE
Tuesday, 18 Oct 2022
Food Safety Webinar Series 2/2022: “Apakah Impak Bahaya Kimia dan Mikrobiologi kepada Keselamatan Makanan?”
Thursday, 06 Oct 2022
Scientific Writing Workshop Laboratory Of Sustainable Animal Production And Biodiversity, Institute of Tropical Agriculture And Food Security (ITAFoS)
Tuesday, 20 Sep 2022
Advanced Napier Crop Management Course
Monday, 12 Sep 2022
PERTANDINGAN AMALAN EKSA MEMUPUK KEBERSAMAAN DAN SEMANGAT KERJA BERPASUKAN STAF ITAFoS
Friday, 09 Sep 2022
Knowledge Transfer Collaboration Program Vetpil Special Edition (FVM): UPM's 50th Golden Jubilee Celebration
Friday, 08 Jul 2022
WEBINAR ‘THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD SECURITY IN THE COUNTRY’ AND VISIT TO LIVESTOCK FARM WITH UPM EXPERTS INVOLVING PENANG STATE FARMERS
Friday, 24 Jun 2022
Incubator Operation Course for Poultry
Thursday, 02 Jun 2022
Animal Production Laboratory Spring Cleaning
Thursday, 02 Jun 2022
Food Safety Webinar Series 1/2022: “Keracunan Makanan; Di Mana Silapnya?”
Wednesday, 23 Mar 2022
Webinar: Ramadhan: Jom Puasa! Keselamatan Makanan Jangan Lupa.
Tuesday, 22 Mar 2022
Incident Action Plan 2022
Tuesday, 01 Mar 2022
International Joint Seminar : Recent Advances in Poultry Welfare 2021
Tuesday, 01 Mar 2022

2021

Webinar Qurban dan Keselamatan Makanan
Monday, 23 Aug 2021
International Joint Seminar: Recent Advances in Poultry Welfare
Friday, 02 Jul 2021

2020

QMS MS ISO 9001:2015 Internal Audit
Monday, 27 Jul 2020
Microbiological Risk Assessment Workshop
Friday, 03 Jan 2020

2019

Malaysia Research University Network Universiti Putra Malaysia-Kasetsart University (MRUN UPM-KU) Postgraduate Colloquium and Research Forum
Tuesday, 26 Nov 2019
Seminar on “Sustainable Development in Agriculture and Forestry” with the Institute of Higher Studies for Science and Technology (IHEST), France
Wednesday, 11 Sep 2019
Quorum Quenching Quandary: Bacterial Adaptation to Quorum Quorum Sensing Inhibitors
Wednesday, 11 Sep 2019
Public Lecture 2019: Antimicrobial Resistance and the Effect on Food Safety and Security
Tuesday, 10 Sep 2019
Community Activity: Science is Fun
Friday, 06 Sep 2019
Package of PadiU Putra Getting to Attention by The Minister of Education Malaysia YB. Dr. Maszlee Malik at the 2019 Minister of Education Mandate Council
Friday, 08 Mar 2019
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry, YB Tuan Sim Tze Tzin Visited PadiU Putra Booth of Institute of Tropical Agriculture And Food Security
Friday, 08 Mar 2019
ITAFoS Join The Launch of 'Putra Future Classroom' by Minister of Education Malaysia, YB. Dr. Maszlee Malik
Friday, 08 Mar 2019
ITAFoS Organizes Community Project with Secondary School Students of Special Education
Friday, 01 Mar 2019
Congratulation to ITAFoS for Institute of Excellent Award Myra II Assessment
Friday, 18 Jan 2019

2018

180 Researchers Gathered Discussing the Latest Issues of Plant Breeding, Genetics and the Biotechnology
Friday, 07 Dec 2018
Selangor Smart Education Carnival 2018
Monday, 19 Nov 2018
Postgraduate Student Mobility Program (4th FOSMOB, 2018)
Friday, 09 Nov 2018
Journal Writing Workshop
Monday, 01 Oct 2018
Basic Bacteriological Workshop
Tuesday, 25 Sep 2018
LC-MS/MS Method for Multi-Mycotoxin Analysis in Food and Feed Workshop
Friday, 14 Sep 2018
FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE (FSCC) SUMMER SCHOOL 2018
Wednesday, 12 Sep 2018
Public Lecture 2018: Modern Analytical Tools to Tackle an Old Problem: Mycotoxins in Food and Feed
Wednesday, 12 Sep 2018

2017

Public Lecture 3/2017: ‘Challenges in Food Sustainability’
Friday, 29 Sep 2017
Workshop on “Molecular Detection of Foodborne Pathogens via PCR”
Monday, 11 Sep 2017
Workshop on "Mycotoxin Analysis Using HPLC"
Tuesday, 05 Sep 2017
3rd University Consortium Graduate Forum 2017
Tuesday, 29 Aug 2017
Public Lecture 2/2017: ‘Integrated and Ultrasensitive Biosensor for Food and Environmental Applications'
Thursday, 24 Aug 2017
Public Lecture 1/2017: ‘Mycotoxins, Food Security and Climate Change: Do we know enough?’
Thursday, 24 Aug 2017
Workshop on "Principles of Food Mycology"
Wednesday, 16 Aug 2017
Food Safety Seminar 1/2017
Monday, 08 May 2017
Journal Writing Workshop
Friday, 14 Apr 2017
ITAFoS Thanksgiving Ceremony as Higher Institutions Centre of Excellence (HICoE) recognition
Friday, 31 Mar 2017

2016

Meeting and research site-visiting with IADA KETARA Jerteh, Terengganu
Thursday, 01 Sep 2016

2015

Workshop on Map Manager QTX & Qgene Software
Tuesday, 09 Jun 2015
Public Lecture Searca Professional Chair & 2nd LRGS Colloquium - Food Security
Wednesday, 06 May 2015
LRGS Colloquium - Enhancing the competitiveness and suistainability of the poult
Monday, 09 Mar 2015

2014

ITA Development and Personal Achievement Programme
Tuesday, 11 Nov 2014
2nd International Plant Breeding Seminar 2014
Friday, 07 Nov 2014
ITA Towards MS ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation
Tuesday, 28 Oct 2014
Inspection Visit by UPM IACUC Secretariat to the Animal Research Centre, ITA
Tuesday, 28 Oct 2014
ITA Fire Drill
Wednesday, 08 Oct 2014
Congratulation to All PRPI2014 Winners
Wednesday, 08 Oct 2014
Putra Global 200
Wednesday, 17 Sep 2014
ITA Eidulfitri Celebration Party 2014
Thursday, 04 Sep 2014
OSH Explore Challenge - Congratulation ITA
Tuesday, 26 Aug 2014
Congratulation and Welcome to ITA
Monday, 07 Jul 2014
Malaysian Pepper Board Visiting to UPM Transgenic Greenhouse
Monday, 19 May 2014
Postgraduate Open Day & Exhibition UPM 2014
Monday, 19 May 2014
International Conference on Crop Improvement 2013
Thursday, 02 Jan 2014
ITA Psychology Programme 'Towards Best Personality and Self Potential''
Thursday, 02 Jan 2014

2013

Congratulation to all Service Excellency Award 2012 Receiver
Friday, 23 Aug 2013
INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY (ITAFoS)
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang
Selangor Darul Ehsan
03-9769 1043
03-9769 4299
itafos@upm.edu.my
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