The Doctoral in Agricultural Sciences (DAS) of the Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Bengkulu was founded in response to the lack of doctoral program in the field of agricultural sciences, particularly in western Indonesia. DAS has an emphasis on the agricultural development for coastal areas in the tropics by taking into account the characteristics of the Bengkulu Province, which is on the west coast of the island of Sumatera.
The agricultural science doctoral program has 8 lecturers. All of them have a functional position of Professor, namely: ZAINAL MUKTAMAR (Professor) Field of Expertise: Soil Chemistry, DWI WAHYUNI GANEFIANTI
(Professor) Field of Expertise: Major Plant breeding CATUR HERISON (Professor) Field of Expertise: Plant Breeding, KETUT SUKIYONO (Professor) Field of Expertise: Agricultural Economics, BAMBANG SULISTYO (Professor)
Field of Expertise: Geography, NANIK SETYOWATI (Professor)
Field of Expertise: Weed Science, FAHRURROZI
(Professor) Field of Expertise: Plant Science,
MOHAMMAD CHOZIN (Professor) Field of Expertise: Plant Breeding
The scientific vision of DPAS, Faculty of Agriculture, UNIB is “To offer a doctorate and innovation of international reputation in the development of tropical agriculture in sustainable coastal areas by 2030”
