Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources (IC-FANRES 2022)

Conference name: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources (IC-FANRES 2022)
Date: 24-25 November 2022
Location: Changsha, China (HYbrid)
Website: https://fanres.fatepa.unram.ac.id/

On behalf of the organizing committee, I am pleased to welcome everyone to the 7th International Conference on Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources (IC-FANRES) 2022. The blended conference was held on 24 and 25 November 2022, hosted from Lombok Island, Indonesia, with the theme “Optimizing Innovation on Local Agriculture and Natural Resources to Achieve Food Security and Halal Food Tourism”. The conference focussed on eight topics of discussion: (1) agricultural, (2) natural resources, (3) food safety, (4) food security, (5) food technology, (6) smart agricultural systems, (7) biosystem machinery engineering, and (8) food nutrition and health.

The conference is organized by the Faculty of Food Technology and Agroindus- try, University of Mataram, in collaboration with the International Network of FAN- RES. This two-day seminar features both plenary and parallel sessions with seven keynote speakers from various countries (Prof. Patricia-Rayes Duarte/USA; Prof. Julian Heyes/New Zealand; Prof. Byoung-Kwan Cho/South Korea; Dr. Ir. Bambang Supriyanto, M.Sc./Indonesia; Prof. Shinjiro Ogita; Dr. Zulhamsyah Imran/Indonesia) and six invited speakers who present and share their knowledge and expertise.

We hope that through this conference and its proceedings,wewill be able to produce, disseminate, and share more interesting ideas and research results among members and researchers, contributing to a world and region with an increased global food security index. Additionally,we believe this conference will motivate all of us to continue making a positive impact in our new world and future.

Best Regards,
Rahmat Sabani