The Internship to Japanese Food & Agriculture Industries for AMSs Students under HRD Project Phase 4 was organised in collaboration with IPB University. The program was held on 14 – 20 June 2025 in Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Japan.
The programme was an intensive internship designed to provide three grantees from IPB University, Indonesia, with practical and in-depth knowledge of the Japanese food service industry and food value chain management. Participants had the opportunity to gain firsthand experience in how the food industry operates from farm to table. Through field-based learning, they observed the implementation of Good Agricultural and Manufacturing Practices, as well as quality management measures aimed at ensuring consumer satisfaction.
The HRD Project Phase 4, in partnership with IPB University, selected 3 participants, which consisted of 1 lecturer and 2 master’s students of IPB University. Relevant facilitators and trainers from Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd. shared their expertise through training in Yoshinoya’s farm and factory.
Not only training in the farm and factory, participants were also introduced to various food services and their markets in Japan to deeply understand about Japanese food service industry and food value chain. Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd. is strongly committed to a sustainable food business model that includes reducing chemicals on its farms, as well as decarbonisation and digitalisation from farm to table. As a global restaurant chain operating in the ASEAN region, the participants learnt a lot from these commitments.
On the final day, 2 student participants delivered their final presentation on the given theme “Learning from Yoshinoya’s FVC: Towards a Sustainable Food Future in Indonesia”, which were presented before and gained constructive feedback from representatives of Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd., MAFF Japan, and the Project.
