The University Network for Tropical Agriculture (UNTA) is one of the network whose members are 28 leading universities in tropical agriculture. The other co-founders of UNTA consist of Bogor Agricultural University, Maejo University, MingDao University, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology , Thai Nguyen University, University of Brawijaya, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Universiti Putra Malaysia, and the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences. The permanent office of this network is located in National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. Activities to promote collaboration among UNTA members involve academic and research collaboration, faculty and student mobility and exchange, joint conferences, dual degrees, joint degrees, co-publications, academic activities, and activities to tackle with food security, safety, sustainability problems .
Recent activities that Kasetsart University joined UNTA include Vice President Seri Kunjaenak’s attendance to the 95th Anniversary Celebration of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology –cum– Global Impact Summit 2019 in November 2019 and online presentations at UNTA 2020 Webinar on “Boosting university world ranking through UNTA cooperation” by two Assistants to the President (Associate Professor Aphichart Rodchanarowan and Associate ProfessorChamaipak Tayjasanant). hosted by National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) in July 2020, together with an article on the same topic published on behalf of Vice President Chutchapol Chungchoo in UNTA Newsletter Vol 1 No. 1 July-December 2020
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