The Faculty of Agriculture, Gadjah Mada University, established an Independent Learning Campus (MBKM) partnership with CV Erista Garden which was officially signed on Thursday, 19 January 2022. The event was held offline in the Meeting Room of the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture UGM, which was attended by representatives of the UGM Faculty of Agriculture and CVs Ersita Garden. The signing of the cooperation agreement was carried out by Ir Jaka Widada, M.P., Ph.D. as Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Ir. Erista Adisetya, MM. as the director of CV Erista Garden. The company is engaged in the ornamental plant business, selling from upstream to downstream: Nurseries, selling Erista Mart vegetables, selling vegetable and ornamental plants (Agrimart), making and managing gardens (Erista Flora), restaurants (Griyo Dhahar, Padasan Coffee (café ), Erista Kaliaji in Turi, Erista Garden (service, education, and training).
The cooperation agreement between the two parties relates to plans to carry out research activities and practical fieldwork internships for students. MBKM activities consist of BKP Internship and Research. This activity is a learning tool for students to gain direct work experience in the field. Through the BKP Internship, fieldwork practices at Erista Garden are expected to be able to foster an entrepreneurial spirit, develop student competence and creativity, and equip students to enter the world of work. Through BKP Research, students are expected to be able to conduct studies and provide solutions to problems that occur in the field in the form of a final project (thesis). This MBKM Internship and Research activity can be converted into as many as 20 credits so that activities carried out by students in the field can be claimed as academic credit points. This collaboration is a form of synergy between campuses and the industrial world to produce competent and competitive study program graduates.