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The Agri-Clinic strengthening Rural Knowledge Network
12 Nov 2019by Kafui Kwesi Agbe
Harnessing opportunities in crop value chains for increased productivity
08 Nov 2019by Akinbowale Showemimo
Welcoming YPARD project intern: Wendel Georges
07 Nov 2019by Pius Hiwe
Welcoming YPARD project intern: Gabriel Yves Badr
06 Nov 2019by Pius Hiwe
YPARD interns on a mission: Youth in agroecology
06 Nov 2019by Pius Hiwe
Politics: What’s the young got to do with it?
31 Oct 2019by Gabriel yves Bader
A brewing crisis in Assam’s tea sector
29 Oct 2019by Parashram Jakappa Patil
Scoring GOALS: My journey in the fight against global hunger
26 Oct 2019by John Olabisi Agboola
Gaining skills, sharing knowledge and building networks
16 Oct 2019by Bledar Meta
YPARD and YEAN Rwanda Young Social Media Reporters at the 2019 APA Conference
26 Sep 2019by Etienne Niyigaba
YPARD Bangladesh shines at Nutrition Olympiad 2019
25 Sep 2019by Farjana Akhter Rumky
Annonce: L’atelier des jeunes agriculteurs et entrepreneurs agricoles pour l’Afrique de l’ouest
24 Sep 2019by Raissa Thikandama
Youth job creation pathway
20 Sep 2019by Kafui Kwesi Agbe
Celebrating Youth Day on the farm
15 Sep 2019by Akinbowale Showemimo
Who speaks for "youth in cocoa" in Ghana?
15 Sep 2019by Kafui Kwesi Agbe
Sustaining the paradigm shift
15 Sep 2019by Eric Terver Nyikwagh
Leadership and organic agriculture
05 Sep 2019by Margarit Tigranyan
My Songhai farm experience
18 Aug 2019by Eric Terver Nyikwagh
Welcoming the new YPARD Steering Committee Chair and Vice Chair
06 Aug 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
15 latest developments in the revised YPARD Charter
06 Aug 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Creating opportunities for rural youth: The moment, the challenges and the future
05 Aug 2019by Emily Ongus
Our Annual Report for 2018 is out!
02 Aug 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
YPARD Tanzania: Call for Country Representative
02 Aug 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
Welcoming YPARD Kenya Representative: Phidel Hazel Arunga
02 Aug 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
Shining the YPARD light at the FAO conference Youth side event
01 Aug 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Leveraging global experiences for Africa’s agricultural development
31 Jul 2019by Yemi Adeyeye
Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Keron Bascombe
30 Jul 2019by Pius Hiwe
Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Sebastian Pedraza Paez
30 Jul 2019by Pius Hiwe
Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Lako Mbouendeu Stephane
30 Jul 2019by Pius Hiwe
Welcoming YPARD Brazil country representative: Marina Demaria Venâncio
30 Jul 2019by Stacy Hammond

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Youth success stories

5 years of YPARD: a life-changing journey

"Being a YPARD representative gave me so many empowering opportunities, but also a chance to empower others" Testimonial by Ivana Radic Jean highlighting her experience and journey in working with youth in agriculture within the YPARD Serbia community since February 2013.

YPARDian bags home the 2017 SFIAR Master Thesis award!

In 2017, YPARD member, Sebastian Mengel, was the recipient of the Master Thesis award for his collaborative research with YPARD, HAFL and CGIAR CRP drylands program on agricultural livelihoods of rural youth in the drylands of Midelt, Morocco.

Good-bye from YPARD Nepal: Creating a space for young leaders

This testimonial by Dinesh Panday highlights his experience in working with youth in agriculture within the YPARD Nepal community since 2012. He is currently a doctoral graduate research assistant (2016-2019) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the former YPARD Nepal country representative.

A season of innovation

The climate-smart irrigation system was designed with the aim of addressing these challenges; by collecting rainwater, transferring it below the soil surface and using it during the time of low rainfall thus making water available and accessible for perennial plants all year round.

Climate resilient agriculture and producer-consumer justice through ICT

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 was created to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts to ensure climate resilient agriculture and ICT based business promotional interventions from producer to consumer level. Youth, therefore, can play a supporting role to increase awareness and promote the agenda of SDG for agricultural sustainability to make sure others are aware of it.

From nowhere to somewhere; YPARD made a way

Marc Ghislain tells about all the changing scenes in his life as a young professional in agriculture: the anxiety in choosing a profession in agriculture and how his engagement with YPARD helped him find his feet in the agricultural sector.

A non-traditional career path

I strongly support and believe in an inclusive and equitable quality education together with lifelong learning opportunities for all. It is very important that we start to facilitate more flexible career paths in science if we want to encourage diversity and creativity. Being a lifelong learner is a value of sustainable self-development. It opens the door to life-changing, rewarding, fulfilling and continuous growth.

Easier said than done: Gender equality and women empowerment

The role of young people in helping shift gender perceptions is paramount. We can no longer employ tradition and culture as excuses for allowing basic inequalities between genders to occur and to keep perpetuating themselves. We need to acknowledge and cherish culture, but also acknowledge that culture is not a static entity and that it can, and must, evolve towards a more equal society.

Believe in sustainability, food security, fight for the hungry: My Credo

In an era where population, technologies and modernization are fast growing, meeting up with the basic food needs of the population worldwide is one of the greatest challenges nations and international institutions are witnessing. Marc Ghislain shares his views on how the young people can be part of the solution and more importantly in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal number two.

La lutte contre la pauvreté : motivation, passion, profession et engagement!

Aimé Kazika describes his engagement with other young people to raise awareness so that they become more involved in the agricultural sector within the African and Congolese context.