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Decisions and big changes during the YPARD Steering Committee meeting
27 Feb 2013by Courtney Paisley
Greenhouses in the Backyard
27 Feb 2013by Emmie Kio Wachira
Welcoming YPARD Nigeria representative - Olawale Ojo
25 Feb 2013by Marina Cherbonnier
Empowering youth in utilising untapped aquaculture opportunities for aquaculture development
18 Feb 2013by Erina Wakwale Nabafu
My participation to Pan African Youth Conference on Learning for Sustainability
15 Feb 2013by Raymond Erick Zvavanyange
Jeunesse et Agriculture au Burkina Faso
14 Feb 2013by Ily Sombe Sylvain abraham
“It was Awesome”: The YPARD On the-ground Awareness at Kogi State University, Nigeria
14 Feb 2013by Olawale Isaiah Ojo
Promoting entrepreneurship through social media
11 Feb 2013by Olawale Isaiah Ojo
Farewell to YPARD Social Media intern, Tega Otojare!
04 Feb 2013by Marina Cherbonnier
Welcoming YPARD Ethiopia representative: Aderajew Woldu (Ado)
31 Jan 2013by Marina Cherbonnier
Agribusiness: Engaging Youth And Supporting Small Scale Farmers
30 Jan 2013by Zaid Shopeju
EXPLORING THE COCOA INDUSTRY
29 Jan 2013by Olawale Isaiah Ojo
Meeting my Twitter friend!
26 Jan 2013by Nawsheen Hosenally
6 WAYS TO A RIGHT START IN AGRIBUSINESS IN 2013.
09 Jan 2013by Olawale Isaiah Ojo
Reminiscences of a YPARD Member at ICPD Global Youth Forum in Bali
03 Jan 2013by Maxwell Gibson Mkondiwa
Agri-Hub Ethiopia Annual Networking Day
02 Jan 2013by Ado Woldu g.
FAMILY FARMING – a means to Promote Youth’s Involvement in Agriculture and Agribusiness
02 Jan 2013by Olawale Isaiah Ojo
Letter to Students in Agricultural Tertiary Institutions
14 Dec 2012by Raymond Erick Zvavanyange
Welcoming the new YPARD South Africa representative - Obert Mathivha
07 Dec 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
Welcoming YPARD Benin representative - Frejus Thoto
05 Dec 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
IT IS REALLY COOL TO FARM
04 Dec 2012by Olawale Isaiah Ojo
YPARD and Youth Stakeholders taking part in refining CTA Youth Strategy!
26 Nov 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
Empowering youth in ARD through YPARD: a commitment by GCARD2 constituencies!
12 Nov 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
Young but Not Naïve
28 Oct 2012by Machteld Schoolenberg
Engaging with youth in Agriculture - YPARD GCARD2 Pre-conference meeting
19 Oct 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
Give your youth perspective: The state of “Foresight” in agriculture and rural development
12 Oct 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
On our road to GCARD2: YPARD Youth involvement!
10 Oct 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
Engaging youth in rural transformation – 3rd RUFORUM Biennal Conference
10 Oct 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
3rd RUFORUM Biennial Conference – strengthening RUFORUM action!
10 Oct 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
Mary...a strong voice coming from the ground!
10 Oct 2012by Marina Cherbonnier

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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.