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Taking these “F-words“ seriously: Food and future
28 Jan 2019by Pius Hiwe
Call for Nominees for the 2019 Maize Youth Innovators Awards – Africa
21 Jan 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
YPARD Solomon Islands shines at the Pacific Agrihack competition
18 Jan 2019by Hika Joseph
International poultry symposium: Moments and memories
17 Jan 2019by Subash Belbase
Agribusiness adventure: A young Hungarian farmer's story
14 Jan 2019by Zsóka Fekete
Making an agricultural living – YPARD Serbia with Toplički izvor
14 Jan 2019by Julijana El omari
Welcome to 2019: Looking forward and beyond
03 Jan 2019by Yemi Adeyeye
YPARD at Tropentag 2018 - Sharing information and connecting early career scientist
18 Dec 2018by Stacy Hammond
Welcoming YPARD France country representative: Margaux Jacob
03 Dec 2018by Stacy Hammond
13th Asian Maize Conference: Surmounting future challenges
22 Nov 2018by Samjhana Khanal
One Asian Youth Leadership Forum: A union of continents
22 Nov 2018by Mamiya Binte Ahsan
Join the FAO/YPARD youth interactive event
20 Nov 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
A knowledge sharing workshop on climate change
19 Nov 2018by Saara Ranabhat
Rice on the rise: Promoting consumption of energy enriched rice products
19 Nov 2018by A.g.m sofi uddin Mahamud
Shifting to commercial farming; the role of credit
13 Nov 2018by Cosmas Wacal
Save the date: Youth as drivers of innovation interactive event
12 Nov 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
"Making agriculture attractive for the African Youth" - An interview with the YPARD Director
10 Nov 2018by Thembani Malapela
Want to run a mentoring program? This toolkit will show you how
07 Nov 2018by Michelle Kovacevic
Scaling-up small agri-food production system for zero hunger
05 Nov 2018by Ayodeji Rauf
Youth farm boot camp for the vulnerable
05 Nov 2018by Chinonso Bathlomeo Agbo
Impact of value addition on African agriculture
05 Nov 2018by Eric Terver Nyikwagh
Closing the Generation Gap, Investment and Youth
23 Oct 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Beyond selfies: African youth vow to restore the continent’s landscapes
21 Oct 2018by Cathy Watson
Welcoming the new YPARD Director: Yemi Adeyeye
16 Oct 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Beauty with an agricultural purpose
10 Oct 2018by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
Agro-Connect: Tackling Youth Challenges in Agriculture
08 Oct 2018by Julian Akinfolarin Akinremi
Youth volunteerism: building capacity among young people in agriculture
08 Oct 2018by Chinonso Bathlomeo Agbo
Building support system among rural farmers in Africa
08 Oct 2018by Chinonso Bathlomeo Agbo
Building resilience among rural farmers in Nigeria
05 Oct 2018by Chinonso Bathlomeo Agbo
Water Conservation: Key to Sustainable Food Production
05 Oct 2018by Chinonso Bathlomeo Agbo

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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.

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Search Or Browse Previous Blogs

Taking these “F-words“ seriously: Food and future

Call for Nominees for the 2019 Maize Youth Innovators Awards – Africa

YPARD Solomon Islands shines at the Pacific Agrihack competition

International poultry symposium: Moments and memories

Agribusiness adventure: A young Hungarian farmer's story

Making an agricultural living – YPARD Serbia with Toplički izvor

Welcome to 2019: Looking forward and beyond

YPARD at Tropentag 2018 - Sharing information and connecting early career scientist

Welcoming YPARD France country representative: Margaux Jacob

13th Asian Maize Conference: Surmounting future challenges

One Asian Youth Leadership Forum: A union of continents

Join the FAO/YPARD youth interactive event

A knowledge sharing workshop on climate change

Rice on the rise: Promoting consumption of energy enriched rice products

Shifting to commercial farming; the role of credit

Save the date: Youth as drivers of innovation interactive event

"Making agriculture attractive for the African Youth" - An interview with the YPARD Director

Want to run a mentoring program? This toolkit will show you how

Scaling-up small agri-food production system for zero hunger

Youth farm boot camp for the vulnerable

Impact of value addition on African agriculture

Closing the Generation Gap, Investment and Youth

Beyond selfies: African youth vow to restore the continent’s landscapes

Welcoming the new YPARD Director: Yemi Adeyeye

Beauty with an agricultural purpose

Agro-Connect: Tackling Youth Challenges in Agriculture

Youth volunteerism: building capacity among young people in agriculture

Building support system among rural farmers in Africa

Building resilience among rural farmers in Nigeria

Water Conservation: Key to Sustainable Food Production

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ICSD 2020 : 8th International Conference on Sustainable Development, 9 - 10 September 2020 Rome, Italy

Project management support - Specialist [youth]

African Academy of Sciences — Intra-Africa Research Collaboration

Minor Foundation for Major Challenges — Public Awareness on Climate Change

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