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Passing on the YPARD mantle
11 Apr 2018by Courtney Paisley
Pension scheme for cocoa farmers to ensure sustainable cocoa production
11 Apr 2018by Sylvester Kwame Osei
To an unsung disruptive leader
11 Apr 2018by Marina Cherbonnier
Welcoming the incoming YPARD Director: Myriam Perez
10 Apr 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Youth and responsible agricultural investments within agricultural food systems
04 Apr 2018by Gebhard Eshumba
Breaking grounds for a strong YouthInRAS Global Network
04 Apr 2018by Marc Ghislain Bappa se
My 3D experience from the 2018 YPARD strategic plan meeting and fundraising training
04 Apr 2018by Zaake Paul
Call for Applications: Youth leaders for the GLF Investment Case
04 Apr 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
How to become a successful Goat Farmer
03 Apr 2018by Emmanuel Mwesige
Building inclusive agricultural technologies for young people
03 Apr 2018by Kafui Kwesi Agbe
Inspiring young agricultural students to identify agricultural opportunities
02 Apr 2018by Kafui Kwesi Agbe
Time with the Goat Masters
02 Apr 2018by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
Where next for the YPARD network?
31 Mar 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
Small cities and migrants’ reception
26 Mar 2018by María jesús Blanco
#Foresight4Ag: Empowering rural communities to determine their own futures
14 Mar 2018by Oluwabunmi David Ajilore
The Armenian case against deforestation
13 Mar 2018by Lilith Musinyan
The need for digital payment in Ghana's cocoa sector
13 Mar 2018by Bright Schandorf adu
AGCO Agribusiness Qualification: Young Africans in agribusiness
13 Mar 2018by John Olabisi Agboola
Digital empowerment: Gender-responsive approach
08 Mar 2018by Moses Owiny
Exploring agribusiness investment opportunities in Nigeria
07 Mar 2018by Nicholas Ojonugwa Alifa
Marche en famenne: The future of small and medium-sized cities
07 Mar 2018by Tarek Amin Soliman
Go green: Blending social media with agribusinesses
01 Mar 2018by John Olabisi Agboola
Calculating water pressure for your rain barrel
27 Feb 2018by Wiley Geren
Migration is not a one-way street
26 Feb 2018by Courtney Paisley
Youth connected to halt deforestation!
26 Feb 2018by Tokelo Shai
From aspiration to action: Working across sectors to halt deforestation
25 Feb 2018by Cristina Conea
Dryland agrifood, youth research and the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals
24 Feb 2018by Courtney Paisley
It all starts with the right recipe - How to prepare a good mentoring program!
20 Feb 2018by Myriam Pérez
Welcoming the new YPARD Nigeria representative: Eric Nyikwagh
19 Feb 2018by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
Welcoming the new YPARD Nepal communications focal point: Nikita Bhusal
19 Feb 2018by Pius Hiwe

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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.