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Welcoming YPARD web and communications officer: Pius Hiwe
04 May 2017by Emmie Kio Wachira
Quel avenir pour l’agriculture togolais quand les jeunes désertent les campagnes ?
04 May 2017by Koffi Hilaire Allado
Des jeunes volontaires au services de YPARD Togo pour un meilleur impact sur le terrain
04 May 2017by Wasseh Emefa germaine Gbete
Le premier café YPARD: une mobilisation réussie.
02 May 2017by Eden Mvuenga
The F&BKP Knowledge Portal: What’s in it for you?
01 May 2017by Nynke Marleen Humalda
Paving the way for young women engagement in agriculture
09 Apr 2017by Alesia Ofori
Viewing youth engagement from my experience at The MasterCard Foundation Young Africa Works Summit 2017
09 Apr 2017by Emmanuel Fiifi Musah
From Malawi to Kigali; My Young Africa Works Summit experience
09 Apr 2017by Jabulani Nyengere
Mentorship and the life of an agripreneur
09 Apr 2017by Pacifique Nshimiyimana
The Young Africa Works 2017, my wakeup call!
06 Apr 2017by Valence Maleche Musanga
YPARD at YAW 2017: Feel the energy
03 Apr 2017by Pacifique Nshimiyimana
Placing women at the frontline of agricultural transformation
03 Apr 2017by Atinuke Bodunde Lebile
Improvement of ovulation in piggery through modern technology
29 Mar 2017by Majid Oshole-imodu Tokurah
Pre-County consultations on the Kenyan youth in agribusiness strategy
10 Mar 2017by Emmanuel Ngore
To Marina….From the YPARD family….With love
08 Mar 2017by Stacy Hammond
YPARD Kenya and the youth in agribusiness strategy development
08 Mar 2017by Emmanuel Ngore
Thinking aloud: How could I forget the smallholder farmer?
08 Mar 2017by Patrick Sakyi
Nothing for the youth without the youth!
07 Mar 2017by Emmie Kio Wachira
Youth and agriculture at the youth week in Cameroon
05 Mar 2017by Marc Ghislain Bappa se
My career journey through the YPARD Mentorship
03 Mar 2017by Emily Ongus
Agricultural biotechnology versus food security
02 Mar 2017by Bola Adedugbe
Exploring opportunities for youth in the apiculture sector
02 Mar 2017by John Olabisi Agboola
Mentoring youth to shape the future of agriculture and food
26 Feb 2017by Courtney Paisley
Mentoring youth for agricultural transformation - The 2017 Young Africa Works Summit
07 Feb 2017by Emmie Kio Wachira
BEYOND FARMING: Maximizing Greennovation Potentials
03 Feb 2017by John Olabisi Agboola
My Journey in the farm
30 Jan 2017by Alphaxrd Gitau Ndungu
How I built my company through mentorship
30 Jan 2017by Allan Migaili Avugwi
The transformative power of agricultural mentorship
27 Jan 2017by Emmie Kio Wachira
The Best of YPARD's 10 years anniversary! (part 2)
09 Jan 2017by Emmie Kio Wachira
YPARD Team’s Online Hangout series: more interaction for more capacity
09 Jan 2017by 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.