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Young Entrepreneurs see business opportunity in rural Africa's degraded lands
25 Jun 2019
Malawi must harness the innovative minds of its youth for a climate smart future: Blessings Likagwa
20 Jun 2019
Using mobile apps to fight the fall armyworm: Lokwa Mila Giresse
20 Jun 2019
Young innovator develops bicycle-powered maize cleaning machine to help schoolchildren
20 Jun 2019
Hildegarde Dukunde brings innovative solution to safeguard maize storage
20 Jun 2019
Increasing maize resistance to parasitic weeds: Admire Shayanowako
20 Jun 2019
Our Future is Here – Join the campaign
30 May 2019
Lesson learned from two days’ workshop
27 May 2019by Dikshya Shilpakar
Winners of 2019 MAIZE Youth Innovators Awards – Africa announced
27 May 2019
African Agriculture through the Business Lens
21 May 2019by John Olabisi Agboola
FARA receives CSIR Award
21 May 2019
Boosting agricultural productivity through modern technologies
13 May 2019by Farotimi Olaoluwa
Fate of sunflower production in Pakistan
23 Apr 2019by Zohaib Ur rehman Bughio
Zero hunger: A case for bio-fortification
10 Apr 2019by Zohaib Ur rehman Bughio
Agriculture: A Bangladesh perspective
02 Apr 2019by Nur e Kutubul Alam
Wastewater: a useful resource for agriculture
01 Apr 2019by Zohaib Ur rehman Bughio
East African regional workshop on youth-led sustainable agriculture and urban food systems
26 Mar 2019by Zaake Paul
Agritainment: a catalyst for agribusiness growth in Africa
13 Mar 2019by Courage Komla Besah-adanu
Achieving greater impact together
05 Feb 2019
Shifting to commercial farming; the role of credit
13 Nov 2018by Cosmas Wacal
Scaling-up small agri-food production system for zero hunger
05 Nov 2018by Ayodeji Rauf
Agri-entrepreneur dances to his own rhythm in Ghana
22 Oct 2018
Beyond selfies: African youth vow to restore the continent’s landscapes
21 Oct 2018by Cathy Watson
Beauty with an agricultural purpose
10 Oct 2018by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
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
Boosting agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa
28 Sep 2018by Kambaji Orphe
Agri-cooperatives and institution for rural development
10 Sep 2018by Cristina Conea

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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.