Innovation

- Funding
International Development Research Center (IDRC) -- Innovations in Livestock Vaccines
Open until11 Sep 2016
- Funding
MEETAfrica -- Supporting Young African Entrepreneurs
Open until14 Sep 2016
- Funding
U.S. Agency for International Development -- Development Innovation Ventures
- Funding
World Summit Awards
Open until14 Jul 2016
- Funding
Inter-American Development Bank -- Solutions to Improve Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
Open until04 Jul 2016
- Funding
Rockefeller Foundation -- Cassava Innovation Challenge
Open until07 Jul 2016
- Funding
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) -- Financial Inclusion of Smallholder Farmers in Ghana and Kenya
Open until12 Jul 2016
- Funding
Acumen Fund -- Regional Fellows in East Africa, India, and Pakistan
Open until31 Jul 2016
- Funding
LAUNCH Nordic -- Innovation Challenge 2016
Open until31 Aug 2016
- Funding
Projects Funding Opportunity at African Union Commission
Open until16 Aug 2016
- Call for participation
Young African Entrepreneurs Competition - RUFORUM 2016 Open Awards Competition
Open until29 Jul 2016
Ajaoko.Com- An Innovation For A New Dawn In African Agriculture
01 Jun 2016by Nicholas Ojonugwa Alifa
- Funding
The Geneva Challenge 2016 - the Advancing Development Goals international contest for graduate students
Open until24 May 2016
- Funding
Lemelson Foundation -- Programs for Developing Countries
- Funding
African Union Commission -- Pan African University Scholarships for Postgraduate Education 2016-2017
Open until19 Mar 2016
Seeking Young Innovators to Tackle Global Food Challenge
13 Nov 2015by Ratih Nawangwulan
CFS 42 Youth & Talent
01 Oct 2015
Innovation Competition 2015: the next big idea
Open until19 Sep 2015
African Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN) conference
27 Sep 2015 to 29 Sep 2015in Nairobi
An avenue for the new generation to take up agricultural development
04 Aug 2015by Marina Cherbonnier
Young Innovation Brokers for Visegrad Countries - Summer School
22 Aug 2015 to 28 Aug 2015in Kaposvár University Campus
Walking the talk towards youth engagement in agricultural programs in Africa
07 Jul 2015by Msekiwa Matsimbe
How technology makes the agricultural sector more attractive to young farmers
06 Jul 2015
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How can technology reduce the gap between youth and agriculture?
06 Jul 2015by Virginia Maria Cravero
International Conference: Innovative Development of Agricultural Science and Education
22 Oct 2015 to 23 Oct 2015
- Call for participation
Call for Applications: Global Forum for Innovation in Africa
Open until11 Jun 2015
Global Forum for Innovation in Africa
30 Nov 2015 to 01 Dec 2015
An Open Letter from the YPARD SC Chair, Nidhi Nagabhatla: We are growing and we are known!
13 May 2015by Nidhi Nagabhatla
- Funding
Initiative Équateur: Un partenariat pour des communautés résilientes
Open until26 May 2015
- Funding
Equator Initiative: A Partnership for Resilient Communities
Open until26 May 2015

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Youth success stories

Youthful passion to contribute to sustainable food systems

Charles Masereka Yoronimu's commitment to contributing to building sustainable food systems drives him to be an active agent of youth engagement in agriculture.

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.

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Smart farming innovations for small-scale producers
Open until25 Feb 2021
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Innovation

International Development Research Center (IDRC) -- Innovations in Livestock Vaccines

MEETAfrica -- Supporting Young African Entrepreneurs

U.S. Agency for International Development -- Development Innovation Ventures

World Summit Awards

Inter-American Development Bank -- Solutions to Improve Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Rockefeller Foundation -- Cassava Innovation Challenge

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) -- Financial Inclusion of Smallholder Farmers in Ghana and Kenya

Acumen Fund -- Regional Fellows in East Africa, India, and Pakistan

LAUNCH Nordic -- Innovation Challenge 2016

Projects Funding Opportunity at African Union Commission

Young African Entrepreneurs Competition - RUFORUM 2016 Open Awards Competition

Ajaoko.Com- An Innovation For A New Dawn In African Agriculture

The Geneva Challenge 2016 - the Advancing Development Goals international contest for graduate students

Lemelson Foundation -- Programs for Developing Countries

African Union Commission -- Pan African University Scholarships for Postgraduate Education 2016-2017

Seeking Young Innovators to Tackle Global Food Challenge

CFS 42 Youth & Talent

Innovation Competition 2015: the next big idea

African Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN) conference

An avenue for the new generation to take up agricultural development

Young Innovation Brokers for Visegrad Countries - Summer School

Walking the talk towards youth engagement in agricultural programs in Africa

How technology makes the agricultural sector more attractive to young farmers

How can technology reduce the gap between youth and agriculture?

International Conference: Innovative Development of Agricultural Science and Education

Call for Applications: Global Forum for Innovation in Africa

Global Forum for Innovation in Africa

An Open Letter from the YPARD SC Chair, Nidhi Nagabhatla: We are growing and we are known!

Initiative Équateur: Un partenariat pour des communautés résilientes

Equator Initiative: A Partnership for Resilient Communities

Pages

ICSD 2021 : 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development, 8 - 9 September Rome, Italy

XV World Forestry Congress

Smart farming innovations for small-scale producers

Postdoctoral position at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences - Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture

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