Technology

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West African Research Association — Ideas Matter Doctoral Fellowships
Open until10 Oct 2018
ONGOING CONSULTATION: Youth Employment in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa
22 Jul 2018 to 03 Aug 2018
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Western Union — Scholarship for Undergraduate Study
Open until13 Apr 2018
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Apply now: MCF@RUFORUM scholarships 2018
Open until13 Nov 2017
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Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education — STEM Scholars Program
Open until09 Nov 2017
World Bank Group - youth summit 2017: technology and innovation for impact
04 Dec 2017 to 05 Dec 2017
- Call for participation
MIT’s Solve global challenges 2017
Open until31 Jul 2017
- Jobs
Future Earth is looking for an urban project assistant and two interns
Open until18 Jun 2017
Africa must start by treating agriculture as a business
14 May 2017
Improvement of ovulation in piggery through modern technology
29 Mar 2017by Majid Oshole-imodu Tokurah
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Eastern Bird Banding Association — Research Grants
Open until14 Mar 2017
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UK Natural Environment Research Council — Research on Water Quality, UK and India
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Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans — Fellowships 2017
Open until06 Apr 2017
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Kurita Water and Environment Foundation – Water Research Grants 2017
Open until26 Apr 2017
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DAAD Postgraduate Africa Scholarships to Study at Eastern African Universities, 2017-2018
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Young Innovators in Agribusiness — Postharvest Technologies Competition 2017
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Indo-US Science and Technology Forum — Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy Fellowships and Internships 2017
Open until14 Mar 2017
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International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology — Research Grants 2017
Open until29 Apr 2017
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Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture — Doctoral Studies in Agriculture and Food Science for Africans
Open until19 Feb 2017
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Indo-US Science and Technology Forum — SERB Indo-US Postdoctoral Fellowships for Indian Researchers
Open until27 Feb 2017
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Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture — Agricultural Scholarships for Africa
Open until14 Mar 2017
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Energy Foundation — China Sustainable Energy Program
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Parrot Sequoia — Parrot Climate Innovation Grant
Open until31 Jan 2017
- Jobs
Associate / Scientist - Health Economist
Open until19 Jan 2017
- Jobs
Associate / Junior Entomologist Technical Advisor, Senegal, PMI AIRS Project
Open until21 Jan 2017
- Jobs
Job Opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness
Open until31 Dec 2016
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Suranaree University of Technology — PhD Scholarships in Agricultural Technology for ASEAN Countries 2017
Open until30 Jan 2017
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MIT Center for Collective Intelligence — Climate CoLab 2017
Open until19 Jan 2017
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Suez Environnement — Grants for Water and Sanitation
Open until29 Apr 2017
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Colorado State University — Planning and Managing Tourism in Protected Areas 2017
Open until14 May 2017

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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.