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Equipping young people to make a change in agriculture
27 Jan 2017
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The transformative power of agricultural mentorship
27 Jan 2017by Emmie Kio Wachira
Call for African Youth Researchers
Open until04 Feb 2017
Dairy farming mistakes cost me Sh. 500,000 but now I’m milking profits
25 Jan 2017
- Call for participation
MAB youth forum 2017 in Italy
Open until30 May 2017
- Call for participation
Youth Agriculture Blog Competition
Open until26 Jan 2017
Tell college kids: 4 agriculture fields have great opportunities
06 Jan 2017
Engaging with youth in wheat and maize agri-food systems
05 Jan 2017by Courtney Paisley
Going back to YPARD’s roots (Revisiting the past, in the present, to see the way forward)
04 Jan 2017by Jim leandro Pil Cano
YPARD Asia and Pacific Development Plan 2015-2018
04 Jan 2017
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New perspectives from young professionals to enhance research and innovation partnerships
19 Dec 2016
Youths Affirm Agriculture As Economic Empowerment Tool
09 Dec 2016
When investing in agriculture, know what your market wants
08 Dec 2016
Brothers striking riches in mixed farming
08 Dec 2016
9 steps to making money from mushroom farming in Kenya
08 Dec 2016
Farmers rake in profits after turning to greenhouse farming
08 Dec 2016
Kenyans, Rwandans and Ugandans: Blog to Win a Trip to Washington, DC
Open until14 Jan 2017
YPARD and the art of paying it forward
06 Dec 2016by Emmie Kio Wachira
Farming needs a makeover to lure young people back
06 Dec 2016
What my childhood in farming taught me about writing and public speaking
06 Dec 2016
Why Ghana’s agricultural growth has slowed down
06 Dec 2016
Red de Jóvenes en Agricultura: Conectamos y rejuvenecemos el mundo.
05 Dec 2016by Marina Cherbonnier
Réseau de jeunes dans l’agriculture : nous connectons et régénérons le monde
02 Dec 2016by Marina Cherbonnier
How 25-year-old built a multi-million farm after quitting banking job
01 Dec 2016
23-year-old student set to make millions from farming onions
01 Dec 2016
November Roundup of the #YPARD10Years Celebrations
01 Dec 2016
Going places with Agriculture
01 Dec 2016by Norman N/a Munyengwa
YPARD 10 years Celebrations at the International Agronomy Congress
30 Nov 2016by Nikita Bhusal
Patricia Chepkorir: I have no regrets quitting medical school to farm
30 Nov 2016
YPARD présente: Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye, stagiaire au sein de YPARD Afrique
29 Nov 2016by 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.

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youth

Equipping young people to make a change in agriculture

The transformative power of agricultural mentorship

Call for African Youth Researchers

Dairy farming mistakes cost me Sh. 500,000 but now I’m milking profits

MAB youth forum 2017 in Italy

Youth Agriculture Blog Competition

Tell college kids: 4 agriculture fields have great opportunities

Engaging with youth in wheat and maize agri-food systems

Going back to YPARD’s roots (Revisiting the past, in the present, to see the way forward)

YPARD Asia and Pacific Development Plan 2015-2018

New perspectives from young professionals to enhance research and innovation partnerships

Youths Affirm Agriculture As Economic Empowerment Tool

When investing in agriculture, know what your market wants

Brothers striking riches in mixed farming

9 steps to making money from mushroom farming in Kenya

Farmers rake in profits after turning to greenhouse farming

Kenyans, Rwandans and Ugandans: Blog to Win a Trip to Washington, DC

YPARD and the art of paying it forward

Farming needs a makeover to lure young people back

What my childhood in farming taught me about writing and public speaking

Why Ghana’s agricultural growth has slowed down

Red de Jóvenes en Agricultura: Conectamos y rejuvenecemos el mundo.

Réseau de jeunes dans l’agriculture : nous connectons et régénérons le monde

How 25-year-old built a multi-million farm after quitting banking job

23-year-old student set to make millions from farming onions

November Roundup of the #YPARD10Years Celebrations

Going places with Agriculture

YPARD 10 years Celebrations at the International Agronomy Congress

Patricia Chepkorir: I have no regrets quitting medical school to farm

YPARD présente: Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye, stagiaire au sein de YPARD Afrique

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ICSD 2020 : 8th International Conference on Sustainable Development, 9 - 10 September 2020 Rome, Italy

Call for participation: Agroecology education programs

National Geographic Society — Early-Career Grant

National Geographic Society — Equity and the Natural World

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