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Welcoming YPARD China country representative: Zhong Li
27 Feb 2019by Pius Hiwe
YPARD Albania: 1000 reasons why food matters
19 Feb 2019by Entoni Rasku
Call for volunteers to translate YPARD information materials
12 Feb 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Welcoming YPARD Gambia representative: Haddy Ceesay
11 Feb 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
Reinforcing partnerships and the way forward - YPARD, AGRINATURA, and the SIMPLE project
07 Feb 2019by Stacy Hammond
Appel à candidatures : Représentant de pays YPARD Bénin
05 Feb 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
How can we support you better? YPARD 2019 Members' survey
05 Feb 2019by Emmie Kio Wachira
Call for application: Youth Shaping Sustainable Food Systems Workshop in Eastern Africa
03 Feb 2019by Zaake Paul
Call for Nominees for the 2019 Maize Youth Innovators Awards – Africa
21 Jan 2019by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
YPARD Solomon Islands shines at the Pacific Agrihack competition
18 Jan 2019by Hika Joseph
International poultry symposium: Moments and memories
17 Jan 2019by Subash Belbase
Agribusiness adventure: A young Hungarian farmer's story
14 Jan 2019by Zsóka Fekete
Making an agricultural living – YPARD Serbia with Toplički izvor
14 Jan 2019by Julijana El omari
Welcome to 2019: Looking forward and beyond
03 Jan 2019by Yemi Adeyeye
Making an impact – supporting young farmers
20 Dec 2018by Julijana El omari
YPARD Serbia: Exploring the views – organic farmers
20 Dec 2018by Julijana El omari
YPARD at Tropentag 2018 - Sharing information and connecting early career scientist
18 Dec 2018by Stacy Hammond
Youth for youth with IAAS Novi Sad and YPARD Serbia
13 Dec 2018by Julijana El omari
International Forum on Food and Nutrition (9th edition)
13 Dec 2018by Virginia Maria Cravero
Call for applicants - YPARD Austria country representative
05 Dec 2018by Stacy Hammond
Call for applicants - YPARD Germany country representative
05 Dec 2018by Stacy Hammond
Employability and keeping young scientist in science
05 Dec 2018by Bledar Meta
YPARD an avant-garde platform supporting young professionals
05 Dec 2018by Bledar Meta
Precision farming: attitude is the main point!
03 Dec 2018by Jakab Kauser
Welcoming YPARD France country representative: Margaux Jacob
03 Dec 2018by Stacy Hammond
13th Asian Maize Conference: Surmounting future challenges
22 Nov 2018by Samjhana Khanal
One Asian Youth Leadership Forum: A union of continents
22 Nov 2018by Mamiya Binte Ahsan
Join the FAO/YPARD youth interactive event
20 Nov 2018by Emmie Kio Wachira
A knowledge sharing workshop on climate change
19 Nov 2018by Saara Ranabhat
Rice on the rise: Promoting consumption of energy enriched rice products
19 Nov 2018by A.g.m sofi uddin Mahamud

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Youth success stories

From the Czech Republic to Asia, Africa and beyond my agricultural story so far!

Introducing Dr. Hynek Roubík, an expert in organic waste management and sustainable technologies, leader of the Biogas Research Team at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), an agriculture enthusiast with a passion for his work and the second-youngest member of the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Bioeconomy platform of the Czech Republic.

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.