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YPARD at The World Food Prize – focusing on “the Next Generation”!
14 Feb 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
The Mapping Training for Young Agricultural Entrepreneurs takes place in Kenya
14 Feb 2012by Jane Bisanju Wekhomba
Demonstration in extension and advisory services
14 Feb 2012by Raymond Erick Zvavanyange
“La idea es buena, pero qué gano yo, concretamente hablando, si me uno a YPARD-LAC?”
14 Feb 2012by Andrea Carvajal
Access to information at the door steps; the story of Nteletsa 2 Telecentres in Botswana
14 Feb 2012by Simon Kamukwape Wandila
Niche, Learners and Learning Institutions
14 Feb 2012by Raymond Erick Zvavanyange
L'avenir du développement rural en Europe
14 Feb 2012by Codrin Paveliuc-olariu
Preparing the workshop on “Young scientist for Agricultural Development in Vietnam”, 16 September 2011
14 Feb 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
Mapping training for young agricultural graduates, 29th August- 2nd September 2011, now underway in Kenya
14 Feb 2012by Marina Cherbonnier
Qu’est-ce qu’un « jeune » agriculteur ?
14 Feb 2012by Jo Cadilhon
Leveraging African Research Output in Global Research Platforms
14 Feb 2012by Raymond Erick Zvavanyange
Opportunistic priorities hindering progress in Ecoagriculture
14 Feb 2012by Raymond Erick Zvavanyange
What is a “young” farmer?
14 Feb 2012by Jo Cadilhon
'Re-inventing the wheel: Principles in Scientific Research'
14 Feb 2012by Raymond Erick Zvavanyange
Paradigm Shift for Young Agriculture Professionals
14 Feb 2012by Raymond Erick Zvavanyange
YPARD LAC presente en el Taller de consulta regional para América Latina
14 Feb 2012by Andrea Carvajal
Greetings from China
14 Feb 2012by Jieying Bi
The need of ICTs in developing rural agriculture
14 Feb 2012by Chrispine Ochieng Ogolla
The trends, role and importance of ICTs in Agriculture; lessons learnt from the SATNET/PSAf ICT Medium Forum
03 Nov 2011by Simon Kamukwape Wandila
Convergence of Radio and ICTs in Agricultural Development, A Success story by Panos Institute of Southern Africa
03 Nov 2011by Simon Kamukwape Wandila
YPARD at the UNESCO Youth Forum
28 Oct 2011by Courtney Paisley
YPARD picture database - General call to all of you, YPARD members or supporters!!
21 Jul 2011by Marina Cherbonnier
YPARD discusses youth with FAO
21 Jul 2011by Courtney Paisley
Share Fair: Youth and agknowledge
18 Jul 2011by Courtney Paisley
YPARD Regional Workshop
18 Jul 2011by Courtney Paisley
YPARD presentation at the GCHERA
05 Jul 2011by Courtney Paisley
Working towards a new young professional in ARD
05 Jul 2011by Courtney Paisley
Youth contribution to the feed the future initiative
07 Jun 2011by Courtney Paisley
YPARD at ARIMNet
11 Feb 2011by Courtney Paisley

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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.