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First youth in agribusiness conference in Kenya
21 Aug 2017by Emmanuel Ngore
Youth led agricultural transformation
14 Aug 2017by Mukiibi Shaban
Improving the potatoes and banana value chains
10 Aug 2017by Pacifique Nshimiyimana
Join YPARD’s webinar on strategies to grow your agricultural businesses
09 Aug 2017by Michelle Kovacevic
Plague of jellyfish: The economic and biological effect
07 Aug 2017by Shaimaa Reda Hatab
Welcome to an upgraded YPARD website
07 Aug 2017by Emmie Kio Wachira
The future of ICT in the agri-food sector my EFITA conference experience
07 Aug 2017by Ireti Emmanuel Adesida
Supporting youth to be the masters of their own destiny
07 Aug 2017by Michelle Kovacevic
Agenda 2030: The role of youth in peace, security and sustainability
07 Aug 2017by Nidhi Nagabhatla
YPARD Europe is heading to the 28th international leadership workshop for rural youth
07 Aug 2017by Stacy Hammond
Be active – build your future!
07 Aug 2017by Yana Vladimirovna Perevoshchikova
Call for applications: Mentoring coordinator - Philippines
02 Aug 2017by Michelle Kovacevic
Building African food security champions
31 Jul 2017by John Olabisi Agboola
7 things I learned on my very first job
25 Jul 2017by Hana Voca
Welcoming the new YPARD Sweden representative: Sunil Abeyasekera
25 Jul 2017by Stacy Hammond
Cameroun : Olivier Mapouré, un jeune ingénieur paysan
20 Jul 2017by Lemien Sakalunga Mwanavita
World Youth Skills Day: time for collective actions
14 Jul 2017by Mahesh Chander
Tips on standing out as a workshop facilitator
13 Jul 2017by Bright Schandorf adu
Welcoming the new YPARD Bangladesh communications focal point: Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman
13 Jul 2017by Pius Hiwe
How anyone can help the bees
12 Jul 2017by Christy Erickson
YPARD Nigeria Café: The role of extension and advisory services
05 Jul 2017by John Olabisi Agboola
The challenge of climate change: Youth to the rescue
05 Jul 2017by Charles Yoronimu Masereka
The youth: creators of our future
05 Jul 2017by Zaake Paul
My YPARD mentoring experience so far
05 Jul 2017by Abisola Temilade Adedigba
Carrera 10K por la Innovación Rural Colombiana
05 Jul 2017by Miguel RomÁn Corredor hernÁndez
The need for holistic youth mobilization in agricultural transformation
04 Jul 2017by Pacifique Nshimiyimana
YPARD Austria at the 2017 CEDIA-ICA conference
29 Jun 2017by Nikolaus Hruschka
Xylella: a little killer for a giant tree
29 Jun 2017by Gloria Comadira
The start of my mentorship journey
28 Jun 2017by Cosmos Edem Kemavor
Young, stylish and addicted to growing herbs
27 Jun 2017by Mahesh Chander

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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.