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Blue Skies: Opportunities in the fruits value chain
06 Nov 2017by Kafui Kwesi Agbe
Welcoming YPARD Philiphines Mentoring Program Coordinator: Maggie Guia M. Del Valle
03 Nov 2017by Pius Hiwe
Role modelling and vision setting
30 Oct 2017by Pilirani Tendai Khoza
YPARD Netherlands: youth in agriculture meet&greet
30 Oct 2017by Ingrid Flink
The youth perspective - how can we improve the position of youth in agriculture?
30 Oct 2017by Stacy Hammond
#Dear Young People: An interactive space for the youth, by the youth
29 Oct 2017by Jhannel Chloe Tomlinson
Apply to be part of the YPARD Philippines first mentoring program
25 Oct 2017by Maggie Del valle
Webinar: Rural youth and livelihood change
17 Oct 2017by Emmie Kio Wachira
YPARD Italy - BCFN: the future of food from the youth perspective
17 Oct 2017by Virginia Maria Cravero
From a mouse to a lion - Benefits on volunteering in YPARD
17 Oct 2017by Hana Voca
EARTH students host the first YPARD conference in Costa Rica
13 Oct 2017by Annet Mukamurenzi
Land tenure should not hinder youth from agriculture
10 Oct 2017by Charles Yoronimu Masereka
Youth in RAS making history at #GFRASAPEN2017
09 Oct 2017by Marc Ghislain Bappa se
Equipping leaders for agriculture
05 Oct 2017by Olawale Isaiah Ojo
Are young professionals ready to engage in Agricultural Innovation Systems?
04 Oct 2017by Courtney Paisley
Climate change, food security and low employment: Engaging youth in agriculture through YPARD
04 Oct 2017by Sunil Abeyasekera
Growing together.....
03 Oct 2017by Abigael Pertet
YPARD members and the youth working group at the Global Forum on Rural Advisory Services
03 Oct 2017by Jim leandro Pil Cano
Welcoming the new YPARD Albania representative: Bledar Meta
03 Oct 2017by Stacy Hammond
Introducing YPARD Europe in Albania
03 Oct 2017by Bledar Meta
Call for participation to the e-Forum sustaining the impact of capacity development initiatives for African youth in agriculture
02 Oct 2017by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
Echoes of African agriculture
02 Oct 2017by Kofi Kisiedu Acquaye
Agricultural investment: incorporating women and youth
02 Oct 2017by Kafui Kwesi Agbe
Pollution prevention: the role of agricultural irrigation technology
01 Oct 2017by Audrey Willis
Youth in RAS made history at GFRASAPEN2017
25 Sep 2017by Marc Ghislain Bappa se
Call for abstracts: YPARD Student Research Symposium, Kathmandu, Nepal
23 Sep 2017by Dinesh Panday
My IFSA experience in South Africa
21 Sep 2017by Temitope Rebecca
Leveraging on social media to promote agriculture
21 Sep 2017by John Olabisi Agboola
Motivating the youth for agricultural transformation
21 Sep 2017by Jude Ikechukwu
Google It: Re-branding agriculture
19 Sep 2017by John Olabisi Agboola

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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.