I was flying from Amsterdam Schipol to Rome Fiumicino while reading "The Holland Herald," a magazine provided by the airplane company I was flying with. One of the articles in the magazine drew my attention, about the insight of UNESCO World Heritage. In the article, there was mentioned several conditions where the "UNESCO World Heritage" status could be revoked from a... More

Dear YPARD members from Indonesia, Nepal, and Philippines,  My name is Ratih, Master's student in Food Technology at Wageningen University, the Netherlands and also a YPARD member from Indonesia.  Currently, I am doing a research on youth engagement across the agrifood supply chain through the utilization of ICT. I would like to invite you all to participate in the survey for a better youth involvement... More

Social media is no longer a new tool for everyone to get connected across the globe. As of 2015, there are over 2.206 billion users, which is 30% of the world’s population. It has become clear that social media really is the future of global marketing. For nonprofits, social media can be an effective tool to tell stories of what the... More

I was sitting at the front row during the FAO symposium on “The Role of Agricultural Biotechnologies on Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition” through webcast while holding my gadget and notebook, carefully listening to the discussions. International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS) — one of YPARD’s partner — was honored to be invited in the student interactive... More

This Blogpost by Ratih Nawangwulan one of the #GCARD3 Social Reporter originaly appeared on the GFAR blog. It’s been proven that of all interventions designed to reduce poverty, improving agricultural productivity is the best – Bill Gates This quote opened Dr Peter Warr’s presentation, “Agricultural research raises productivity and reduces poverty: Evidence from Indonesia and Thailand”. Dr Warr shared evidence of... More

  Just a few people realized that we only have 35 years to be prepared for world's greatest threat: overpopulation.As reported by the United Nations, the world population is projected to reach more than nine billion people by 2050. Sadly, the growing number of population is not followed with the availability of land for human activities, particularly agriculture.Agriculture plays a key... More

On October 31st 2015, in Jatinangor, West Java a workshop with the theme “Thought For Food Innovation Catalyst” was being held for the first time in Faculty of Agriculture, Padjajaran University, Indonesia.  The workshop, a collaboration between Thought For Food (TFF), International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS), and Student Executive Associations of Padjajaran University brought together at... More